Rep. <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/rep-mike-gallagher-announces-retirement-after-helping-defeat-mayorkas-impeachment-vote" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Mike Gallagher</a> (R-WI) announced on Friday that he is resigning from Congress next month, which further shrinks the majority that Republicans have in the House.
The news comes after Gallagher announced last month that he would not seek re-election after he cast a crucial vote against impeaching Department of Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas.
&#8220;After conversations with my family, I have made the decision to resign my position as a member of the House of Representatives for Wisconsin&#8217;s Eighth Congressional District effective April 19, 2024,&#8221; Gallagher said in a statement.
&#8220;I&#8217;ve worked closely with House Republican leadership on this timeline and look forward to seeing Speaker Johnson appoint a new chair to carry out the important mission of the Select Committee on the Chinese Communist Party,&#8221; he continued. &#8220;My office will continue to operate and provide constituent services to the Eighth District for the remainder of the term.&#8221;
Gallagher&#8217;s departure will leave the Republican Party with a 217-213 majority, which means the party can only afford a single defection to maintain their majority over the Democrats when voting.
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&#8220;Four terms serving Northeast Wisconsin in Congress has been the honor of a lifetime and strengthened my conviction that America is the greatest country in the history of the world,&#8221; he concluded. &#8220;I will forever be proud of the work I did on the Armed Services and Intelligence Committees, chairing the Cyberspace Solarium Commission, and chairing the Select Committee on the Chinese Communist Party. It has truly been an honor to serve in the House of Representatives.&#8221;
Reports surfaced soon after he made his announcement that Gallagher has reportedly told people that he is taking a job at Palantir, a software company that specializes in data management.

Rep. Mike Gallagher

Mike Gallagher Announces Resignation, Shrinks Republicans’ House Majority

2024 Election

Congress

Politics

Republican Party

Wisconsin

Ohio businessman Bernie Moreno won the Republican Party nomination for U.S. Senate in <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/ohio" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Ohio</a> on Tuesday night, according a projection from the Associated Press.
The Trump-backed candidate will now face Sen. Sherrod Brown (D-OH) in this fall&#8217;s upcoming elections in a race that could tip the balance of power in the Senate.
Moreno, who was born in Bogota, Colombia, amassed nearly 50% of the vote with 80% of the votes being counted, according to the AP. Cleveland-area state Sen. Matt Dolan garnered 33% of the vote while Ohio Secretary of State Frank LaRose amassed only 17%.
“What we have to do now is, as a fully united party, understand we have one mission, which is to get rid of Sherrod Brown,” Moreno said in a victory speech in Cleveland. “I wear with honor. My endorsement of President but from President Trump, I wear that with a badge of honor.”
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Moreno said that the Republican Party was the &#8220;party of the future&#8221; and was the party that was &#8220;going to rebuild the middle class in this country.&#8221;
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If elected, Moreno would be one of the wealthiest members of the Senate and would be its only South American-born member, according to The New York Times.
Brown enters the general election with more than $13 million cash on hand, a significant advantage to the $2.4 million that Moreno has after he had to fight in a brutal primary race.
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Senator Vance Campaigns With Senate Candidate Bernie Moreno On Election Day

