Rep. Garrett announces he is an alcoholic and will not seek re-election

[tres borrachos]

I do apologize if there was already a thread on this.

RICHMOND — Rep. Thomas Garrett (R-Va.) announced Monday that he is struggling with alcoholism and will abandon his run for a second term in Congress so he can focus on recovery and his family.

Garrett, a member of the conservative Freedom Caucus, is the 44th Republican to retire or announce they will not seek reelection to the House this year, according to CNN’s retirement tracker. Many are leaving in anticipation of a strong Democratic performance in Congressional races this fall and out of frustration with partisan politics in Washington.


More here:

Rep. Garrett announces he is an alcoholic and will not seek re-election

Has anyone else from the Freedom Caucus announced retirement?

I hope he gets the help he needs for himself, his wife and his baby.

 

[brothern]

... is the 44th Republican to ... !?

Holy ****! It's almost to a fifth of the Republican Congress delegation that is now leaving Congress. This. Is. Insane!!

 

[Cardinal]

Addiction's a bitch.

 

[tres borrachos]

... is the 44th Republican to ... !?

Holy ****! It's almost to a fifth of the Republican Congress delegation that is now leaving Congress. This. Is. Insane!!

Yup. That's a whole hell of a lot of Republicans leaving Washington.

My Congressional rep isn't running for re-election (she's a Democrat), thank goodness. But I don't think there are many Dems not running again.

Personally I'd like to see the entire Freedom Caucus step aside. Those assholes are responsible for much of what's wrong in Washington today.

 

[OrphanSlug]

Wow what a terrible way to put this (from the article)... "Any person — Republican, Democrat or independent — who has known me for any period of time and has any integrity knows two things: I am a good man and I’m an alcoholic."

 

[Phys251]

I do apologize if there was already a thread on this.

RICHMOND — Rep. Thomas Garrett (R-Va.) announced Monday that he is struggling with alcoholism and will abandon his run for a second term in Congress so he can focus on recovery and his family.

Garrett, a member of the conservative Freedom Caucus, is the 44th Republican to retire or announce they will not seek reelection to the House this year, according to CNN’s retirement tracker. Many are leaving in anticipation of a strong Democratic performance in Congressional races this fall and out of frustration with partisan politics in Washington.


More here:

Rep. Garrett announces he is an alcoholic and will not seek re-election

Has anyone else from the Freedom Caucus announced retirement?

I hope he gets the help he needs for himself, his wife and his baby.

Several things here.

First and foremost, I respect Garrett's honesty. I hope that he can use this time off to get the help he needs.

Second, at what point does alcohol abuse become the national conversation that it needs to? It's not a trendy conversation any more but the problem still exists.

Third, holy freakin' 44th Republican retirement!