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Chaffetz Quits - Won't Seek Re-Election or a Senate Seat

 
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Things that make you go "hmmm..."
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What a disappointment he turned out to be. He talked tough for about two seconds and now he's leaving.

"Thank you for allowing me to serve as your Representative in the United States House of Representatives. Serving is an honor and a privilege that I have never taken for granted.

After long consultation with my family and prayerful consideration, I have decided I will not be a candidate for any office in 2018."

From grass roots to GOP establishment to gone in eight years - and just when he could have done something good in Congress.

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Read the comments under the article. Some of them make sense and explains a lot.

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Things that make you go "hmmm..."
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Yea more to this.Not a guy to back down .
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What a disappointment he turned out to be. He talked tough for about two seconds and now he's leaving.

"Thank you for allowing me to serve as your Representative in the United States House of Representatives. Serving is an honor and a privilege that I have never taken for granted.

After long consultation with my family and prayerful consideration, I have decided I will not be a candidate for any office in 2018."

From grass roots to GOP establishment to gone in eight years - and just when he could have done something good in Congress.

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Read the comments under the article. Some of them make sense and explains a lot.

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Yes, they do. That article is a good one too.
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What a disappointment he turned out to be. He talked tough for about two seconds and now he's leaving.

"Thank you for allowing me to serve as your Representative in the United States House of Representatives. Serving is an honor and a privilege that I have never taken for granted.

After long consultation with my family and prayerful consideration, I have decided I will not be a candidate for any office in 2018."

From grass roots to GOP establishment to gone in eight years - and just when he could have done something good in Congress.

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 Quoting: Zen & Zi


Read the comments under the article. Some of them make sense and explains a lot.

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Thanks for the pin!

I think there's a lot more to this than "I want to spend more time with my family" bullshit.

Frustrating!
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Agreed. This sucks losing him. He was one of the few that speaks with common sense and destroys wasters of resources. (Shit comes of it but, it's ok to watch on YT)
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What a disappointment he turned out to be. He talked tough for about two seconds and now he's leaving.

"Thank you for allowing me to serve as your Representative in the United States House of Representatives. Serving is an honor and a privilege that I have never taken for granted.

After long consultation with my family and prayerful consideration, I have decided I will not be a candidate for any office in 2018."

From grass roots to GOP establishment to gone in eight years - and just when he could have done something good in Congress.

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 Quoting: Zen & Zi


Read the comments under the article. Some of them make sense and explains a lot.

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I think he has been compromised???
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What a disappointment he turned out to be. He talked tough for about two seconds and now he's leaving.

"Thank you for allowing me to serve as your Representative in the United States House of Representatives. Serving is an honor and a privilege that I have never taken for granted.

After long consultation with my family and prayerful consideration, I have decided I will not be a candidate for any office in 2018."

From grass roots to GOP establishment to gone in eight years - and just when he could have done something good in Congress.

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Two reasons come to mind! One, he was given an offer worth millions or two, he knows some really fucked up shit is coming down the pike and wants to get out of dodge!


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Congressional hearings are a joke. Nobody goes to jail.
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Congressional hearings are a joke. Nobody goes to jail.
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The swamp is everywhere and everyone protects everyone else.

It's becoming frightening.
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Congressional hearings are a joke. Nobody goes to jail.
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The swamp is everywhere and everyone protects everyone else.

It's becoming frightening.
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That's why this world needs a huge Carrington like event!


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Good on him! He is going to do what the forefathers wanted politicians to do - go home!
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Him being my representative in the third district....I dont blame him, time to spend time with his family, instead of fighting a battle he cant win.

Its all almost over anyways.

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Actually, now is the time to buckle down and get to work. The republicans have The White House, and a majority in The Senate and Congress.

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"In November 2014, Chaffetz won a four-way race to become the chairman of the United States House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform. He was only the fifth Member of Congress in 89 years to become a full chairman after just three terms.[65]

He ran on a promise to emphasize reform, telling Politico that "the pitch I made to the steering committee is we really have to triangulate the problem if we're actually going to get to reform.

In order to fix the problem long term, we can't just be the highlighter pen. We do a good job highlighting things, but we don't do a great job of fixing things."

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So, now that he actually has the opportunity to fix things and help drain the swamp as the Chairman of The House Oversight and Government Reform Committee, he walks.

