Mike Johnson Sends Entire House Home Ahead of Epstein Files Deadline
Newhouse was also one of 35 republicans who voted to create the January 6 Commission to investigate the Capitol insurrection, so it’s telling that after surviving two subsequent elections, he now thinks his time is up. Newhouse’s retirement means that only one Republican who voted to impeach Trump in Congress, Rep. David Valadao of California, remains in office, even though he faces a tough election in a conflicted district.
Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, a staunch supporter turned critic of the president, announced her own resignation last month. She told CNN’s Kaitlan Collins on Tuesday night that she thinks “the dam is breaking” regarding Republican support for Trump.
“A lot of Republicans may not have denounced it, but last week, 13 Republicans voted with Democrats to rescind one of President Trump’s executive orders that allowed him to fire federal employees,” Greene said, referring to Trump’s deranged post criticizing Rob Reiner after he and his wife were killed in their home on Sunday.
