Riggleman Says He's No Longer a Republican

[applegrove]

Riggleman Says He’s No Longer a Republican

June 5, 2022 at 3:55 pm EDT By Taegan Goddard 22 Comments

https://politicalwire.com/2022/06/05/riggleman-says-hes-no-longer-a-republican/

"SNIP.......

Rep. Denver Riggleman (R-VA), who worked as a technical adviser for the House select committee investigating the January 6, 2021, attack on the US Capitol, told CNN that he has left the Republican Party and that he will never run again as a Republican.

Said Riggleman: “What I’ve seen behind the scenes has pushed me further away. That the party has moved away from conservative principles to this cult of personality that Liz Cheney is talking about. She’s absolutely correct.”

.......SNIP"

[Lovie777]

1. I heard him the other day . . .

he said what they uncovered is undeniable frigthening.

[Delphinus]

11. It

certainly scared me.

[Stuart G]

2. K & R no text

[FalloutShelter]

3. Could it be the dam is breaking?

I hope so. Can’t wait for the committee.

[ShazzieB]

8. That would be so fantastic!

🤞🤞🤞🤞🤞🤞🤞🤞🤞🤞🤞🤞🤞🤞🤞🤞🤞🤞🤞🤞🤞🤞🤞🤞🤞🤞🤞

[KentuckyWoman]

13. More likely it means the GOP is conceding to the cult.

Maybe the Cheney group will start another party some day but it matters not. 30% of American adults support the cult. America loses no matter how you slice it.

[GoodRaisin]

21. Somewhere between 30-40% of Republican Party are behaving as a cult. nt

[LakeArenal]

22. Ever read profiles.

When some responds oddly I like to look.

[GoodRaisin]

28. Yep.

Indeed, it was an odd one.

[PJMcK]

25. And yet, you responded (n/t)

[jimlup]

29. Don't underestimate the number of stupid people in the world

that is all...

[pansypoo53219]

38. lot of people on the left side of the bell curve.

[mrsadm]

4. I'm glad that what the Jan. 6 committee has found, has scared one Republican

and I hope it scares more...

[secondwind]

7. It may just do that after we watch the hearings............

[HubertHeaver]

12. You say he was

"Scared straight"?

[Alice Kramden]

5. Good on him

He is an honest man

[COL Mustard]

32. He's a good guy

As a Republican member of Congress, he officiated a same sex wedding. He was primaries as a result and lost his seat, but I don’t think he cared. He was willing to put himself out there for what he believed.

[LudwigPastorius]

6. That's great, but...

it doesn't excuse leaking privileged information on the J6 Committee.

https://www.politico.com/news/2022/06/03/jan-6-panel-fumes-over-unauthorized-interview-by-former-adviser-00037165

[UTUSN]

10. Thanks for that info.

[NewHendoLib]

9. Domino...drip..drip...drip... Keep em falling.

[calimary]

15. The words "conservative" and "principles" just don't go together.

Haven’t for a long time.

[Joinfortmill]

16. GOP is dead.

[hydrolastic]

30. yup. Republicans will go the way of the whigs

Think about it. How will they recover from this ?

[COL Mustard]

33. They'll recover in the next election

If enough people stay home!

[Sneederbunk]

17. Republicans are no longer Republicans.

Fascists.

[FakeNoose]

19. You say "tomato," I say "to-mah-to"

You say "Fascist, " I say "ChumpHumper."

[MyOwnPeace]

20. Cute!

indeed!

And to 'finish' the tune:

IQ45 certainly DOES want to "call the whole thing off!"

[phylny]

18. He was my congressman until he was primaried

because he performed a marriage between two men. Blasphemy in the fifth district of Virginia. He was a useless congressman who never met with his constituents.

[SouthBayDem]

23. Misleading headline. He's no longer in office.

Easy for him to make this move without an election on the line. Spineless.

Original CNN report: https://www.cnn.com/2022/06/05/politics/denver-riggleman-republican-party-cnntv/

[PJMcK]

26. Still...

... one less Republican works for me.

I read recently that a concern among the GOP elite is that so many older people died of Covid that those lost votes may be impactful this November. We'll see.

[applegrove]

27. I was confused about his status.

[TigressDem]

35. But now who will he vote FOR? nt

[ms liberty]

24. It's a start. n/t

[LetMyPeopleVote]

31. This was an attempted coup

Link to tweet

[TigressDem]

34. BOOM shot across the bow. nt

[JHB]

36. Good, but I will, of course, point out that...

...it's been a cult for much linger than he thinks. Conservative built that cult to gain and maintain power. It was built on telling people what they wanted to hear, that their animosities and resentments and bigotries were right, that they should shut out anything that tells them otherwise, and that they should turn that righteous anger against all who stood in the way of The Way Things Ought To Be: Liberals, Democrats, and especially any Republican who can't get with the program and acts more like The Enemy than like One Of Us.

All Trump did was what he always did: recognize some suckers ripe for the plucking.

It's only been under construction since you were in diapers, Denver. Thanks for finally noticing.

[djacq]

37. This says a lot about the former GOP!

Riggleman formally represented my Congressional District VA-05.

VA-05 leans Trump country.

5th District Virginia Republicans ousted Riggleman because he had officiated a same-sex wedding;

"After Bob Good Ousts Denver Riggleman, the Word “Conservative” No Longer Describes a Republican Party That Has Gone Off the Deep End"

https://bluevirginia.us/2020/06/after-bob-good-ousts-denver-riggleman-the-word-conservative-no-longer-describes-a-republican-party-that-has-gone-off-the-deep-end

Now, Congressional District VA-05 is represented by the insurrectionist racist useless Bob Good;

"VA05 Overwhelmingly Republicans Re-Nominate Extremist, Insurrectionist, Science Denier, Bigot, etc. Rep. Bob Good"

https://bluevirginia.us/2022/05/va05-overwhelmingly-republicans-re-nominate-extremist-insurrectionist-science-denier-bigot-etc-rep-bob-good


The Republican Party has become a white supremacist fascist movement.

[11 Bravo]

39. The moment he agreed to officiate at a gay wedding, Mr. Riggleman ...

became persona non grata in the narrow-minded, bigoted, and generally hateful conglomeration of misfits known as today's Republican party.
I'm glad to see him make it official. Here's hoping others find the courage to do the same.