I dunno about these rumors. Seems pretty outlandish to think anyone would fuck that guy.
I dunno. For Utah he’s pretty much Jack Sparrow.
Another rumor: campaign finance irregularities.
Latest rumor, then I’ll stop: job offer.
One other possibility is that what’s being reported is actually true. :eek:
That he’s sick and tired of spending most nights sleeping on a cot in his Washington office, far away from his family in Utah. (And that now that Republicans have the White House, the Oversight Committee is not as big a focal point of Republican power as it was previously.)
Some people are like that.
Most people know when they are getting tired of a job they don’t run for re-election. November wasnt that long ago, FP.
Unless you’re Sarah Palin, that is.
I think it’s most likely a job offer.
Trump was not expected to win. Once he won, things changed, as noted above.
So too much winning for him then?
True, he was expecting to oppose a competent president, not have to support an incompetent one.
Kind of sad that there’s less need for oversight if your own party wins. But whatever. Clearly, it would hurt your own political prospects if you have to censure your own party members. So better to cut and run.
That’s the way it is (with both parties). But it’s more than that.
Even if Chaffetz were to treat Clinton and Trump exactly the same, he’s a much bigger deal if the Republicans are out of executive power and he’s a leading voice for the Republican opposition, than he is when the Republicans have executive power and his Oversight business is a much smaller deal.
The same goes for other positions as well. Schumer and Pelosi are more important with Trump in power than they would be in those minority leader roles with Clinton in power. Etc.
An incompetent person Chaffetz said he wasn’t going to vote for… then voted for him anyway.
If your argument is that Putin had no motive to help Trump, it has several flaws, most notably that Putin didn’t expect Trump to actually win. His operation would have been a big success if severely-weakened Hillary became Potus — Trump’s victory was just an unexpected bonus. (U.S. disorganized, pro-Israel, and anti-NATO are all very good for Putin, dwarfing the impact of slightly lower gas prices.)
That’s a pretty normal reason to not run again. But to quit in the middle of a term (just a 2 year term!)? Or to quit in a matter of days? That’s pretty damn unusual.
Possible, sure. But I think it’s likely that there’s a non-family reason, if he does indeed leave shortly.
I mean, I guess it’s possible -in theory at least- for a republican to tell the truth, but extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence.
Odd that all these people who are charged with investigating the administration are blowing up, blowing off, or recusing themselves. Nunes. Sessions. Chaffetz.
But I’m sure they all just want to spend more time @ home.
(BTW, Chaffetz just posted some puff-piece about his wife on Twitter. In related news, odds that he is resigning because of an affair has skyrocketed.)
“Spending more time with the family” has to become the new euphemism for cheating on the spouse, or something (like “discussing constitutional matters” after a Danish MP became ill under very suspicious circumstances while in the company of a fellow MP).
Not sure how this fits in, but the US is seeking to arrest Assange.
War with Ecuador is more winnable than a nuke exchange with N Korea…
Looks like Yates, Clapper, and Brennan are being invited to testify once again. It’ll be interesting to hear the results of their testimony.