GOP congressman (Rooney) who was open to impeachment calls it quits

By artappraiser on Sat, 10/19/2019 - 6:53pm |

Another sane one throws in the towel.

By Melanie Zanona, Matt Dixon & Christian Vasquez @ Politico.com, Oct. 19

Rep. Francis Rooney (R-Fla.), who was the first House Republican express openness to voting to impeach President Donald Trump, announced his retirement on Saturday.

“I thought the idea was you came and did your public service and left, you accomplish what you want to accomplish and you left," Rooney said on Fox News. "And that’s what I want to be an example to do. And I’m also tired of the intense partisanship that stops us from solving the big questions that America needs solved.” [....]

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https://www.politico.com/news/2019/10/19/francis-rooney-announce-retirement-000291