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Utah Prepares Special Election as Rep. Chaffetz Says He May Step Down Early

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Not only will he Not run in 2018, looks like he may be stepping down.
He's apparently seen and heard enough.. or the handwriting on the wall.
It's ugly out there/here.

Utah Prepares Special Election as Rep. Chaffetz Says He May Step Down Early
Congressman is top Republican on House Oversight committee
By Natalie Andrews
Updated April 20, 2017 1:54 p.m. ET
https://www.wsj.com/articles/utah-p...affetz-says-he-may-step-down-early-1492708616
WASHINGTON—Utah Rep. Jason Chaffetz, the Republican who leads the House committee primarily responsible for conducting oversight and investigations of the federal government, said Thursday he may leave Congress before his term ends, a day after announcing he would not run for re-election in 2018.

“My future plans are not yet finalized but I haven’t ruled out the possibility of leaving early,” he said. “In the meantime, I still have a job to do and I have no plans to take my foot off the gas.“

Meanwhile, Utah officials have begun preparing for a special election to replace him, said Lieutenant Gov. Spencer Cox.
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Should Mr. Chaffetz leave the job early, he would be the Second Republican to step aside from a role Monitoring the Trump administration.".."
 
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It's possible Chaffetz has seen clear, convincing evidence of Trump committing treason.. And he wants to distance himself as far as possible away from the current administration before they go down.


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It's possible Chaffetz has seen clear, convincing evidence of Trump committing treason.. And he wants to distance himself as far as possible away from the current administration before they go down.


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Lol......

If there was " convincing evidence " we would know about it by now.

It would have been leaked months ago
 
It's possible Chaffetz has seen clear, convincing evidence of Trump committing treason.. And he wants to distance himself as far as possible away from the current administration before they go down.


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It could be just as likely that the House kitchen only stocks cherry popsicles and Chaffetz hates those, so he's leaving to get a better choice of frozen treat.
 
It could be just as likely that the House kitchen only stocks cherry popsicles and Chaffetz hates those, so he's leaving to get a better choice of frozen treat.
If that were a sarcastic post (and at first thought it must be), it might make sense.
As it stands, it's ridiculous.


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No, it still makes No sense.
Chafetz' position in the Congress makes his Rush to leave all the more telling.

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Moon posts (now #8) still making NO sense.
I'm not going to waste 5 more posts and Ruin the string quality on his nonsense/popsicle 'replies.'
 
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It could be just as likely that the House kitchen only stocks cherry popsicles and Chaffetz hates those, so he's leaving to get a better choice of frozen treat.

It's preferable to stop at 7/11 for your favorite brand of popsickle, on your way to The Capitol Building than order them on commissary from a correctional facility.


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If that were a sarcastic post (and at first thought it must be), it might make sense.
As it stands, it's ridiculous.


EDIT to below.
No, it still makes No sense.
Chafetz' position in the Congress makes his Rush to leave all the more telling.

It makes perfect sense if all one is engaged in is pointless, mindless speculation.

Get it yet?
 
It's preferable to stop at 7/11 for your favorite brand of popsickle, on your way to The Capitol Building than order them on commissary from a correctional facility.


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I agree. Correctional facilities only stock those horrible off brand popsicles and not the genuine article.
 
It's possible Chaffetz has seen clear, convincing evidence of Trump committing treason.. And he wants to distance himself as far as possible away from the current administration before they go down.


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Anything is possible. It's possible he wants to be governor, which IMO is the most likely scenario, and leaving early would only hurt him. He should finish out his term.
 
Anything is possible. It's possible he wants to be governor, which IMO is the most likely scenario, and leaving early would only hurt him. He should finish out his term.
Now this is speculation based on logic and common sense. Other posters should take note.

Though I'm still partially convinced it's the whole popsicle thing.
 
If that were a sarcastic post (and at first thought it must be), it might make sense.
As it stands, it's ridiculous.


EDIT to below. (#6)
No, it still makes No sense.
Chafetz' position in the Congress makes his Rush to leave all the more telling.

EDIT 2:
Moon posts (now #8) still making NO sense.
I'm not going to waste 5 more posts and Ruin the string quality on his nonsense/popsicle 'replies.'
Good thinking. Sorry it went over your head.
 
