Swordsmyth
05-28-2018, 08:55 PM
“No matter what I say or do, I feel all I do is answer questions about Donald Trump rather than health insurance or tax policy,” said Costello in a report by CNN (https://www.cnn.com/2018/05/26/politics/house-retirements-ryan-costello-jeff-flake-ileana-ros-lehtinen/index.html)that interviewed three of the many Republicans leaving the House (https://www.cnn.com/2017/11/10/politics/house-retirement-tracker/index.html) at the end of this year.
Costello revealed that he’s not seeking re-election because it’s been extremely trying to juggle work and family while working in a state that’s been rapidly shifting (https://www.vox.com/2018/5/15/17353736/pennsylvania-primary-election-results-2018-house-senate-governor) its dominant political party.
On the current state of Congress, the 41-year-old said, “I feel, increasingly, that if you’re a member of Congress, they assume that you’re not good. They assume that you’re not telling the truth. No matter what you do, someone’s out there locked and loaded to say something disparaging, false, mean, in an attempt to have other people not like you.”
The congressman elaborated by saying that since the Pennsylvania state Supreme Court redrew the district (https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/supreme-court-pennsylvania-gerrymandering_us_5a9d5bd2e4b089ec353d2026), it’s far more Democratic-leaning. For him to not run again was a no-brainer.
More at: https://www.yahoo.com/news/republican-congressman-retiring-early-answer-153350581.html
https://www.thenewamerican.com/freedom-index
Dist.6: Ryan Costello (https://www.thenewamerican.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=38&Itemid=828&nameid=C001106) - 51%
Good riddance.
Costello revealed that he’s not seeking re-election because it’s been extremely trying to juggle work and family while working in a state that’s been rapidly shifting (https://www.vox.com/2018/5/15/17353736/pennsylvania-primary-election-results-2018-house-senate-governor) its dominant political party.
On the current state of Congress, the 41-year-old said, “I feel, increasingly, that if you’re a member of Congress, they assume that you’re not good. They assume that you’re not telling the truth. No matter what you do, someone’s out there locked and loaded to say something disparaging, false, mean, in an attempt to have other people not like you.”
The congressman elaborated by saying that since the Pennsylvania state Supreme Court redrew the district (https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/supreme-court-pennsylvania-gerrymandering_us_5a9d5bd2e4b089ec353d2026), it’s far more Democratic-leaning. For him to not run again was a no-brainer.
More at: https://www.yahoo.com/news/republican-congressman-retiring-early-answer-153350581.html
https://www.thenewamerican.com/freedom-index
Dist.6: Ryan Costello (https://www.thenewamerican.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=38&Itemid=828&nameid=C001106) - 51%
Good riddance.