Bernie Moreno Wins Ohio Republican Senate Primary

Bernie Moreno

Elections

Ohio

Former Republican-turned-independent Rep. <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/justin-amash-considers-senate-run-in-michigan" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Justin Amash</a> entered the Republican Senate primary in Michigan on Thursday, joining a field of candidates hoping to win the seat of retiring Democratic Sen. <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/democratic-senator-debbie-stabenow-announces-she-wont-seek-re-election-in-2024" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Debbie Stabenow</a>.
Amash, a critic of former President Donald Trump, <a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/justin-amash-our-politics-is-in-a-partisan-death-spiral-thats-why-im-leaving-the-gop/2019/07/04/afbe0480-9e3d-11e9-b27f-ed2942f73d70_story.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">left</a> the Republican Party in 2019, expressing his frustration over the partisan politics of both the Democratic and Republican parties. In a lengthy <a href="https://twitter.com/justinamash/status/1763232693985161365" target="_blank" rel="noopener">post</a> on X, Amash again discussed the increased polarization of American politics and said that he is running for Senate because Washington needs “an independent-minded senator prepared to challenge anyone and everyone on the people’s behalf.”
“Regardless of who wins the White House and Congress, the United States will remain deeply polarized,” Amash wrote. “What we need is not a rubber stamp for either party, but an independent-minded senator prepared to challenge anyone and everyone on the people’s behalf—someone focused not on extending federal power so Republicans or Democrats in Washington can achieve their political ends, but on ensuring that Americans have the personal and economic freedom to pursue their own ends.”
&#8220;As I wrote when I launched my exploratory committee: We need a principled, consistent constitutional conservative in the Senate—someone with a record of taking on the bipartisan oligarchy, defending sound money and free speech, fighting the surveillance state and military-industrial complex, and protecting all our rights,&#8221; Amash added.
After quitting the Republican Party, Amash — who holds libertarian views — decided against running for another term in the U.S. House in 2020. He had held the seat since 2010. Amash also briefly considered running for president in 2020 as a third-party option, but ultimately <a href="https://www.cnn.com/2020/05/16/politics/justin-amash-will-not-run-president/index.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">decided</a> that “circumstances don’t lend themselves to my success as a candidate for president this year.”
Amash now joins a crowded GOP field in Michigan as Republicans hope the state will help the party gain control of the Senate in the 2024 election. Former Republican Reps. <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/republicans-land-top-recruit-in-battleground-senate-election" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Mike Rogers</a> and <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/former-michigan-rep-peter-meijer-jumps-in-race-for-retiring-dem-sen-stabenows-seat" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Peter Meijer</a>, along with businessman Sandy Pensler and Michigan State Board of Education member Nikki Snyder have already declared their candidacies. Former Detroit Police Chief James Craig, who was one of the favorites to win the GOP nomination, <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/former-detroit-police-chief-suspends-gop-senate-campaign" target="_blank" rel="noopener">dropped out</a> of the race earlier this month.
In his announcement post, Amash criticized Rogers as the GOP establishment choice, calling him &#8220;Mitch McConnell’s handpicked candidate.&#8221;
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Rep. Elissa Slotkin (D-MI) is the favorite to win the Democratic nomination for the Senate race. Democrats have controlled both Michigan Senate seats since 2001, but the 2024 election in Michigan is considered one of many closely contested Senate races.

Justin Amash

Former Rep. Justin Amash Jumps Into Michigan GOP Senate Race

Michigan

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Senate

Republican congressional candidate J.R. Majewski vowed on Wednesday to keep fighting in the Republican Party primary for <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/ohio" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Ohio&#8217;s</a> 9th Congressional District after controversial remarks he made earlier this month about the Special Olympics went viral.
Majewski, who was endorsed by former President Donald Trump in his prior congressional bid in 2022, made the remarks during an appearance on the podcast &#8220;Trifecta Hour.&#8221;
&#8220;Shout out to all the Democrats living in mom&#8217;s basement that like to talk s*** on the internet,&#8221; he said. &#8220;You know, no matter how hard you try, arguing on the internet, it&#8217;s like being in the Special Olympics. No matter how good you perform, you still have … you&#8217;re still f***ing retarded at the end of the day.&#8221;
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&#8220;Yeah, that&#8217;s gonna get clipped and ran against me in the general election,&#8221; Majewski immediately conceded after making the remarks.
Majewski <a href="https://www.politico.com/news/2024/02/27/majewski-considering-dropping-out-ohio-00143604" target="_blank" rel="noopener">told</a> Politico on Tuesday that he was seriously considering dropping out of the race because he was &#8220;being asked by some people to drop out.&#8221;
He said that if he thought his remarks would put him in position where he might lose the general election, he would &#8220;do the smart thing&#8221; and presumably drop out so another Republican could win.
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Majewski did apologize after making the remarks shortly after clips circulated on social media.
&#8220;Recently on a podcast I made some comments that were extremely insensitive and they disparaged those with special needs,&#8221; Majewski said. &#8220;Now, that wasn&#8217;t my intention, however, I did say some things that I regret.&#8221;
&#8220;I just want to say I apologize to anyone I offended,&#8221; he added. &#8220;I’m sorry. You should expect better.&#8221;
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Ohio congressional candidate J.R. Majewski (R): “Shout out to all the Democrats living in Mom&#39;s basement, that like to talk shit on the internet.”
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Majewski said in a statement on Wednesday that &#8220;after carefully considering the pressure and attacks by the Washington Establishment Machine, my family and I have decided that there is no mission more important than continuing this race and standing strong for the patriots I committed to fight for.&#8221;
&#8220;It has become abundantly clear that the swamp and their unquestioning allies in the media will stop at nothing to keep their grip on the status quo and silence free and independent America First voices,&#8221; he continued. &#8220;Despite these organization&#8217;s vicious attempt to literally write my resignation, I have one very strong message: I will not cower to corruption, I will not be threatened and I will never stop fighting for this country and the amazing people of Northwest Ohio.&#8221;

