{"id":1217192,"date":"2022-01-14T18:49:14","date_gmt":"2022-01-14T23:49:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1217192"},"modified":"2022-01-14T18:49:17","modified_gmt":"2022-01-14T23:49:17","slug":"trump-foe-rep-john-katko-to-retire-in-november","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-foe-rep-john-katko-to-retire-in-november\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump Foe Rep. John\u00a0Katko to Retire in November\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">16<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Ftrump-foe-rep-john-katko-to-retire-in-november%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1217192&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Katko-26-Thumbnail.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" alt=\"image\" \/><\/div>\n<p>Establishment Republican Rep. John&nbsp;Katko (R-NY) on Friday announced his retirement from Congress.<\/p>\n<p>Katko, an open-borders Republican who voted to impeach Donald Trump and to enact the $1.9 trillion bipartisan infrastructure package, has decided to retire so he can \u201cenjoy my family and life in a fuller and more present way,\u201d he <a href=\"https:\/\/auburnpub.com\/news\/local\/govt-and-politics\/rep-john-katko-will-not-run-for-reelection\/article_39de7923-4977-524b-9b2c-cbe082999158.html\">wrote<\/a> in a statement, adding:<\/p>\n<div>\n<blockquote>\n<p>My conscience, principles and commitment to do what\u2019s right have guided every decision I\u2019ve made as a member of Congress, and they guide my decision today. It is how I\u2019ve been able to unite people to solve problems, and how I was rewarded with resounding victories in every single campaign for Congress.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Katko has served in Congress since 2014. His retirement comes as he was slated to become the chair of the Homeland Security Committee, where his pro-amnesty policies could have been conveyed into law.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"und\" dir=\"ltr\"><a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/A2kLVeQUHZ\">pic.twitter.com\/A2kLVeQUHZ<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Trump War Room (@TrumpWarRoom) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TrumpWarRoom\/status\/1482047171604140039?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 14, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>But after House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/politics\/2022\/01\/10\/exclusive-kevin-mccarthy-pledges-as-speaker-he-will-not-consider-amnesty-or-gun-control-legislation\/\">promised<\/a> to Breitbart News\u2019s Matt Boyle that no amnesty policies would be on the legislative docket if he wins the speakership, it appears Katko threw in the towel, as it was made clear no \u201ccomprehensive immigration reform\u201d legislation would be possible.<\/p>\n<p>McCarthy on Thursday told Axios he <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/economy\/2022\/01\/13\/kevin-mccarthy-reaffirms-populist-promises-to-establishment-axios-readers\/\">intends<\/a> in 2022 to make good on the pro-populist, America First promises he conveyed to Breitbart News:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>On issue after issue, he\u2019s laying down markers continuing the dramatic transformation of GOP leadership since 2017.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote>\n<p>\u2026<\/p>\n<p>Where Ryan focused on tax cuts and fostered friendly relations with corporate America, McCarthy is&nbsp;<a class=\"gtm-content-click\" href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/politics\/2022\/01\/11\/exclusive-kevin-mccarthy-the-chamber-of-commerce-left-republican-party-a-long-time-ago-not-welcome-back\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">publicly excoriating the Chamber of Commerce<\/a>,&nbsp;<a class=\"gtm-content-click x5l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.republicanleader.gov\/framework-to-stop-the-bias-and-check-big-tech\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener external\">threatening<\/a>&nbsp;<a class=\"gtm-content-click x5l\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/GOPLeader\/status\/1478448444796772352?s=20\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener external\">crippling regulations<\/a>&nbsp;on social media companies and planning to inject an anti-Chinese Communist Party (CCP) mindset into the work of every congressional committee possible.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote>\n<p>\u2026<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote>\n<p><strong>\u201cWe\u2019re going to be&nbsp;<\/strong>more aggressive than in the past,\u201d McCarthy told Axios.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019re not going to sit back and just take a \u2018no\u2019 for an answer\u2026it can\u2019t be business as usual.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The retirement of Katko is a blow to likeminded Republicans House members, such as Rep. Liz Cheney (R-WY) and Rep. Dan Crenshaw (R-TX), who may have hoped to have an ally in the House after the 2022 midterms.<\/p>\n<p>Trump responded on Friday to Katko\u2019s resignation. \u201cGreat news, another one bites the dust. Katko, from Upstate New York, is gone!\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In total,&nbsp;12 Republican members are <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/politics\/2022\/01\/11\/pelosi-allied-democrat-predicts-the-house-speaker-will-retire\/\">leaving<\/a> Congress. Among them are many establishment House Republicans, like Reps.&nbsp;Adam Kinzinger (R-IL),&nbsp;Anthony Gonzalez (R-OH), and Tom Reed (R-NY).<\/p>\n<p><em>Follow Wendell Huseb\u00f8 on Twitter&nbsp;<\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/WendellHusebo?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Eauthor\"><em>@WendellHuseb\u00f8<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Establishment Republican Rep. John\u00a0Katko (R-NY) on Friday announced his retirement from Congress.Katko, an open-borders Republican who voted to impeach Donald Trump and to enact the $1.9 trillion bipartisan infrastructure package, &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":21,"featured_media":2315279,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1217192","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1217192","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/21"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1217192"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1217192\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2315279"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1217192"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1217192"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1217192"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}