Makes no sense, unless he was just playing us all along - or someone got to him.
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politicians say what they need to say to get elected, they make promises they have no intention of keeping.

Or they can't because of the deep state or whatever.
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Good on him! He is going to do what the forefathers wanted politicians to do - go home!
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I fully agree with term limits, but for EVERYONE.

With all these entrenched lifers enriching themselves in D.C., there's very little opportunity for a junior congressman to make a huge difference in anything.

Except for the very rare situation that Chaffetz finds himself in right now - the R's unexpectedly holding the majority and the White House.

If he was serious about fixing things, it's a bad time to walk away.
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He was obviously given a choice and he picked correctly, they must have something on him. huffy
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why would anyone sacrifice themselves for all the dumbass people in this world.

Dumbas people do not deserved anything.
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I found it is unbearably painful to talked to people who think they know. Those whom got their info from msm.
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He was the only Congressman who didn't use the allotted money for a D.C. Residence. He slept on a cot in his office and used the shower in the House gym. Considering how much largesse the Congress allots itself from our money, I'd say that's the politician you want managing the budget.

I always liked when he had some poor Gov rep. who got thrown under the bus to be the one to face Congress and he'd start with the most basic of foundation questions and they'd be afraid to say the obvious answer, and he'd be real nice and say "the answer is yes, it's not a trick".

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Swamp drains you!!!
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If we're for term limits, we have to say goodbye to the good ones as well.
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just another victim of the neocon coup.
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he's sick of the DC lifestyle as he turned 50 and his family is in ohio
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He was the only Congressman who didn't use the allotted money for a D.C. Residence. He slept on a cot in his office and used the shower in the House gym. Considering how much largesse the Congress allots itself from our money, I'd say that's the politician you want managing the budget.

I always liked when he had some poor Gov rep. who got thrown under the bus to be the one to face Congress and he'd start with the most basic of foundation questions and they'd be afraid to say the obvious answer, and he'd be real nice and say "the answer is yes, it's not a trick".
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Yeah, he was pretty cool for a while. I guess that's why this is so disappointing.

That, and the fact that he was probably the most vocal in Congress about going after Killary. He was outstanding in the Comey hearings.

Then the waffling on Trump and it went down hill from there.

Maybe Killary's clan got to him.
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If we're for term limits, we have to say goodbye to the good ones as well.
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Sure but there aren't any term limits right now.

So the vile mccain, pelosi etc never leave.

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just another victim of the neocon coup.
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Perhaps he saw the writing on the wall.
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Disappointing
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Disappointing
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Yeah, he should take Ryan, McCain, Graham & McConnel with him.

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What a disappointment he turned out to be. He talked tough for about two seconds and now he's leaving.

"Thank you for allowing me to serve as your Representative in the United States House of Representatives. Serving is an honor and a privilege that I have never taken for granted.

After long consultation with my family and prayerful consideration, I have decided I will not be a candidate for any office in 2018."

From grass roots to GOP establishment to gone in eight years - and just when he could have done something good in Congress.

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Are you insane? Chaffetz is a RINO and a con artist and an ACTOR. What a performance in those hearings where he played the "tough guy". Good riddance! Probably some dirt coming out on him soon.
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just another victim of the neocon coup.
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He IS a neocon - good god is everyone on this thread riding the short bus?
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Good.

He allowed complete lawlessness under Obama...then immediately opened an investigation into Kellyann Conway for talking about Ivanka's dresses.

He is a huge neverTrumper who can't wait to go on CNN and bash the sitting POTUS whenever he gets the opportunity.
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Thank god, not everyone is on the short bus
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He was the only Congressman who didn't use the allotted money for a D.C. Residence. He slept on a cot in his office and used the shower in the House gym. Considering how much largesse the Congress allots itself from our money, I'd say that's the politician you want managing the budget.

I always liked when he had some poor Gov rep. who got thrown under the bus to be the one to face Congress and he'd start with the most basic of foundation questions and they'd be afraid to say the obvious answer, and he'd be real nice and say "the answer is yes, it's not a trick".
 Quoting: X1811



He also never took any pork spending money for Utah. He's the only one I know of that didn't. Good guy, I wonder what happened.





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