Ohio Republican Congressional Candidate J.R. Majewski

GOP Congressional Candidate J.R. Majewski Vows To Fight On After Controversial Remark About ‘Special Olympics’

GOP Congressional Candidate J.R. Majewski Vows To Fight On After Controversial Remark About 'Special Olympics'

With Sen. <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/mitch-mcconnell" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Mitch McConnell</a> (R-KY) announcing on Wednesday his <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/mcconnell-to-step-down-as-senate-republican-leader" target="_blank" rel="noopener">intent to end his reign</a> as GOP leader in the Senate, speculation about who will run to replace him in the role quickly began to mount.
Top of the list of potential contenders, according to early chatter, appears to be the so-called <a href="https://twitter.com/MZanona/status/1762897423347662961" target="_blank" rel="noopener">&#8220;three Johns:&#8221;</a> Sens. John Thune (R-SD), John Barrasso (R-WY), and John Cornyn (R-TX).
Thune is currently the second-ranked Republican in the chamber, serving as minority whip — a role in which the <a href="https://www.senate.gov/about/origins-foundations/parties-leadership/party-whips.htm" target="_blank" rel="noopener">holder performs head counts</a> and rallies members of the party for votes and quorum calls.
The No. 3 Republican in the Senate is Barrasso, who serves as <a href="https://www.barrasso.senate.gov/public/index.cfm/biography" target="_blank" rel="noopener">chairman</a> of the Senate Republican Conference. Cornyn is a <a href="https://www.texastribune.org/2023/09/01/john-cornyn-leader-mitch-mcconnell/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">former Republican whip</a> and ex-chairman of the National Republican Senatorial Committee tasked with getting Republicans elected to the Senate.
None of the &#8220;three Johns&#8221; appeared to be ready to make any sort of announcement shortly after McConnell delivered remarks on the Senate floor declaring his plans to step down.
&#8220;That election is nine months away, and there is a much more important election between now and then,&#8221; Barrasso said, <a href="https://twitter.com/mkraju/status/1762909771462476003" target="_blank" rel="noopener">according to CNN</a>. &#8220;And that&#8217;s the election that we need to take the presidency, and the Senate, and the House and that&#8217;s where my focus is right now.&#8221;
Thune released a <a href="https://twitter.com/AndrewDesiderio/status/1762923867037638659" target="_blank" rel="noopener">statement</a> that said, “I look forward to having a discussion with my colleagues about what the future holds for the Senate Republican Conference and a new generation of leadership.&#8221;
Fox News <a href="https://twitter.com/ChadPergram/status/1762919319694946441" target="_blank" rel="noopener">reported</a> that Cornyn said he has &#8220;made no secret about my intentions,&#8221; but declined to share plans on his timeline for making a decision.
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McConnell&#8217;s announcement comes has he faced <a href="https://www.nationalreview.com/news/ted-cruz-calls-for-mcconnell-to-resign-from-leadership-as-backlash-to-border-deal-mounts/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">blowback</a> from some GOP colleagues over his support of a border deal that failed to pass after months of bipartisan negotiations. And unlike other top Senate Republicans, McConnell has <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/2nd-ranking-gop-senator-thune-endorses-trump" target="_blank" rel="noopener">not endorsed</a> former President Donald Trump or any other GOP candidates running for the White House in 2024.
During his speech on Wednesday, McConnell said he will stay on as leader for the time being as his colleagues pick a new leader in November and that person will take on the role in January. He also indicated plans to remain as a senator for his full term, which ends in January 2027.
The last time a GOP leadership election was held, in November of 2022, McConnell <a href="https://www.npr.org/2022/11/16/1137104129/mitch-mcconnell-wins-minority-leader-rick-scott-senate-republicans" target="_blank" rel="noopener">prevailed</a> over a challenge by Sen. Rick Scott (R-FL).
Some Republican and conservatives have begun voicing support for Scott, a former governor of Florida and chairman of the National Republican Senatorial Committee, to mount another campaign for leader.
&#8220;Mitch McConnell stepping down provides a great opportunity for true conservative leadership in the Senate. [Sen. Rick Scott] would make a great Republican leader,&#8221; Rep. Bob Good (R-VA), chairman of the House Freedom Caucus, <a href="https://twitter.com/RepBobGood/status/1762913961710702860" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said in a post to X</a>.
Scott released a <a href="https://twitter.com/kadiagoba/status/1762918130148348093" target="_blank" rel="noopener">statement</a> on McConnell stepping down but did not immediately announce a run to replace him.
&#8220;I have been very clear and have long believed that we need new leadership in the Senate that represents our voters and the issues we were sent here to fight for,&#8221; Scott said.
&#8220;As everyone knows, I challenged McConnell last year,&#8221; he added. &#8220;This is an opportunity to refocus our efforts on solving the significant challenges facing our country and actually reflect the aspirations of voters.&#8221;
Among other names being floated as possible candidates for GOP leader was Sen. <a href="https://twitter.com/AndrewDesiderio/status/1762922197478212086" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Steve Daines</a> (R-MT), the current chairman of the National Republican Senatorial Committee who is now focused on getting Republicans to win back the majority in the upper chamber.

Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell

Here’s Who Might Run To Replace McConnell As Senate GOP Leader, Including The ‘Three Johns’

Here's Who Might Run To Replace McConnell As Senate GOP Leader, Including The 'Three Johns'

Mitch McConnell

U.S. Senate

As Michigan voters went to the polls on Tuesday to cast their ballots in the Republican and Democratic primaries, a Kent County, Michigan, judge issued a preliminary injunction forcing state GOP Chair <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/rnc-recognizes-new-michigan-gop-leader-ousted-chair-remains-defiant" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Kristina Karamo</a> to give up control of party assets, ruling that she was properly removed from her position in January.
Karamo, who remained defiant after a faction of the Michigan Republican Party voted to remove her in a special meeting on January 6, was sued by her opponents as they sought to replace her with former U.S. Ambassador to the Netherlands Pete Hoekstra. In his Tuesday ruling, Judge J. Joseph Rossi said that Karamo was removed &#8220;pursuant to party bylaws&#8221; and the plaintiffs in the case are &#8220;likely to prevail at trial,&#8221; Bridge Michigan <a href="https://www.bridgemi.com/michigan-government/judge-kristina-karamo-properly-removed-michigan-gop-chair" target="_blank" rel="noopener">reported</a>.
The ousted GOP chairwoman was present in the courtroom gallery when Rossi announced his ruling and said after the decision that it was &#8220;absolutely ridiculous.&#8221; She added that for the time being, she has &#8220;to comply with the judge’s orders&#8221; and didn&#8217;t say if she would appeal the ruling.
&#8220;I&#8217;m not going to jail,&#8221; Karamo said.
The ruling also <a href="https://twitter.com/paulegan4/status/1762608866238353684" target="_blank" rel="noopener">prohibits</a> Karamo from calling herself the state GOP chair, which she had continued to do following the January 6 vote to oust her, according to Detroit Free Press reporter Paul Egan.
After the ruling, Hoekstra, who was endorsed by former President Donald Trump to take over the Michigan Republican Party, said it is &#8220;time to unite and move forward with the business delivering the state of Michigan for our Party’s presumptive nominee, Donald J. Trump.”
Earlier this month, the Republican National Committee also recognized Hoekstra as the Michigan GOP chair, which led to Karamo calling the national party &#8220;completely corrupt.&#8221;
“I’m still legally the chair,” Karamo said at the time. “The majority of the (Michigan Republican Party’s state) committee stands with me.”
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Karamo, a former community college teacher, took over as party chair in early 2023 following her 2022 election loss in the secretary of state race to Democrat Jocelyn Benson. During her SoS campaign, Karamo aligned herself with Trump — who endorsed her — and focused on challenging the 2020 presidential results in Michigan, arguing that Trump won the state. While she came up short in her effort to win the SoS race, Karamo won the hearts of many conservatives in the state who viewed her as a rising star in the GOP. But many who once supported her rise to Michigan GOP chair became disillusioned not long after Karamo took the wheel.
One of the main criticisms leading up to Karamo’s ouster was her handling of the party’s finances after former chair of the 9th district, Warren Carpenter, revealed shocking information about the Michigan GOP’s financial instability. Months before a vital 2024 election, the Michigan GOP went into debt and defaulted on a half-a-million-dollar loan. To make matters worse, one of the party’s main fundraising events <a href="https://www.bridgemi.com/michigan-government/karamo-blames-deep-state-mackinac-fundraiser-drives-gop-deeper-debt">didn’t raise</a> any money for the Michigan GOP in 2023.

Kristina Karamo

Judge Rules Michigan GOP Chair Was Properly Removed, Forces Her To Give Up Control Of State Party

Courts

Republican National Committee (RNC)

U.S.

