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'SUCH A DISGRACE': Trump Blasts Gallagher for Retiring Early Despite Pleas from GOP Leadership

posted by Hannity Staff - 4.01.24

Former President and 2024 GOP presidential nominee Donald Trump lashed out at retiring Wisconsin Rep. Mike Gallagher over the weekend after Gallagher confirmed he would be retiring early despite pleas from GOP leadership and an incredibly tight majority in the House.

“Never forget our cowards and weaklings! Such a disgrace,” Trump shared on TRUTH Social.

From The Daily Wire:

According to Scripps News, House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) had asked Gallagher not to resign on April 19 as he had previously announced.

Several members of the House have parted ways with Congress over the past several months for various reasons. Not all of them were Republicans, but enough GOP members have departed or announced plans to leave to diminish leadership’s ability to make headway on party-line issues.

Among those not completing their two-year term was Rep. Kevin McCarthy (R-CA), who left after losing the speakership. Others include Rep. Bill Johnson (R-OH), who resigned from office to become presidentof Youngstown State University, and Rep. Ken Buck (R-CO).

One Democrat, Rep. Brian Higgins (D-NY), stepped down in February to become president and CEO of Shea’s Performing Arts Center. And Democrat Tom Suozzi took office after his victory in a special election that followed the expulsion of Rep. George Santos (R-NY).

There are currently 218 Republicans and 213 Democrats in the House, with four vacancies. Although special elections have been set up to fill in the gaps, Gallagher’s impending exit in the coming weeks would leave the chamber with a fifth vacancy for the time being.

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