{"id":1420280,"date":"2022-04-05T14:45:00","date_gmt":"2022-04-05T18:45:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1420280"},"modified":"2022-04-05T14:45:02","modified_gmt":"2022-04-05T18:45:02","slug":"40-percent-of-house-republicans-who-voted-to-impeach-trump-to-exit-congress-fred-upton-the-latest","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/40-percent-of-house-republicans-who-voted-to-impeach-trump-to-exit-congress-fred-upton-the-latest\/","title":{"rendered":"40 Percent of House Republicans Who Voted to Impeach Trump to Exit Congress, Fred Upton the Latest"},"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\">34<\/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%2F40-percent-of-house-republicans-who-voted-to-impeach-trump-to-exit-congress-fred-upton-the-latest%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=1420280&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><\/div>\n<p class=\"subheading\">Rep. Fred Upton (R-MI) on Tuesday announced his exit from Congress, notching up a 40-percent exit rate among House Republicans who voted to impeach Donald Trump.<\/p>\n<p>Just before announcing his retirement, Upton\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/nannburke\/status\/1511343407972634624?s=20&#038;t=5L4HLhtH2Vsz9DjmZeQ3jA\">noted<\/a>\u00a0in a campaign email on Tuesday \u201cvery positive\u201d poll numbers in his primary race against Trump-endorsed Rep. Bill Huizenga (R-MI).\u00a0Both Huizenga and Upton were running for the same seat due to state redistricting.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"D-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"gmxrevmore\" class=\"H\"><\/figure>\n<p class=\"story-text__paragraph\">\u201cMy district was cut like Zorro \u2014 three different ways,\u201d\u00a0Upton <a href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.com\/news\/2022\/04\/05\/gop-rep-fred-upton-to-retire-00023009\">told<\/a> reporters. \u201cSo I\u2019ve been here 36 years. When I first ran, I thought I\u2019d be here 10.\u201d Upton was first elected in 1986.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B2\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<p class=\"story-text__paragraph\">\u201cI got a lot of unfinished business that I\u2019m going to be working on now. \u2026 But no, this was our decision, independent of what I did with Trump,\u201d Upton said, acknowledging his failed vote to impeach Trump.<\/p>\n<p class=\"story-text__paragraph\">Upton joins three other pro-impeachment Republicans to forgo running for reelection. Those include Reps.\u00a0John Katko (R-NY), Anthony Gonzalez (R-OH), and Adam Kinzinger\u00a0(R-IL).<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">.<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/POTUS45?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@POTUS45<\/a>:<\/p>\n<p>\u201cUPTON QUITS! 4 down and 6 to go. Others losing badly, who&#8217;s next?\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/iKO0JgHwUK\">pic.twitter.com\/iKO0JgHwUK<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Natalie Harp (@NatalieJHarp) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NatalieJHarp\/status\/1511370857641394187?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 5, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<div class=\"c-message_kit__blocks c-message_kit__blocks--rich_text\">\n<div class=\"c-message__message_blocks c-message__message_blocks--rich_text\">\n<div class=\"p-block_kit_renderer\">\n<div class=\"p-block_kit_renderer__block_wrapper p-block_kit_renderer__block_wrapper--first\">\n<div class=\"p-rich_text_block\" dir=\"auto\">\n<div class=\"p-rich_text_section\">\n<p>Additional pro-impeachment Republicans may also not make it to the November midterms. Reps. Tom Rice (R-SC) and Liz Cheney (R-WY) are facing tough reelection campaigns. Donald Trump\u00a0<a class=\"editor-rtfLink\" href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/politics\/2022\/03\/12\/hes-laughed-at-in-washington-trump-calls-out-tom-rice-at-south-carolina-rally\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">called<\/a>\u00a0Rice \u201ca disaster\u201d in March and said he is \u201claughed at in Washington.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cLook at every city that\u2019s run by the Democrats if you want safety, security \u2026 vote for America First Republicans this November,\u201d Trump said. \u201cBut before we can defeat the Democrat socialists and communists at the ballot boxes \u2026 we first have to defeat the RINOS and grandstanders in the primaries.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, Cheney has a tough primary challenge against Trump-endorsed Harriet Hageman, who has earned the support of Rep. Kevin McCarthy and Republican megadonor Peter Thiel, who reportedly\u00a0<a class=\"editor-rtfLink\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/politicoalex\/status\/1486497255624429571?s=20\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">dubbed<\/a>\u00a0Cheney the \u201cringleader\u201d of the \u201ctreasonous ten.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>McCarthy\u2019s decision to support Hageman mirrors\u00a0the overall criticism of Cheney.\u00a0\u201cLiz Cheney has lost Wyoming. Liz Cheney doesn\u2019t live in Wyoming. She doesn\u2019t represent us,\u201d Hageman\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/politics\/2022\/01\/23\/liz-cheney-loses-wyoming-straw-poll-trump-backed-harriet-hageman\/\">told<\/a>\u00a0Breitbart News in January. \u201cShe doesn\u2019t represent our values.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Follow Wendell Huseb\u00f8 on\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/WendellHusebo?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Eauthor\">Twitter<\/a>\u00a0<\/em><\/strong><strong>and\u00a0<em><a href=\"https:\/\/gettr.com\/user\/wendellhusebo\">Gettr<\/a>\u00a0@WendellHuseb\u00f8<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Rep. Fred Upton (R-MI) on Tuesday announced his exit from Congress, notching up a 40-percent exit rate among House Republicans who voted to impeach Donald Trump. 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