Rep. Will Hurd's surprise retirement is big, bad news for the GOP

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https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/meet-the-press/rep-will-hurd-s-surprise-retirement-big-bad-news-gop-n1038596?fbclid=IwAR2QuLvdS70rpFSsQt5wM3bBJPXJB-47zWNHbl-XF3EZ64c9fHGPtc3I34Q


Rep. Will Hurd's surprise retirement is big, bad news for the GOP
Aug. 2, 2019, 8:48 AM EDT
By Chuck Todd, Mark Murray and Carrie Dann


WASHINGTON — For all of the attention on the divided Democrats on display at this week’s presidential debates, the GOP might have received worse news on Thursday.

Rep. Will Hurd, R-Texas, announced he won’t seek re-election in 2020 – the biggest House GOP retirement since Paul Ryan’s in 2018.

It’s also the sixth House GOP retirement in just the last two weeks, per NBC’s Alex Moe.

Why the Hurd news is significant:

It makes it much more likely the GOP will lose the district in 2020 (Hillary Clinton carried it in ’16); the Cook Political Report has already moved it to Lean D.

It makes it that much harder for the GOP to win control of Congress – Republicans need to flip 18 seats, and losing Hurd’s TX-23 district raises the number to 19.

Like Ryan’s announcement in 2018, it sends the message to GOP donors and potential recruits that flipping the House might be out of reach for Republicans.

It eliminates more diversity for the GOP — Hurd was the sole African-American member of the House Republican caucus.

And when it comes to the immigration debate, it robs the GOP of their only member representing a district on the U.S.-Mexico border.

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The fewer Will Hurd-like members running in 2020 reduces the number of moderate/non-Trump Republicans who would eagerly go to the polls for those representatives – and then still hold their nose and vote for the president.

The Republican Party is getting smaller and smaller, and that isn’t good news for an incumbent Republican president.

[ProudMNDemocrat]

1. This will also affect John Cornyn as well.

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Texas is in play now for a Dem flip.

Trump is aiding Democrats in ways even he could not have imagined.

[BannonsLiver]

3. How so?

[ProudMNDemocrat]

5. Texas is trending more Blue recently.

Those Democrats running for House seats in Texas will more than likely have an effect on the Senate race. As well as for State races too.

[gratuitous]

2. Sounds like Texas Republicans are floundering in deep water

Let's make sure we have plenty of anchors to toss to them.

[gibraltar72]

4. When I heard him ask Mueller an actual question

I thought that's a guy with zero fucks left.

[volstork]

6. Thoughts and prayers

n/t

[More_Cowbell]

7. That makes two Intelligence Committee members (with Conaway) retiring

Maybe they know something.

[pecosbob]

8. So F*ckChuck has his broken clock moment for the day

[irisblue]

9. A question for Texas Dems

When Beto was running against Cruz, a writer for a Texas paper pointed out, at least 3 times on NPR midday shows that Beto & the DNC started Latinx/Hispanic out reach fairly late in the campaign.

My ?, are the Texas Dems & DNC creating specific outreach for the Latinx/Hispanic community on why the Democratic Party is a good choice?

[Cha]

10. Wow.. this is Great News!