Mike Gallagher Out!

Republican Mike Gallagher out after Mayorkas vote.

President Joe Biden still has a long way to go and the stakes couldn't be much greater.

On a theme of revenge, Republicans are mounting constant attacks on the embattled president. Some are legitimate reasons to criticize. Others are just noise conjured up by Fox, X, Newsmax, TikTok, Facebook and YouTube.

The rest like Rumble, Truth Social and Real America's Voice are just conspiracy theories and grifting at its worst.

Republicans are revolting against each other. Several members are in fear of a primary challenge or a strong Democratic challenger. Many are heading for the exit doors while in the case of former 3rd District of Colorado Republican member Lauren Boebert, she will run in another district.

Wisconsin Republican Mike Gallagher is retiring from the House. He is angered by the lack of accomplishments and the Republicans refusal to read the U.S. Constitution. He represents the 8th Congressional District which covers the Green Bay metropolitan area.

Gallagher was known for his attack on free speech. During the Iowa Capitol Satanic Holiday display, Gallagher went to Softball Hannity's shitshow on Fox to complain about the Satanic display in Wisconsin. He claims that its was evil for this display to be up and his children would never be allowed to see it.

Republicans are gun ho in trying to impeach Homeland Security Alejandro Mayorkas over the "border crisis." 

In reality, the border is safe and Republicans proved that by blocking the bipartisan border bill several Senators spent months negotiating. Former president Donald J. Trump claims victory because he can finally use a weapon against Biden. Trump wants to deny Biden a victory and it proved to the country that the ineffectiveness of Republicans is the reason why Anericans distrust their government.

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— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) November 26, 2023

None of these Republicans are doctors. Some may have been but in the case of Rep. Ronny Jackson (R-TX), he abused his medical oath by doing harm. We heard about Jackson passing out pills like it was candy. We know he rides like that when he's under the influence of booze.

Gallagher was one of four Republicans who refused to impeach Mayorkas.

The GOP has been looking to oust Mayorkas as a way to punish the Biden administration over its handling of the U.S.-Mexico border. A House impeachment vote Tuesday fell just one vote short. Gallagher was one of three Republicans who opposed impeachment. His fellow Republicans surrounded him on the House floor in an attempt to change his mind, but he refused to change his vote.

Record numbers of people have been arriving at the southern border as they flee countries around the globe. Many claim asylum and end up in U.S. cities that are ill-prepared to provide for them while they await court proceedings. The issue is potent line of attack for Donald Trump as he works toward defeating President Joe Biden in November’s elections.

Gallagher wrote in a Wall Street Journal op-ed published after the vote that impeachment wouldn’t stop migrants from crossing the border and would set a precedent that could be used against future Republican administrations. But the impeachment vote’s failure was a major setback for the GOP. Wisconsin Republicans began mulling this week whether Gallagher should face a primary challenger.

A statement from Congressman Gallagher. pic.twitter.com/93xhZIyVRb

— Rep. Gallagher Press Office (@RepGallagher) February 10, 2024

Gallagher did not mention the impeachment vote in a statement announcing his retirement, saying only that he doesn’t want to grow old in Washington.

“The Framers intended citizens to serve in Congress for a season and then return to their private lives,” Gallagher said. “Electoral politics was never supposed to be a career and, trust me, Congress is no place to grow old. And so, with a heavy heart, I have decided not to run for re-election.”

He told the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel that the backlash over the impeachment vote did not play a role in his decision.

“I feel, honestly, like people get it, and they can accept the fact that they don’t have to agree with you 100%,” he told the newspaper, adding later in the interview: “The news cycle is so short that I just don’t think that stuff lasts.”

Voicemails The Associated Press left at his offices in Washington and Wisconsin on Saturday weren’t immediately returned.

Gallagher, a former Marine who grew up in Green Bay, has represented northeastern Wisconsin in Congress since 2017. He spent last year leading a new House committee dedicated to countering China. During the committee’s first hearing, he framed the competition between the U.S. and China as “an existential struggle over what life will look like in the 21st century.”

Tensions between the two countries have been high for years, with both sides enacting tariffs on imports during Trump’s term as president. China’s opaque response to COVID-19, aggression toward Taiwan and the discovery of a possible spy balloon floating across the U.S. last year have only intensified lawmakers’ intent to do more to block the Chinese government.

Chinese officials have lashed out at the committee, accusing its members of bias and maintaining a Cold War mentality.

Gallagher was one of the highest-profile Republicans considering a run for U.S. Senate this year against incumbent Wisconsin Democrat Tammy Baldwin. But he abandoned the idea in June. He said then that he wanted to focus on countering China through the committee and that he planned to run for a fifth term in the House.