The surprise retirement of Sen. Roy Blunt (R-Mo.) means another member of Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell‘s (R-Ky.) inner circle is leaving the Senate as the GOP shifts more toward former President Trump’s brand of conservative populism.
Blunt’s announcement comes six week after another member of McConnell’s leadership team, Sen. Rob Portman (R-Ohio), said he wouldn’t be seeking reelection next year.
Two other McConnell allies — Sen. Pat Toomey (R-Pa.) and Sen. Richard Burr (R-N.C.) — are also leaving Congress at the end of 2022.
GOP strategists and aides say Blunt’s decision was likely influenced by Republicans unexpectedly losing their Senate majority in January.
“After we lost the presidential election and Democrats are running the show in Washington, it’s no surprise we’re going to see some retirements from senior Republicans who were used to having a lot more control,” said Ron Bonjean, a GOP strategist and former Senate leadership aide.
They should have been gone long ago due to term limits!
Hopefully we will get some real conservative and constitutional-minded Republicans to win their newly vacated seats!
This is the result of REPUBLICANS having no “BALLS” to stand their ground and quit letting these “MARXIST DEMOCRATS push / bully them around.
Term Limits