The months-long chaos surrounding the <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/inside-the-gop-civil-war-in-michigan">Michigan Republican Party</a> finally showed signs of abating as the Republican National Committee on Wednesday officially ruled that Kristina Karamo was properly removed from her position as chair and Pete Hoekstra is the rightful leader of the state party.
The fight within the Michigan GOP stems from criticism over Karamo’s fundraising strategy, failure to address the party’s debt, and surrounding herself with questionable advisers. Hoekstra, the former ambassador to the Netherlands under Donald Trump, released a statement on Wednesday acknowledging the RNC’s decision and asking Karamo to end her attempts to remain as chair of the party, The Detroit News <a href="https://www.detroitnews.com/story/news/politics/2024/02/15/karamo-says-shes-still-chair-of-the-michigan-republican-party/72621554007/">reported</a>.
&#8220;Both the RNC and our party&#8217;s presumptive nominee Donald Trump have now come forward and recognized me as the duly elected chair of the Michigan Republican Party,&#8221; Hoekstra said in a statement Wednesday. &#8220;It is time for the former chair who was properly removed in accordance with the MIGOP bylaws to end her misinformation campaign.&#8221;
For Karamo, however, the fight isn’t over. She said on Thursday that she remains the chair of the state party and called the RNC “completely corrupt.”
&#8220;I&#8217;m still legally the chair,&#8221; Karamo said. &#8220;The majority of the (Michigan Republican Party&#8217;s state) committee stands with me.&#8221;
The GOP civil war in Michigan could bleed into the party’s presidential caucuses, which are set to take place on March 2 after the Democratic National Committee agreed to move up Michigan’s primary date to February 27, conflicting with RNC rules. Delegates will now be awarded in both the Republican primary on February 27 and the caucuses on March 2.
On Thursday, county Republican parties held conventions to elect delegates who will caucus for the GOP’s presidential nomination. According to The Detroit News, many Michigan Republicans expect Karamo’s supporters to push for another vote on party chair at the March 2 caucuses in Detroit.
Last month, nearly 90% of the Michigan GOP committee members who gathered for a special meeting voted to remove Karamo as the party chair and elected Hoekstra to take her place. But Karamo, along with a band of loyal supporters, refused to step down and held that those who voted to remove her had no authority to do so.
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Trump threw his support behind Hoekstra as Michigan GOP chair at the end of January, <a href="https://truthsocial.com/@realDonaldTrump/posts/111824903836828595">saying</a> he is looking forward “to working with Ambassador Pete Hoekstra as Chairman of The Republican Party of Michigan.”
Karamo’s claim that she still holds a majority of the support within the Michigan GOP is the crux of her argument to remain as chair. While many of the <a href="https://www.detroitnews.com/story/news/politics/2024/01/13/separate-michigan-gop-group-votes-to-keep-kristina-karamo-as-chair/72216510007/">107</a> GOP committee members voted in favor of keeping Karamo during a gathering on January 13, those opposed to her leadership and the RNC hold that she was successfully removed from her position on January 6, making her special meeting a week later null and void.
One of the main criticisms of Karamo’s leadership was her handling of the party’s finances after former chair of the 9th district, Warren Carpenter, revealed shocking information about the Michigan GOP’s financial instability. Months before a vital 2024 election, the Michigan GOP went into debt and defaulted on a half-a-million-dollar loan. To make matters worse, one of the party’s main fundraising events <a href="https://www.bridgemi.com/michigan-government/karamo-blames-deep-state-mackinac-fundraiser-drives-gop-deeper-debt">didn’t raise</a> any money for the Michigan GOP in 2023.
Related: <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/inside-the-gop-civil-war-in-michigan">Inside The GOP Civil War In Michigan</a>

Pete Hoekstra_Kristina Karamo

RNC Recognizes New Michigan GOP Leader; Ousted Chair Remains Defiant

2024 Primaries

Rep. Matt Rosendale (R-MT) announced on Thursday that he was dropping out of the <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/u-s-senate" target="_blank" rel="noopener">U.S. Senate</a> race in his state just days after launching his campaign.
Rosendale&#8217;s stunning reversal came after former President Donald Trump endorsed retired U.S. Navy SEAL and businessman Tim Sheehy for the seat on the same day that Rosendale announced his bid.
&#8220;Instead of one of those phony statements from politicians, here&#8217;s my statement on why I’m withdrawing my candidacy for the U.S. Senate,&#8221; Rosendale said in a statement. &#8220;As everyone knows, I have planned to run for the U.S. Senate and to win both the primary and the general election. However, the day I announced, President Trump then announced that he was endorsing a different candidate.&#8221;
&#8220;I have long been a supporter of the president, and remain so,&#8221; he continued. &#8220;But I have been forced to calculate what my chances of success would be with Trump supporting my opponent. This race was already going to be tough, as I was fighting against Mitch McConnell and the rest of the Republican establishment in Washington. But I felt like I could beat them, as the voters do not agree with them choosing who would be the next U.S. Senator from Montana.&#8221;
Rosendale said that he looked at his &#8220;calculations&#8221; and saw that Trump&#8217;s endorsement of Sheehy meant that he would not have the resources needed to win a brutal primary fight for the GOP nomination.
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He said that after realizing that &#8220;the hill was just too steep,&#8221; he spoke with Sen. Steve Daines (R-MT) and they agreed that it was best for the party&#8217;s chances to regain control of the U.S. Senate if he dropped out.
Daines responded to Rosendale&#8217;s announced on X, writing: &#8220;I appreciate Matt’s many years of service to Montana. It will take all Republicans working together to defeat Jon Tester in November.&#8221;

