.MaddowBlog: Calling fmr. President Trump a 'cancer,' Republican Congressmen plans to walk away from Congress
Two words were so closely associated with Republican Rep. Anthony Gonzales that I started to think they were part of his name:"rising star." The Ohio congressman was a young former football star with an MBA from Stanford whose political career appeared to have limitless potential.
It marked the beginning of the end of his career in GOP politics. The Ohio Republican Party, who previously celebrated Gonzales,from Congress, as if he'd committed some kind of horrible crime. Max Miller, a former staffer in Donald Trump's White House, announced a primary campaign against the incumbent, and the former president soon after traveled to Ohio to rally support for Miller's candidacy.
The Ohioan added that while family was at the heart of his decision, and the commute didn't help,"it is also true that the current state of our politics, especially many of the toxic dynamics inside our own party, is a significant factor in my decision." Mr. Gonzalez said that quality-of-life issues had been paramount in his decision. He recounted an "eye-opening" moment this year: when he and his family were greeted at the Cleveland airport by two uniformed police officers, part of extra security precautions taken after the impeachment vote. "That's one of those moments where you say, 'Is this really what I want for my family when they travel, to have my wife and kids escorted through the airport?'" he said.
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