Rep. Darrell Issa to retire

[George II]

Source: LA Times

Vista Republican Darrell Issa will not run for a 10th term in Congress.

The former chairman of the House Oversight Committee narrowly won reelection in 2016, and was widely considered the most vulnerable incumbent in the House going into the 2018 election.

The richest man in Congress, Issa had already drawn a handful of well funded opponents.

“Throughout my service, I worked hard and never lost sight of the people our government is supposed to serve. Yet with the support of my family, I have decided that I will not seek re-election in California's 49th District,” Issa said in a statement.


Read more: http://www.latimes.com/politics/essential/la-pol-ca-essential-politics-updates-report-rep-darrell-issa-to-retire-1515600519-htmlstory.html

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Edit: source changed from CNN to LA Times, which has the details posted.

Good riddance, Issa-hole!

[Codeine]

1. HAHAHAHAHAAA! Stupid fucker knows

he’s toast in this state. BLUE WAVE!

[aggiesal]

25. Remember ISSA spelled backwards is ...

ASS I

[Me.]

2. Let Me Be The First

To recommend this thread

[vsrazdem]

3. This just made my day!

[PatSeg]

4. Great news!

They are escaping like rats from a ship.

[IronLionZion]

5. The last election in that district was very close, like 1000 votes

We have a good shot at this seat.

[aggiesal]

24. Part of his district is in Orange County ...

The mecca of republicanism in CA.

He lost in San Diego County, but Orange County gave him enough
votes to overcome San Diego deficit margin.

[IronLionZion]

27. If turnout is high on our side

and their side isn't as excited, then we have a great chance.

[aggiesal]

29. I'd like to see a (D) representing the 49th ...

But there are a lot of (R)'s in north San Diego County that didn't vote
for ASS-I (ISSA backwards) because of the Cheetolini effect.

Whomever the (R)'s put up to run instead of ASS-I will probably win
that district because of Orange County voters plus north SD County (R)'s.

I hope NOT!

[BigmanPigman]

52. We have to flip them by the midterms.

We need to get Hunter out too!

[grantcart]

35. Clinton won the district by 9 %

This district is not defined by party but by education level.

[irisblue]

6. Good

f that guy

[Raven123]

7. Retire as in

.... to fall back, retreat from an untenable position or danger. Issa sees the writing on the wall.

[brooklynite]

8. This was already a toss-up with Issa running...

R+1 District which Clinton won in 2016...

There are three Democrats running:

Doug Applegate
Paul Kerr
Mike Levin

[NewJeffCT]

12. Yes - Issa won a nailbiter last time out

by 0.6%

[DemoTex]

9. Back to Grand Theft, Auto.

Slimeball.

[turbinetree]

10. AS your walking out the door and it his hitting your ass............................

here is a big FUCK YOU.........................pr*ck

Must have read your internal polling..................here let me give it to you in this emoji............

[dem4decades]

11. I'd rather see a concession speech but gone is gone.

I hope these retirements only make Democrats work harder.

Don't take your foot off the gas.

Dead a horse dead and then beat a dead horse.

[kimbutgar]

13. Those weekly protests outside his office and the polls were probably showing hed lose badly.

[packman]

14. But - Why? He's done SOOOO much---

In four years at the helm of the House of Representative’s primary investigative body, Darrell Issa launched major investigations into the 2012 attack in Benghazi, the IRS’s alleged targeting of conservative organizations, the Bureau of Alcohol Tobacco and Firearms' failed “Fast and Furious” operation, the bankruptcy of solar panel manufacturer Solyndra, and the launch of Healthcare.gov. In pursuit of these scandals he was granted a budget of $25,678,100.


This figure does not account for the $14 million spent by the IRS answering voluminous and often duplicative subpoenas, the “millions” spent by the Department of Defense responding to inquiries about the attack in Benghazi, the budget of the Oversight Committee’s minority staff, nor the massive expenditure of resources by the dozens of other federal agencies that have come under the scrutiny of the Oversight Committee. By its conclusion Darrell Issa’s chairmanship could cost the U.S. Treasury well into the nine figures. From that astounding allocation of resources, Issa has unveiled no major corruption or gotten to the bottom of no significant scandal



https://www.salon.com/2014/12/11/good_riddance_darrell_issa_a_wasteful_blowhards_humiliating_history/

[bucolic_frolic]

15. What?

Trump hasn't called him "Fraidy Cat Darrell Issa" yet?

Too ashamed of Trump to run for reelection

[George II]

17. Maybe it'll be Idiot Issa, he loves alliteration.

[Sironichow]

54. Or Hope Hicks loves alliteration...

This administration is basically a PR intern trolling on Twitter all day while babysitting grampa.

[Gore1FL]

16. Now he can focus his efforts on shooting watermelons as a private citizen. nt

[Gothmog]

18. Issa was going to lose anyway

[ailsagirl]

19. Really-- GOOD RIDDANCE!!!!!!!!!

[Jarqui]

20. Good riddance

Couldn't stand the guy

[aggiesal]

21. Now he because really dangerous ...

He voted against the Tax bill because he knew it would hurt California's.
Now that he's retiring, he probably wouldn't give two $hits about his constituency
and if he had to do it over, he would probably have voted on the tax bill.

... OR ...

Maybe something is about to become public. Extra marital maybe?

[BumRushDaShow]

22. K to the f'in R

[UpInArms]

23. All I can say is

We will all be better off for his absence.

What a thoroughly horrible two legged creature.

[concreteblue]

26. Writing is on the wall.....

Rats, ships, etc......

