Leanne Caldwell (Puck News) [guest]
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first heard Dec 2025
last heard 9 Dec
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It's just another data point of the political environment and the mood of the country around Republicans right now.
People are looking at that and seeing the writing on the wall and believing that the House Republicans are not going to be in the majority after the midterms, that they'll lose the majority.
Trump's freaking out about the midterms.
And it's not a very fun place to be.
The thing about serving in the House is you get to reevaluate your life every two years.
And, you know, we're in that season where people, Republicans especially, are deciding if it's worth it.
And I'm told that many more Republicans are going to say that it's not.
An estimate that one source told me was near 20 more Republicans are set to retire.
It is.
Already at this point, we're already at 23 Republicans who have announced.
So it also talks about the mood of the Congress.
People are just not happy right now.
So Democrats are retiring, too.
Of course, it happens every year.
But the numbers are lower for Democrats and the reasons are different.
You look at the list of Republicans and Democrats so far who have announced their retirement.
The Democrats, it's
Either most of them are old in their late 70s or 80s, or they have served for decades.
You have Nancy Pelosi as one of the Democrats who is retiring.
Yeah, totally.
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