GOP Rep. Upton, who voted to impeach Trump, will not seek reelection

[brooklynite]

Source: Washington Post

Rep. Fred Upton (R-Mich.), one of 10 Republican lawmakers who voted to impeach President Donald Trump, will not seek reelection.

Upton announced his decision on the House floor Tuesday morning and in an email to supporters.

“Even the best stories has a last chapter. This is it for me,” Upton said. “Thanks, again, to the people of my district who placed their faith and confidence in me all these great years.”

Upton, who has served since 1987, also backed the bipartisan infrastructure bill and received death threats afterward for helping President Biden get a legislative win.

Read more: https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2022/04/05/gop-rep-upton-who-voted-impeach-trump-will-not-seek-reelection/

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R+10 district

[rso]

1. Upton

Shit, I was hoping a democrat might have a shot in that district, but very difficult at +10 Republican.

[TreasonousBastard]

4. Worse-- batshit Republican could win the primary.

[rso]

9. Upton

Hopefully if he/she is too batshit, the democrat could win. It’s happened before, an example would be Claire McCaskill’s improbable win against a Republican extremist.

[bottomofthehill]

11. Two incumbent republicans drawn into one district.

The Trump endorsed one is now a shoe in.

[riversedge]

2. Upton--"also backed the bipartisan infrastructure bill and received death threats afterward.."

Just our luck to lose a Republican who at least supported Biden for important bills/issues.



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[OneCrazyDiamond]

3. How in the halibut can the orange one still have an effect on them?

They are too stupid to see the economy has taken off, and the virus has crumbled under President Biden (despite their best efforts at sabotage).

[TreasonousBastard]

5. The orange one has simply found a way to appeal to those base...

emotions they already have.

[Ray Bruns]

6. Because they listen to fox news and Fox news says

There is high unemployment and an worker shortage (even though that is impossible).

[Diamond_Dog]

7. We're having the same problem in Ohio

Since Portman announced his retirement from the Senate.. Not that I like anything about Portman but at least he wasn’t batshit crazy. A real cesspool of clown car candidates have swooped in all vying to take his place on the GOP side, and they are falling all over each other claiming who loves Trump the most. You would think Ryan would be a shoo in, but unfortunately the Trumpy influence still looms large in Ohio. It’s beyond me how that orange nut bag has so much influence over the Republican Party.

[Jetheels]

13. The orange has gotten to democrat DA Alvin Bragg, and before him Vance,

so how much easier to get to regular people.
Us will be like Russia if all goes according to trumpism.

[Hotler]

20. It's not the orange one, he's just a tool for repug voters to use to hurt Dems.

Repug voters (our neighbors) are the ones that scare these repug politicians. These repug voters are desperate to get a fascist dictator installed so they can start exterminating Democrats and Liberals. There will be death squads if they take power.

[OneCrazyDiamond]

21. It is scary that I think you are right.

It seems they are aching for a civil war, so they can shoot their neighbors with impunity. One would think that Pense would know how fast they can turn on sanity.

[roamer65]

8. His district was redrawn by our independent commission.

On the whole, MI will be ok in November.

[llmart]

18. I always thought he was one of the good R's.

Do you know if the redrawn district will be at all possible for a Dem to win in?

Dave Bonior used to be my rep but the district was redrawn and now we got Looney Toons Lisa McClain.

[roamer65]

19. Not sure.

A moderate Dem would be the best candidate over there, IMO.

[mahannah]

10. My record is intact. I never voted for Upton, but thanked him for a couple of his votes.

[BumRushDaShow]

12. He's one of the few old-timers left in the House

considering the turnover in there over the years. He was a biggy on the House Energy and Commerce Committee and used to work with John Dingell and then later Dingell's wife Debbie, who took over his seat. He was one of the "annoying Republicans" but not the performance-artist batshit crazy type like another of his contemporaries there - Joe Barton (also on Energy and Commerce before retiring from Congress) who sparred with Democrat Henry Waxman (now long gone from Congress and another on that Committee).

[DownriverDem]

14. No surprise

He's a moderate.

[Hulk]

15. Just sad that the orange shit-stain controls the hateful, ignorant heads of the gQp

Wish we could turn it. I'm getting damned good and scared as to what could happen to the congressional races in November. Somehow, we need to hammer our message to the masses of ill-informed dumb asses who just want to "own the libs". They are fucking this country over....seriously!

[AZLD4Candidate]

16. Death threats from MAGAts. These people are not interested in governing

They are only interested in getting their way and power.

And the media handles them with kid-gloves and seriousness when they all should be ridiculed and marginalized.

[Initech]

17. Fucking MAGA losers did this.