NEWS
I
N
% WISCONSIN,
REPUBLICAN
% CONGRESSMAN SEAN
DUFFY
ANNOUNCED
% THIS WEEK
HE
IS
STEPPING
DOWN
% EFFECTIVE
SEPTEMBER 23.
% DUFFY MADE
HIS
ANNOUNCEMENT
IN A
% FACEBOOK POST
SAYING,
IN
PART,
% RECENT WE HAVE
LEARNED THAT
OUR
% BABY,
DUE
IN
LATE
OCTOBER,
WILL
% NEED
EVEN
MORE
LOVE,
TIME
AND
% ATTENTION DUE
TO
COMPLICATIONS,
% INCLUDING A HEART
CONDITION.
% WITH MUCH
PRAYER,
HE
SAYS, I
% HAVE
DECIDED
THAT THIS IS
THE
% RIGHT TIME FOR
ME
TO
TAKE A
% BREAK
FROM
PUBLIC SERVICE
IN
% ORDER TO
BE
THE
SUPPORT MY
WIFE,
% BABY
AND
FAMILY NEED
RIGHT
NOW.
% DUFFY WAS
FIRST
ELECTED
TO
% REPRESENT
WISCONSIN'S
7TH
% CONGRESSIONAL
DISTRICT IN
2010.
% HE
BECAME A
STAUNCH
REPORTER
O
F
% PRESIDENT PRESIDENT TRUMP.
% WE
CHECK
IN
WITH
UW-SUPERIOR
% POLITICAL
SCIENCE
PROFESSOR
% ALISA
VON
HAGEL
TO
DISCUSS
THE
% IMPLICATIONS.%>> THANK
YOU
FOR
HAVING
ME.
% >>
THE
CIRCUMSTANCES
OF
HIS
% DEPARTURE ARE
DIFFICULT FOR
HIM
% PERSONAL
LE,
B
UT
!
PERSONALLY, BUT
YOU
BELIEVE IT'S
% PART
OF A
TREND.
% HOW
SO?
% >>
SO
YOU
SEE
THAT
PRIOR
TO
THE
% 2018
MIDTERM
ELECTIONS AND
% FOLLOWING, THERE'S
BEEN A
WAVE
% OF
REPUBLICANS
RESIGNING,
% RETIRING,
LEAVING
OFFICE
OR
% DECLARING THAT
THEY
WILL
NOT
% SEEK
PUBLIC OFFICE
AGAIN
IN
THE
% FUTURE.
% AND
S
O
PART
OF
THIS
IS
JUST
% THEIR
LOOKING
TO
THE
FUTURE,
% SEEING -- O
R
AT
LEAST
IN
2018,
% LEADING UP TO THE
MIDTERMS,
% THERE
WASN'T
OBVIOUSLY
HIGH
% HOPES
FOR
THE
REPUBLICANS
TO
% HOLD
ONTO
THE
MAJORITY
IN
THE
% HOUSE.
% AND SO
BEING
IN
THE
MINORITY AND
% SORT OF
SEEING
THAT
VISION OF% BEING IN
THE
MINORITY IN
THE
% FUTURE
IS
NOT
FUN
FOR
% LEGISLATORS OR
IS
NOT
SOMETHING
% THAT
ALLOWS
THEM
TO
REALLY
% ACCOMPLISH THE
GOALS
THAT
THEY
% SET OUT TO
DO.
% SO
YOU
JUST
SEE A
WAVE
OF
% REPUBLICANS ACROSS THE COUNTRY
% THAT HAVE
BEEN
RESIGNING OR
% RETIRING SINCE
THEN.% >>
DO
YOU
FEEL AS
THOUGH
THE
% TURBULENCE OF
THE
TRUMP
% ADMINISTRATION HAS ANYTHING TO%
DO
WITH
THE
REPUBLICAN KIND
OF
% MINI
EXODUS?
% >>
IT
CERTAINLY
HAS
PLAYED A
% ROLE, NO
DOUBT.
% EVEN
THOSE
WHO
ARE
STAUNCH
% ALLIES OF THE
PRESIDENT OR
% SUPPORT ON THE
ADMINISTRATION'S
% AGENDA, YOU
KNOW,
THERE'S
JUST
% ALWAYS A
CONTROVERSY
OR
SOME
% GAFFE, SOMETHING
THAT
HAPPENS,
% AND
LEGISLATORS
ARE
OFTEN
% HOUNDED BY
NEWS
REPORTERS
TO
B
E
% ASKED ABOUT
THE
LATEST
TWEET
OR
% WHATNOT.
% AND
IT'S
JUST A
LOT
OF
MORE
% TENSION,
MORE
CONFLICT THEY HAVE
% TO
DEAL
WITH,
EVEN
IF THEY ARE
% STILL VERY
SUPPORTIVE OF THE
% PRESIDENT AND
HIS
GOALS.
