MacArthur resigns as co-chairman of 'clearly divided' Tuesday Group

[DonViejo]

Source: Politico



By KATIE JENNINGS 05/23/2017 12:39 PM EDT

Rep. Tom MacArthur resigned Tuesday as co-chairman of the caucus of GOP moderates known as the Tuesday Group in the wake of deep divisions among its members over the House Obamacare replacement bill he helped craft.

"You can’t lead people where they don’t want to go," MacArthur said in an interview with POLITICO New Jersey Tuesday morning. "I think some people in the group just have a different view of what governing is."

MacArthur announced his resignation as co-chairman moments ago during the group's regular Tuesday meeting in Washington. He said he alerted House Speaker Paul Ryan on Monday. “Clearly, our group is divided. Many in the Tuesday Group are eager to live up to our ideal of being problem-solvers, while others seem unwilling to compromise,” MacArthur, 56, told the group, according to prepared remarks obtained by POLITICO New Jersey.

MacArthur, a multimillionaire former insurance executive who represents the 3rd Congressional District in South Jersey, a swing district, alienated some of his centrist colleagues by brokering the deal on health care reform with the hard-line conservative Freedom Caucus, a move that helped secure the bill’s passage earlier this month.






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[american_ideals]

1. Holy crap. Big news.

[Bengus81]

2. In other words,some of the others don't kick ENOUGH off of health care to give Tom a woodie??

Or is he afraid his Rep job will be going bye-bye in 2018? Get popcorn and stay tuned.

[hibbing]

6. Cruel idots

They are probably all excited about the budget proposal which aims all of its cuts to middle and lower income people.

Peace

[geek tragedy]

3. in other words, he screwed over that group of moderates in swing districts

by indulging the nutjobs in the House Freedom Caucus.

Democrats need to field a quality challenger in that district.

[BiminiTwisted]

4. Ass cover in advance of CBO score.

[herding cats]

5. Some early fallout?

Good. This is what we want to see, now we need to capitalize on it.

[Honeycombe8]

7. Sayanara! Hasta leugo! Chow! Don't let the door kick you on the way out. nt

[sandensea]

8. MacArthur Park is melting in the dark...

and they'll never have that recipe again.

[riversedge]

9. reading this story, MacAuthur really belongs in the Freedom Caucus groupie