President Donald Resolution

Republican Congressman Bows Out Of U.S. Senate Race Days After Launching Bid

Donald Trump

Montana

House Homeland Security Committee Chairman Mark Green (R-TN) announced on Wednesday that he is retiring from <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/congress" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Congress</a> because the institution and the country in general is largely broken beyond repair.
&#8220;At the start of the 118th Congress, I promised my constituents to pass legislation to secure our borders and to hold Secretary Mayorkas accountable,&#8221; Green, a physician, said in a statement. &#8220;Today, with the House having passed H.R. 2 and Secretary Mayorkas impeached, it is time for me to return home. In the last few months, in reading the writings of our Framers, I was reminded of their intent for representatives to be citizen-legislators, to serve for a season and then return home.&#8221;
&#8220;Our country — and our Congress — is broken beyond most means of repair,&#8221; he continued. &#8220;I have come to realize our fight is not here within Washington, our fight is with Washington. As I have done my entire life, I will continue serving this country &#8212; but in a new capacity.&#8221;
Green thanked his family for their support while during his numerous years of serving the U.S., including while serving in the U.S. Military.
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&#8220;I also want to thank the constituents of Tennessee&#8217;s 7th District for the unbelievable honor to serve them in Congress &#8212; whose vote of confidence was not only evident in the wide margins in each election, but also without ever having a single primary opponent in my three elections,&#8221; he said. &#8220;And finally, I want to thank my staff, whose unmatched hard work, dedication, and talent have resulted in our many victories and one of the lowest turnover rates in Congress.&#8221;
Related: <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/rep-mike-gallagher-announces-retirement-after-helping-defeat-mayorkas-impeachment-vote">Rep. Mike Gallagher, Once Viewed As Rising GOP Star, Announces Retirement</a>

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Another Top Republican Announces Retirement: Congress ‘Broken Beyond Most Means Of Repair’

Another Top Republican Announces Retirement: Congress 'Broken Beyond Most Means Of Repair'

Mark Green

Tennessee

Sen. <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/ted-cruz" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Ted Cruz</a> (R-TX) slammed Senate Republican leadership this week over the controversial border bill, arguing that they were helping House Democrats defeat the majority that Republicans have in the House.
Cruz made the remarks during an episode of his &#8220;Verdict&#8221; podcast with host Ben Ferguson while talking about how negotiations have gone over the last several weeks and the split the bill has created among Congressional Republicans.
&#8220;Senate Republican leadership has basically declared war on House Republicans,&#8221; Cruz said, adding that at the conference&#8217;s weekly lunch meeting, there have been highly charged confrontations over the contents of the bill. &#8220;And I had been standing up, as have a number of other conservatives making the case against this, and many of my Republican colleagues are getting really pissed off.&#8221;
He said that Republican senators have been pressing leadership about why they were working on the bill with Democrats when it has no chance of passing the Republican-controlled House and that leadership responded by claiming that it would pass.
&#8220;Here&#8217;s really what&#8217;s accomplished: It is all about political messaging,&#8221; Cruz said. &#8220;This enables Chuck Schumer, it enables every Democrat running for reelection and enables Joe Biden to, number one, to not secure the border, to leave the crisis exactly as it is. But number two, to say, &#8216;Well, we wanted to secure the border, but the Republicans stopped us.&#8217; This is all about giving political cover for Democrats.&#8221;
&#8220;The reason [Senate Republican leadership] wants to do it is once they&#8217;ve passed it in the Senate, use it as a club to beat the crap out of House Republicans and to defeat the House Republican majority,&#8221; he said. &#8220;It is literally Senate Republican leadership helping the Democrats in the House.&#8221;
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Cruz said that a few of his Republican colleagues who were claiming that Republicans were not passing the bill because they want to use illegal immigration as an issue in the upcoming election were lying and that they were helping Democrats by making those remarks.
&#8220;You are reading Chuck Schumer&#8217;s talking points,&#8221; he said. &#8220;And your lie will be used to reelect Democrats to the Senate and in the House. You&#8217;re simply being useful idiots. And sadly, they have no response to that; they just go back out and tell the reporters the same damn thing all over again.&#8221;
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There is a 0% chance this failed border bill will pass the House.
It effectively normalizes 5,000 illegal aliens crossing the border per day—more than 1.8 million per year.
This is not a real solution. It is all about political messaging.<a href="https://t.co/EtJNmLSOly">https://t.co/EtJNmLSOly</a> <a href="https://t.co/c4icFXXhvk">pic.twitter.com/c4icFXXhvk</a>
— Ted Cruz (@tedcruz) <a href="https://twitter.com/tedcruz/status/1754844892600193179?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">February 6, 2024</a></blockquote>