% >>
THE
FIRST
THOUGHT
MANY
HAD
ON
% HEARING
THAT SEAN DUFFY
WAS
% RESIGNING WAS
HE'D
BE
THROWING
% HIS HAT
IN
THE
RING
FOR
U.S.
% SENATE
OR
EVEN
GOVERNOR.
% WHAT'S YOUR SENSE OF
THAT?
% >>
YEAH.
% THAT
SPECULATION HAS
BEEN
MADE
% EVEN
BEFORE
THIS
RESIGNATION AT% THIS
TIME.
% THERE WAS TALK
OF
HIM
RUNNING
% FOR
CHALLENGING
TAMMY
BALDWIN
IN
% 2018
FOR
HER
SEAT,
BUT IT
WAS
% SORT OF
DETERMINED
THAT
HER
% SUPPORT
WAS JUST TOO
STRONG I
N
% THE
STATE
AND
IT
WOULDN'T
BE
% WORTH
IT.
% THERE'S TALK OF
HIM
RUNNING FOR
% RON
JOHNSON'S SEAT
IN
THE
% FUTURE.
% AND WHETHER OR NOT
THIS
TIME
OFF
% WILL
HELP
OR
HINDER
HIS
ABILITY
% TO DO
THAT,
HE
LEFT
OFFICE
WITH
% ABOUT
2.4
MILLION
IN
HIS
WAR
% CHEST, DOES SEEMS
LIKE A
LOT
OF
% MONEY
CERTAINLY,
BUT
AT
LEAST
TO
% MYSELF,
BUT IT
IS
FOR
--
RUNNING
% FOR PUBLIC
OFFICE, ES
ESPECIALLY
% RUNNING
FOR
SENATE AT THAT
LEVEL
% OF
OFFICE
IS
REALLY
NOT
NOWHERE
% NEAR
ENOUGH
T
O
REALLY
START
% MAKING A
SOLID
RUN
TOWARDS
THAT
% OFFICE.
% AND
SO
IT'S HARD TO
SAY.
% IT'S HARD TO
SAY.
% >>
WHAT
KIND
OF
SCRUM
DO
YOU
% EXPECT
THERE TO
BE
AS
POTENTIAL
% CANDIDATES TO
REPLACE
AND
LINE% UP
AND JUMP
INTO
THE
RACE?
% >> THERE HAVE
BEEN A
NUMBER
OF
% CANDIDATES, STATE
REPS,
T
HAT
% HAVE
ALREADY BEEN
THROWING
THEIR
% HAT INTO
THE
RING.
% I'VE
HEARD
JAMES,
JANET
BIEWLY,
% TOM
TIFFANY A
REPUBLICAN THAT
% RIGHT
AWAY
JUMPED
INTO
THE
RACE
% OR THAT
AT
LEAST
STATED
HIS
% INTENTION IN
RUNNING.
% AND
SO
THERE
WILL
NO
DOUBT
BE
% MORE
AND
MORE
CANDIDATES
COMING
% FORWARD AS WE
HAVE
THE
SPECIAL
% ELECTION
DATE
ESTABLISHED
AND
WE
% GET
CLOSER
LEADING UP
TO
THAT
% DATE.%>>
NOW, SEAN
DUFFY
WON
THAT
% DISTRICT
BY
20
PERCENTAGE POINTS
% LAST
YEAR,
THE
SAME
MARGIN% PRESIDENT TRUMP WON
IT
BY
IN
% 2016.
% SO IS
IT A
SUPER
SOLID
% REPUBLICAN
DISTRICT FOLLOWING
% REDISTRICTING?%>>
WELL,
YOU
KNOW,
IT'S HARD TO
% SAY.
% SO
THE
DISTRICT
HAS
CERTAINLY
% MOVED
TO A
MORE
CONSERVATIVE
% BENT
SINCE SEAN DUFFY HAS
BEEN
% IN
OFFICE,
AND
DESPITE
THAT,
% WHEN
HE
RESIGNED, THE
DAY
AFTER
% HE
RESIGNED,
HIS
DISTRICT
IN
THE
% COOK'S
CLINICAL
REPORT
WAS
% CLASSIFIED
AS
SOLIDLY
% REPUBLICAN, WAS
TRANSFERRED TO
% LEANING REPUBLICAN.
% AND
SO
THERE'S
ALREADY
SIGNS
% THAT
GIVEN
THE
LARGER
NATIONWIDE
% TRENDS OF
THE
CONTROVERSY
WITH
% THE
ADMINISTRATION, WITH THE
% CONTINUED
PRESENCE OF
THE
% DEMOCRATIC
MAJORITY
IN
CONGRESS,
% THAT THIS MAY
NOT
BE A
GOOD
% UPCOMING
YEAR
FOR
REPUBLICANS.
% AND
SO
IT
CERTAINLY
IS
GOING TO
% BE A TOUGH
BATTLE
FOR
WHOEVER
% DECIDES TO
RUN.
% >> OKAY.
% MIGHT
BE
IN
PLAY.
% ALISA
VON