Now this is speculation based on logic and common sense. Other posters should take note.

Though I'm still partially convinced it's the whole popsicle thing.

Popsicles are the devil's tool. I only like Toasted Almonds from Good Humor.
 
Anything is possible. It's possible he wants to be governor, which IMO is the most likely scenario, and leaving early would only hurt him. He should finish out his term.

Something doesn't add up with his story. He says he's not running for reelection for family reasons. But, we know that's not true because he said he's going to run for governor. But, they all just say "family" because it's a safe word, that gets them out of explaining themselves:

Then the next day he says I'm resigning early. It's early in the game to be making hose announcements.

I'd look for the Paul Ryan's and Mitch McConnels to start distancing themselves from Trump, before I made a definitive call on what the investigations are going to conclude.


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Anything is possible. It's possible he wants to be governor, which IMO is the most likely scenario, and leaving early would only hurt him. He should finish out his term.

Perhaps Trump has the man lined up for a new job, kinda of a thank you for going easy on the ethics with Trumps folks.
 
It's possible Chaffetz has seen clear, convincing evidence of Trump committing treason.. And he wants to distance himself as far as possible away from the current administration before they go down.


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Heck, it's possible that Chaffetz is Russian.
 
It could be just as likely that the House kitchen only stocks cherry popsicles and Chaffetz hates those, so he's leaving to get a better choice of frozen treat.


Not that there's anything wrong with Cherry popsicles.
 
Something doesn't add up with his story. He says he's not running for reelection for family reasons. But, we know that's not true because he said he's going to run for governor. But, they all just say "family" because it's a safe word, that gets them out of explaining themselves:

Then the next day he says I'm resigning early.

I'd look for the Paul Ryan's and Mitch McConnels to start distancing themselves from Trump, before I made a definitive call on what the investigations are going to conclude.


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I think he has 3 kids if I remember right. Being in DC while your family is thousands of miles away sucks. Having your kids at your side while you govern the state is much easier.

Like I said, anything's possible. Hell, his Mormon wife may be having an affair with the ice cream man and he wants to be closer to home to catch her for all we know.

It could have to do with Trump, or lots of other things. I like the man and wish he was staying where he was.
 
Perhaps Trump has the man lined up for a new job, kinda of a thank you for going easy on the ethics with Trumps folks.

I think Trump would have a hard time convincing the citizens of Utah to toss Chaffetz aside as a favor to him.
 
It's possible Chaffetz has seen clear, convincing evidence of Trump committing treason.. And he wants to distance himself as far as possible away from the current administration before they go down.

That doesn't makes sense because if he had an culpability in the matter he would only be making himself look more guilty of something. If there actually is evidence of treason the best thing for him to do is to ensure, to the best of his ability, that the matter is addressed properly.
 
People are ignoring the fact that Chaffetz is head of the oversight committee. That position would put him in direct possession of information as well as a tight spot with trying to do his job as oversight chair and protect Trump at the same time.


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That doesn't makes sense because if he had an culpability in the matter he would only be making himself look more guilty of something. If there actually is evidence of treason the best thing for him to do is to ensure, to the best of his ability, that the matter is addressed properly.

Not if he's still loyal to the party. He would want to distance himself from he scandal and deny he ever saw proof of it. Otherwise he'd have to out a R president.


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I think he has 3 kids if I remember right. Being in DC while your family is thousands of miles away sucks. Having your kids at your side while you govern the state is much easier.
Congress is elected every two years.
I think he knew he had a family a few months ago.

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Like I said, anything's possible. Hell, his Mormon wife may be having an affair with the ice cream man and he wants to be closer to home to catch her for all we know.
I can't believe another ridiculous 'popsicle' 'reply.'

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It could have to do with Trump, or lots of other things. I like the man and wish he was staying where he was.
Hark! yeah it could.
I like him too. He's honest.
I suspect that's why he's leaving.. early.

I would consider him thinking the GOP will get creamed in the 2018 mid-terms too.
Leaving now will prevent him from looking like he's hopping off a sinking ship a year from now.
 
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I think Trump would have a hard time convincing the citizens of Utah to toss Chaffetz aside as a favor to him.

Very true, the devil himself could run for office in Utah, as long as he has an R next to name, your hired!!
 
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