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Cruz Blasts Senate Republicans Over Border Bill: They’re Helping Democrats ‘Defeat The House Republican Majority’

Border Crisis

Ted Cruz

Arizona Republican Party chairman Jeff DeWit resigned on Wednesday after an audio recording leaked of him allegedly offering a bribe to Kari Lake to suspend her campaign for the U.S. Senate.
DeWit faced backlash from Arizona Republicans, including from Lake herself, this week after the audio was obtained and published by the U.K.&#8217;s <a href="https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-12996297/EXCLUSIVE-Audio-recording-reveals-moment-senior-Republican-figure-tried-bribe-Kari-Lake-not-run-Senate.html">Daily Mail</a> on Tuesday. The audio was recorded in March of last year and allegedly captured DeWit offering Lake to name a price that would convince her to suspend her Senate campaign and forgo politics for two years.
DeWit accused Lake of selectively leaking the audio and undermining the Republican Party in a statement announcing his resignation.
&#8220;In light of the recent revelation that Kari Lake has released a selectively edited audio recording of our private conversation, I must clearly address this deceptive tactic. The recording, from over ten months ago, is not only taken out of context, but also undermines the integrity of private discussions critical for party leadership,&#8221; DeWit wrote.
DeWit alleged he was &#8220;set up&#8221; and said he could not compete with Lake&#8217;s &#8220;massive megaphone.&#8221; DeWit lamented that the affair distracts from GOP efforts in 2024.
&#8220;This is all such a distraction to that mission that I am doing as Ms. Lake wishes and am stepping down as Chairman of the Arizona Republican Party,&#8221; DeWit concluded.
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Statement from Chairman <a href="https://twitter.com/JeffDeWitAZ?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@JeffDeWitAZ</a> 
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&mdash; Arizona Republican Party (@AZGOP) <a href="https://twitter.com/AZGOP/status/1750234611890971064?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">January 24, 2024</a></blockquote>
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Lake, a Republican firebrand who lost a 2020 run for Arizona governor, called on DeWit to resign on Tuesday.
“[DeWit] has got to resign. We can’t have somebody who is corrupt and compromised running the Republican Party,” Lake told an NBC reporter at former President Donald Trump’s New Hampshire primary victory party on Tuesday night.
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Kari Lake calls for <a href="https://twitter.com/AZGOP?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@AZGOP</a> Chair Jeff DeWit to resign after release of audio in which he can be heard bribing Lake to not run for the U.S. Senate in exchange for a potential job (and its salary): <a href="https://t.co/8tF4sodXf3">https://t.co/8tF4sodXf3</a> <a href="https://t.co/4XBSzoVyYL">pic.twitter.com/4XBSzoVyYL</a>
&mdash; Vaughn Hillyard (@VaughnHillyard) <a href="https://twitter.com/VaughnHillyard/status/1749976071611580646?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">January 24, 2024</a></blockquote>
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Maricopa County Republican Committee chairman Craig Berland told the <a href="https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-12996297/EXCLUSIVE-Audio-recording-reveals-moment-senior-Republican-figure-tried-bribe-Kari-Lake-not-run-Senate.html">Daily Mail</a> that DeWit should step aside if the bribery allegation against him is true.
The recording of DeWit and Lake appears to have been recorded during an in-person conversation between the two.
“So, the ask I got today from back east was: ‘Is there any companies out there or something that could just put her on the payroll to keep her out?’” DeWit says, according to the recording. “Just say, is there a number at which …”
Lake interjects: “I can be bought? That’s what it’s about.”
“You can take a pause for a couple of years. You can go right back to what you&#8217;re doing,” DeWit continues.
Lake responds: “This is not about money, it’s about our country.”
At one point in the conversation, DeWit appears to attempt to explain the reasoning behind the desire for Lake to step aside for the 2024 cycle. He says the request comes down to “the ability to raise money to win.”
Lake says: “I don’t want to make a deal with these kinds of people. This is a hill worth dying on.”
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BREAKING: Explosive revelation: top Republican official caught on bombshell audio attempting to bribe Kari Lake (<a href="https://twitter.com/KariLake?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@KariLake</a>) to abandon senate run in Arizona. LISTEN<a href="https://t.co/Qw817XWJO0">pic.twitter.com/Qw817XWJO0</a>
&mdash; Simon Ateba (@simonateba) <a href="https://twitter.com/simonateba/status/1749890344181711073?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">January 23, 2024</a></blockquote>
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DeWit <a href="https://azgop.com/articles/introducing-your-new-chairman-1-1" target="_blank" rel="noopener">took</a> control of the Arizona Republican Party last year. Prior to winning the election to chair the state party, he served in the Trump administration as Chief Financial Officer of NASA, receiving unanimous approval by the U.S. Senate.
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DeWit was also active in former President Donald Trump&#8217;s 2016 and 2020 campaigns. In 2016, he served as the Trump campaign&#8217;s Chief Operations Officer and Chief Financial Officer. In 2020, Dewit was a part of Trump&#8217;s re-election effort again as COO.
He won election to be state treasurer of Arizona in 2014.
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Jeff DeWit

