{"id":784932,"date":"2021-09-17T16:13:36","date_gmt":"2021-09-17T20:13:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=784932"},"modified":"2021-09-17T16:39:45","modified_gmt":"2021-09-17T20:39:45","slug":"1-down-9-to-go-trump-responds-to-retirement-of-republican-who-voted-to-impeach-him","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/1-down-9-to-go-trump-responds-to-retirement-of-republican-who-voted-to-impeach-him\/","title":{"rendered":"\u20181 Down, 9 To Go\u2019: Trump Responds To Retirement Of Republican Who Voted To Impeach Him"},"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\">32<\/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%2F1-down-9-to-go-trump-responds-to-retirement-of-republican-who-voted-to-impeach-him%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=784932&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\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/Screen-Shot-2021-09-17-at-2.40.34-PM-scaled-e1631907763422.jpg\" \/><\/div>\n<p>Former President Donald Trump took a victory lap Friday in response to the retirement of Republican Ohio Rep. Anthony Gonzalez, a critic of the former president and one of 10 House Republicans who voted to impeach him in January.<\/p>\n<p>\u201c1 down, 9 to go!\u201d Trump said in a <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/kirk_bado\/status\/1438882506418360323\">statement<\/a> issued through Save America PAC. He had previously promised to back primary challenges against the House Republicans who <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/01\/13\/10-republicans-voted-impeach-trump\/\">voted to impeach<\/a> him earlier this year. Trump <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/02\/26\/trump-primary-ohio-anthony-gonzalez-max-miller-voted-impeach\/\">endorsed<\/a> the Ohio congressman\u2019s challenger, former White House advisor Max Miller, in February.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Trump\u2019s second statement this AM on Rep. Anthony Gonzalez\u2019s retirement. The football spiking will continue until morale improves. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/CShNCBigLU\">pic.twitter.com\/CShNCBigLU<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Kirk A. Bado (@kirk_bado) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/kirk_bado\/status\/1438882506418360323?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 17, 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Trump also released a <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RSBNetwork\/status\/1438879931015077889\">separate statement<\/a> earlier Friday that denounced Gonzalez as a \u201cRINO\u201d and said he \u201chas poorly represented\u201d his Ohio district.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cRINO Congressman Anthony Gonzalez, who has poorly represented his district in the Great State of Ohio, has decided to quit after enduring a tremendous loss of popularity, of which he had little, since his ill-informed and otherwise very stupid impeachment vote against the sitting President of the United States, me,\u201d Trump said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis is no loss for Ohio or our Country and, most importantly, we have a great candidate who was substantially leading Gonzalez in the polls, Max Miller, who I have given my Complete and Total Endorsement,\u201d he continued. \u201cMax is a tremendous person who will represent Ohio well. Good riddance to Anthony, he can now get himself a job at ratings-dead CNN or MSDNC!\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Inbox: Former President Trump weighs in on the decision of Rep Anthony Gonzalez not to seek re-election. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/pgqOR1de9L\">pic.twitter.com\/pgqOR1de9L<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 John Kosich (@KosichJohn) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/KosichJohn\/status\/1438852143281213441?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 17, 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Gonzalez cited a \u201ctoxic\u201d political environment, including within his own party, and the threat of violence as factors that contributed to his decision not to seek re-election, in an interview with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2021\/09\/16\/us\/politics\/anthony-gonzalez-ohio-trump.html\">The New York Times<\/a> published late Thursday. <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/04\/16\/capitol-riots-donald-trump-liz-cheney-alexandria-ocasio-cortez-eric-swalwell-mitt-romney\/\">(RELATED: Trump Critics In Congress Have Spent Tens Of Thousands On Private Security Since The Capitol Riot)<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Gonzalez is the first House Republican who voted to impeach Trump to <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/09\/17\/anthony-gonzalez-retirement-ohio-donald-trump\/\">announce<\/a> their retirement. He is also the third House Republican to <a href=\"https:\/\/ballotpedia.org\/List_of_U.S._Congress_incumbents_who_are_not_running_for_re-election_in_2022\">not seek another term<\/a> ahead of the 2022 election.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Former President Donald Trump took a victory lap Friday in response to the retirement of Republican Ohio Rep. 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