{"id":630436,"date":"2021-08-10T16:36:19","date_gmt":"2021-08-10T20:36:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=630436"},"modified":"2021-08-10T16:36:21","modified_gmt":"2021-08-10T20:36:21","slug":"unhappy-ending-wisconsin-dem-tied-to-massage-parlor-wont-run-for-reelection","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/unhappy-ending-wisconsin-dem-tied-to-massage-parlor-wont-run-for-reelection\/","title":{"rendered":"Unhappy Ending: Wisconsin Dem Tied to Massage Parlor Won\u2019t Run for Reelection"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">24<\/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%2Funhappy-ending-wisconsin-dem-tied-to-massage-parlor-wont-run-for-reelection%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=630436&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\/07\/Ron-Kind-scaled-e1626213609300.jpeg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" \/><\/div>\n<p>Rep. Ron Kind (D., Wis.), who has come under fire for renting property to a massage parlor linked to prostitution and human trafficking, announced Tuesday he will not run for reelection.<\/p>\n<p>Kind, who was first elected to represent his Wisconsin district in 1996, has faced mounting scrutiny over the massage parlor since details on the business were first revealed earlier this year. The business, which <a href=\"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/democrats\/ron-kind-rubs-elbows-with-law-firm-for-alleged-prostitution-ring\/\">advertised its services<\/a> on the &#8220;Yelp for sex spas,&#8221; is operated by a Chinese woman whom law enforcement investigated for <a href=\"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/democrats\/ron-kind-rented-property-to-masseuse-suspected-of-prostitution-human-trafficking\/\">prostitution and human trafficking<\/a>.<\/p>\n<div class=\"gs\">\n<div class>\n<div id=\":ae5\" class=\"ii gt\">\n<div id=\":a26\" class=\"a3s aiL \" readability=\"12.370650529501\">\n<div dir=\"ltr\" readability=\"19.983358547655\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Kind\u2019s retirement is a major blow to House Democrats as they seek to maintain their narrow majority. Kind narrowly held the seat last cycle, defeating Republican Derrick Van Orden by less than 3 percentage points. Van Orden, a retired Navy SEAL, is running for the seat again this cycle.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Rep. Sean Patrick Maloney (D., N.Y.), the chair of the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.com\/news\/2021\/08\/03\/sean-patrick-maloney-democrats-house-majority-502265\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/www.politico.com\/news\/2021\/08\/03\/sean-patrick-maloney-democrats-house-majority-502265&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1628709594472000&amp;usg=AFQjCNEzk0WxchQ2ONWmE1xsH4BjKVRfLA\" data-mt-detrack-inspected=\"true\">warned<\/a> last week that Democrats would lose their House majority if the midterms were held now.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Kind is the eighth member of the Democratic caucus to announce that they will not run for reelection in 2022. His decision was first reported by the <em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.jsonline.com\/story\/news\/politics\/2021\/08\/10\/democrat-u-s-rep-ron-kind-wisconsin-wont-seek-re-election\/5557639001\/\">Milwaukee Journal Sentinel<\/a><\/em>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Rep. Ron Kind (D., Wis.), who has come under fire for renting property to a massage parlor linked to prostitution and human trafficking, announced Tuesday he will not run for &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":2315279,"comment_status":"close","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-630436","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\/630436","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\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=630436"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/630436\/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=630436"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=630436"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=630436"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}