Ribble drops out of conservative Freedom Caucus

[Myrina]

Source: Green Bay Press Gazette / Gannett Wisconsin

"WASHINGTON – Rep. Reid Ribble, R-Sherwood, has dropped out of the secretive Freedom Caucus, the conservative Republican group that upended the election Thursday for House speaker.

Ribble, a co-founder of the 40-odd member caucus, said the group came together because of frustration with House leadership for not taking into account enough the views of rank and file lawmakers. But he said he expected the group would focus on trying to improve the way things were being run, for example, getting leaders to rely on committees more and making sure funding bills get passed on time.

“The Freedom Caucus has moved away from this primary focus in recent weeks, and for this reason I have stepped back from the caucus,” Ribble said. "The freedom caucus pivoted their attention to these leadership races and away from policy and I wasn’t interested in making that pivot."

The group is said to have played a role two weeks ago in the decision by current Speaker John Boehner, R-Ohio, to resign. He met with Ribble and four other founding Freedom Caucus members, including its chairman, Rep. Jim Jordan, R-Ohio, the evening before Boehner announced he would leave.

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Read more: http://www.greenbaypressgazette.com/story/news/2015/10/08/ribble-drops-out-conservative-freedom-caucus/73611822/urce

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Whoa, the co-founder bails. The wheels are really coming off the in a hasty fashion!

[Kelvin Mace]

1. The crazies are getting too crazy for the founding crazies.

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[Stuart G]

3. No one could have said it better than the above post....!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[wordpix]

11. funny!

[MynameisBlarney]

13. Ayup.

That's it, lol.

[Hortensis]

2. Could the Freedom Caucus be breaking up? Second defection in

a short while, this one a cofounder.

The reason given is pure garbage, of course: "The Freedom Caucus has moved away from this primary focus in recent weeks..."improving the way things were being run." Garbage! But a cofounder disavowing association with this group of terminal troublemakers is very interesting.

[davidpdx]

4. The idiot got outed for his participation in the freakshow caucus

I bet when it was made public he was one of the members there was public backlash. Too bad some of his constituents didn't get to chase him down the street with torches and pitch forks. He would have run like a little girl.

[Myrina]

5. Considering his constituency ... probably not

.... some (purposely) low-information, mean-spirited Tea Nutters in that part of WI.

[wordpix]

12. apparently that's due to gerrymandering his district

One renowned pundit in past couple of days, and I forget who (maybe Howard Dean) said the reason all these crazies are in office is due to redistricting so that moderates don't count.

[Archae]

14. My Mom lives in that district.

She says the numbers of liberals and far-right kooks is fairly even, and Koch money was a big factor in Ribble's election.

[dembotoz]

6. he is still a turd

[Faux pas]

7. Kick!!!

[Historic NY]

8. Well whomever gets the job their first priority

better be to isolate and pull the carpet out from under the Freedumb caucus.

[eppur_se_muova]

9. "Freedom" and "secretive" -- those two words do not belong together. nt

[FSogol]

10. Like lice leaving a sinking ship....

[SoapBox]

15. Secretive? Bullshit!

There's should be no secretive crap like this bunch of crazy.

[COLGATE4]

16. I always liked Dale Gribble. Although, at times

it seems that the bug juice may have gotten to him a bit...