So far, 16 members of Congress—eight Democrats and eight Republicans—have announced they are retiring from public office before the next election. And there could be more as retirements tend to spike after the holidays.

While much of the retirement attention has been on the Democrats, who lost their only chance of holding on to a Senate seat in solidly red West Virginia, and a handful of House members who had success in swing districts, political experts say that the surge of retirements could spell bad news for Republicans.

      • Flying Squid
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        1911 months ago

        I said the other day that we have a choice between a fascist and a grandpa in this presidential election. They said Trump has grandchildren too. I explained that the difference between a grandfather and a grandpa is that grandpas love their grandchildren.

        • Drusas
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          611 months ago

          Yep. There’s a reason I refer to my mother as my mother and not as my mom.

        • @[email protected]
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          011 months ago

          If you wanna go that route I’m pretty sure Biden had a granddaughter and hat he refused to acknowledge for a long time.