Republicans are scrambling to retire from red districts for three grim reasons https://t.co/IrLYTrgGlZ
— Matthew Chapman (@fawfulfan) July 31, 2019
As too many of us know from experience, there’s a feedback loop at failing organizations. Those employees with the best chances, or the best reasons, to escape announce they’re going to ‘pursue other opportunities’. Everybody starts circulating resumes, stockpiling office supplies, and keeping a running tally of who’s taking long lunches or spending time with HR. Every new departure adds to the sneaking conviction that the whole group is irretrievably doomed…
Here’s an announcement that seems to bode particularly ill for the industry reputation of the Republican Party:
Texas Rep. Hurd, lone black Republican in House, won’t seek reelection – The Washington Post https://t.co/zCssojN7KD
— Maggie Haberman (@maggieNYT) August 2, 2019
Not surprised about Hurd’s retirement. I suspect he’s got more of a conscience than most of the Repubs, probably knows Trump is treasonous, knows he’d prob lose in 2020, & if TX Repubs need to sacrifice a Repub during redistricting it would almost certainly be him.
— Dana Houle (@DanaHoule) August 2, 2019
hurd leaving is basically an admission that he doesn’t think the GOP is going to change. and as nonwhites leave the party, what’s left of the guardrails (h/t @cjane87) keeping the party from explicit full white nationalist erode even further
— b-boy bouiebaisse (@jbouie) August 2, 2019
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