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...here is an excerpt from the linked article...
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Tillis had found himself squeezed between a key lesson of his career — don’t mess with voters’ health care — and President Trump’s biggest domestic priority. With Democrats eager to hold the measure’s deep Medicaid cuts against him, and Trump blasting him for wavering, Tillis decided there was only one option left: self-deportation from Washington (also known as retirement).

And he’s not the only one, as congressional Republicans reckon with the fact that even a modicum of independence from Trump can be politically untenable in their branch of government.

Earlier today, Representative Don Bacon of Nebraska, a Trump critic and a perennially endangered Republican who had nevertheless held onto his Omaha-area seat for five terms, officially announced his intention to retire.

“I’d like to fight for the soul of our party,” he said in an interview with The New York Times in early June. “I don’t want to be the guy who follows the flute player off the cliff. I think that’s what’s going on right now.”

Tillis’s and Bacon’s retirements create open seats in territory where Democrats are hungry to make gains.
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There may be more Reps 'self-deporting' from D.C., thus leaving only loyal, but incompetent MAGAs to run for office. With the impact of DJT's BBB being felt in 2026, the Mid-Terms will get a lot of attention...and voter turnout.


Link: https://www.nytimes.com/2025/06/30/us/politics/tillis-bacon-trump-gop.html"