Former President Donald Trump celebrated the retirement of a Republican congressman who voted for his impeachment as the GOP continues its purge of those who have pushed back against lies surrounding the 2020 election.
Former President Donald Trump celebrated the retirement of a Republican congressman who voted for his impeachment, as the GOP continues its purge of those who have pushed back against lies surrounding the 2020 election.he would not be running for re-election in 2022, citing threats to his family and a tough primary race against a Trump White House aide challenging him who has the former president’s endorsement.
Gonzalez was one of 10 House Republicans who voted to impeach Trump for his role in the violence of Jan. 6. He is the first of those Republican lawmakers to announce his retirement.after his vote that Trump “helped organize and incite a mob” that attacked Congress and “abandoned his post while many members asked for help, thus endangering all present.”
Following Gonzalez’s announcement of his retirement in the New York Times on Thursday, Trump called the impeachment vote “ill-informed and otherwise very stupid” and affirmed his endorsement for Max Miller, the former aide who was running for the seat in Northeast Ohio. The former president added in an emailed statement, “1 down, 9 to go!”., whose vote for impeachment vote and insistence that the 2020 election was not stolen has already resulted in her ouster from the House GOP leadership.
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