Mounting wave of GOP retirements signals trouble for Trump By Andrew Malcolm

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Mounting wave of GOP retirements signals trouble for Trump

By Andrew Malcolm

Special to McClatchy


January 17, 2018 05:00 AM

Updated 24 minutes ago

Every other winter, about 10 months before the next congressional elections, a batch of members decides they’ve had enough. They retire or move on to more lucrative, family-friendly jobs.

Often, these departures involve members of the minority party, who have a frustrating, unpleasant Capitol Hill life lacking any real control over the legislative agenda.

Sure enough, that’s happening again in the winter of 2018. But this time is quite different. This time it’s the members of the controlling majority Republicans who are packing it in — and in large numbers.

So far, a record 31 Republicans are quitting the House. That’s 13 percent of the entire caucus — and it’s only January. Perhaps they sense a Democrat wave in November. Some are term-limited as committee chairs. Some simply tired of the hassle, the bitter partisan environment and perhaps this president.

Read more here: http://www.mcclatchydc.com/opinion/andrew-malcolm/article194993719.html#storylink=cpy

[Fishrrman]

"Some simply tired of the hassle, the bitter partisan environment and perhaps this president."

Hey, lemme get this straight here.

They're tired of the first Republican president in THREE DECADES who's actually "a fighter" for the Republican/conservative agenda?

Or is what's really scaring them enough to give up their positions is the fear that they might have to put up their dukes and fight, too?