Arizona GOP Chair Resigns Over Release Of Alleged Bribery Recording

Arizona

Kari Lake

Former President Donald Trump is reportedly considering Rep. Elise Stefanik (R-NY) to be his vice presidential pick if he wins the Republican Party presidential primary.
The news comes as Stefanik announced that she was going to campaign with Trump in New Hampshire ahead of the state&#8217;s first-in-the-nation primaries next week.
According to <a href="https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2024-election/trump-elise-stefanik-vp-pick-prospect-rcna133599">NBC News</a>, Trump insiders claim the New York congresswoman is at the top of Trump&#8217;s list &#8220;because she possesses one of the key attributes he’s looking for in a 2024 running mate: loyalty.&#8221; One Republican campaign operative told the outlet, “If you’re Trump, you want someone who’s loyal above all else. Particularly because he sees Mike Pence as having made a fatal sin.”
Talk of Stefanik as a potential vice presidential pick, NBC reports, came up during a dinner with Mar-a-Lago members in late December, where the conversation turned to who Trump might pick as his running mate should he win the primary.
Attendees of the event reportedly &#8220;raved about [Stefanik&#8217;s] viral moment just weeks before, when she grilled three university presidents at a congressional hearing about antisemitism on campus.&#8221; It was during that hearing that the congresswoman repeatedly asked the presidents of Harvard, UPenn, and MIT whether calling for the genocide of Jews violated their universities policies on bullying and harassment.
According to one person at the event, when Trump was asked about considering her, he replied, &#8220;She’s a killer.&#8221;
As NBC notes, Stefanik was once viewed as a &#8220;moderate Republican&#8221; and worked on Mitt Romney’s 2012 presidential campaign. In fact, Conservative Review&#8217;s Liberty Score currently <a href="https://libertyscore.conservativereview.com/elise-stefanik" target="_blank" rel="noopener">gives</a> Stefanik a score of 48%, an &#8220;F&#8221; in its grading system, ranking her above Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC), but below Romney. Among her actions criticized by conservatives was her decision to initially vote for the pro-LGBT Equality Act in 2019, only to later <a href="https://www.timesunion.com/news/article/Stefanik-voted-yes-on-the-Equality-Act-in-2019-15982634.php">reverse</a> her support for the bill. Stefanik was also one of 47 House Republicans in 2022 to <a href="https://www.politico.com/news/2022/07/19/house-republicans-same-sex-marriage-law-00046682" target="_blank" rel="noopener">vote</a> in favor of writing same-sex marriage into law.
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After Trump won the 2016 election, Stefanik became a staunch defender of him. The congresswoman served on Trump’s 2019 impeachment defense team, and she was one of over a hundred House Republicans to sign an amicus brief asking the Supreme Court to nullify Biden&#8217;s electoral win. She is currently facing a <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/stefanik-fires-back-at-dem-bid-to-censure-her">censure</a> from House Democrats after she referred to January 6 criminal defendants as &#8220;hostages.&#8221;
Stefanik&#8217;s leadership in the House, where she serves as the chair of the House Republican Conference, has been praised by Speaker Mike Johnson, who said of her, &#8220;She’s one of the best leaders and best communicators in Congress.&#8221;
Stefanik did not rule out the possibility of being Trump&#8217;s VP when asked about it during a recent NBC News interview, saying, “Well, I, of course, would be honored to serve in any capacity in a Trump administration.&#8221;

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