[radhika]

28. But..but...Benghazi!!!!

[BlancheSplanchnik]

30. GOOD GOOD GOOD!

He’s not my rep thank dog, but lord how I hate him.

May he fall into an open cesspool. And aspirate.

[TheCynic56]

31. Good Riddance,

[Eyeball_Kid]

32. Maybe Issa will be true to his history and character, and

set fire to his Congressional office as he's leaving.

[SunSeeker]

33. We're going to flip his seat blue!!!

[George II]

36. He barely won last time around, probably saw the handwriting on the wall.

[Kind of Blue]

34. This is great news!

Unfortunately for me though not in the city he represents, I fall in his district. Asshole hid on his rooftop from us last year. So glad Issa is out whether by leaving or surely losing the next election.

[Fiendish Thingy]

37. Well, if this doesnt count as writing on the wall...

Not to sound complacent, but I think Issa’s retirement is more of a bellwether of a blue wave than some of the others. Now, if Rorbacher goes...

I don’t know how many of these retirements are in solid, safe red districts, but the odds of Dems taking the house keep growing daily.

[Dopers_Greed]

38. He can go back from burning down the country...

To just burning down stuff for insurance $.

[DinahMoeHum]

39. Tee hee! Running pig, run away. . .

[Mr. Sparkle]

40. lets remember who Issa is

Congressman Who Led Benghazi Investigation Says He Succeeded By Hurting Hillary’s Poll Numbers

https://thinkprogress.org/congressman-who-led-benghazi-investigation-says-he-succeeded-by-hurting-hillarys-poll-numbers-8e5680d66788/

a disgusting abuse of government power and money, he should be rotting in jail somewhere

[NBachers]

41. YES! With Issa gone, that puts more effort towards getting rid of Nunes and Rohrbacher.

Let's turn California's remaining republican congressional districts blue!

[Hayduke Bomgarte]

42. "never lost sight of the people our government is supposed to serve"

Yeah, like your corporate masters and other 1%'s, right. Piece of shit! Good riddance.

[bluestarone]

43. GREAT FUCKING DEAL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

He screws all the people then JUMPS SHIP what a total ASSHOLE

[sinkingfeeling]

44. Praise be!!

[CottonBear]

45. CA voters: "You're fired!" Issa: "Wait, wait...I quit!"

Good riddance.

Now, only if my congressman, R-GA Jody Hice (deplorable) would quit.

[Upthevibe]

46. Holy crap!!!!!

This was going to be where I was going to be putting my political energy - to flip this seat....Now a whole other strategy needs to be enacted. I don't know if there is a viable Republican candidate. I was all ready to use stuff against him....hmmm...

[CottonBear]

48. I'm sure you'll stll need to fight the good fight against the CA GOP, Good luck!

Congratulations on getting rid of Issa! I should be so lucky here in GA.

[True_Blue]

47. And please let the door hit you on your way out!

[DesertRat]

49. Whats up with all these GOP retirements and refusals to seek re-election all of a sudden?

Is the kompromat that explosive or is it just the realization that Trump is a monumental disaster?

[CottonBear]

50. C: All of the above.

[Skittles]

51. NOW HE CAN FUCK HIMSELF INSTEAD OF FUCKING THE COUNTRY

[Marie Marie]

53. I'm crying tears of joy.

[stuffmatters]

55. Thank you to Lt Col Doug Applegate and San Diego Indivisible Issa HQ Protests

Last edited Wed Jan 10, 2018, 08:54 PM - Edit history (1)

Two years ago Issa was considered undefeatable, always a shoein in the 49th. Well, then Lt Col Doug Applegate started a ground up, small donor campaign that managed to show this District who Issa really is, like Issa's Vote Against the 911 First Responders.
Applegate only lost by a sliver, 1660 votes, less than 1%...and Issa has never recovered from this campaign.

Issa even tried to sue Applegate over the 911 Responders ad, but got hit with an Anti Slapp lawsuit, preventing Issa from that Trumpian tactic of weaponizing the courts & their costs against opponents. Applegate btw is still digging out those costs, which, again seriously kneecapped Issa's future propaganda campaigns.( Not exactly sure why the DNC has not helped pay this court debt, since Applegate helped all future Issa challengers by winning this AntiSlapp judgment ag Issa.)

Then there's Indivisible & The Resistance who have protested doggedly outside Issa's North San Diego HQ since Nov 2016. There've been some entertaining mentions of what lengths Issa has tried to use the local Vista police to thwart these wonderful protestors. Issa obviously became increasingly fraught by the heat generated by these informed,persistent active protestors.

Issa was never going to recover from 2016...I think he's just another Repug who the RNC thinks better to remove and replace with a New Face, a Repug Candidate with no repulsive Repug voting history. This seems to be the emerging RNC strategy for 2018 for all the Repub incumbents who vote against their constituents best interests. Resign and be replaced by a new stenchless cypher.

[x1959b]

56. they cashed in.

they got the fool they needed, then they just cashed out. how do we stop them?

[DoctorJoJo]

57. Darrell Has Had a Good Run, Since ....

... his Ohio roots, where he established himself as a crack car thief and arsonist! I only wish it was a pending indictment causing his departure, instead of just recognition he has a snowball-chances-in-hell of being reelected!

[SergeStorms]

58. Good!

Another POS Republican down the tunes. The rats are deserting the sinking Trump ship. Their value on K Street plummets if they lose their seat to a Democrat. They wouldn't want that, would they?

[AwakeAtLast]

59. Na na na na

You know the rest