Garrett to quit Congress amid servant scandal, alcoholism

**Swordsmyth** · 05-28-2018, 07:48 PM

Rep. Tom Garrett (R-Va.) said Monday that he is an alcoholic and will not seek reelection in November — a decision that came amid mounting scrutiny into his handling of his congressional office.
The 46-year-old Garrett was the subject of a POLITICO report on Friday citing four former aides who said that the congressman and his wife, Flanna, had used official staff to run errands and take care of their dog. In his Monday statement, he called the allegations “a series of half-truths and whole lies.”

“The recent attacks on my family are a series of half-truths and whole lies,” he said, seeming to hold back tears. “But there’s one area where I haven’t been honest. The tragedy is that any person Republican, Democrat or independent who’s known me for period of time and has any integrity knows two things: I am a good man and I am an alcoholic.“
It is unclear whether Garrett will seek outpatient treatment for his alcoholism, or enter an in-patient facility.

More at: https://www.politico.com/story/2018/...oholism-610033

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Dist.5: Thomas Garrett - 78%

Drat! I hope his replacement is as good.

**Swordsmyth** · 05-28-2018, 07:49 PM

The Virginia filing deadline has passed, so it will now be up to local Republican officials to select a replacement to run in the general election. The names mentioned include state Sen. Bill Stanley, state Sen. Jill Vogel, and state Del. Rob Bell.

**Mach** · 05-28-2018, 08:04 PM

If every politician that was an alcoholic resigned we would have a national crisis.

**Zippyjuan** · 05-28-2018, 08:36 PM

That raises the number of Republicans not running again for the House to 38 (vs 17 Democrats) plus three retiring from the Senate (0 Dems) and 12 who are running for a different office. https://ballotpedia.org/List_of_U.S....ection_in_2018

**Champ** · 05-28-2018, 11:33 PM

You can file this under making room for the record number of ex/former/informant/current intelligence (largely the CIA) officers that have currently enrolled to run in 2018 and need to get into office to help in the effort to expel Trump and/or securing deep state information by forming blockades in Congress.

**William Tell** · 05-29-2018, 07:58 AM

Garrett was the one who filed a bill to decriminalize marijuana. One of the top 10 up there the way I see it, not that anyone outside the top 3 are very good. Shame he's leaving no way will anyone better replace him.

**TheCount** · 05-29-2018, 09:59 AM

Were they assistants?

**Swordsmyth** · 05-29-2018, 02:30 PM

Originally Posted by William Tell

Garrett was the one who filed a bill to decriminalize marijuana. One of the top 10 up there the way I see it, not that anyone outside the top 3 are very good. Shame he's leaving no way will anyone better replace him.

Originally Posted by pulp8721