first Elise Stefanik drops out of the NY Governors race and even leaves her Congressional seat because of

"missing her son"

which sounds ominously more like "I don't think I can win"

then today Ben Sasse announced he is dying of pancreatic cancer.

seems so many young people are getting cancer lately!

two of my friends have died from cancer before the age of 53

Elise Stefanik will be missed.

Sad about Sasse, but he was cut from the same cloth as Mitt.

bobbranco said:

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Elise Stefanik will be missed.

Sad about Sasse, but he was cut from the same cloth as Mitt.

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Stefanik dropped out after Trump refused to endorse her.

And she's simply not running for reelection. She isn't quitting like MTG is in the middle of the term.

bobbranco said:

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Elise Stefanik will be missed.

Sad about Sasse, but he was cut from the same cloth as Mitt.

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Yup, fraternized way too much with the enemy for my taste.

Yep every time we lose one it's a concern. Gonna be hard to get a replacement in NY that's a Republican. Even if they're a squishy Republican they're still better than any dem.

Ben Sasse wasn't even in politics anymore though, was he? I thought he was the president of UF or something.

AJ02 said:

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Ben Sasse wasn't even in politics anymore though, was he? I thought he was the president of UF or something.

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Correct. Doesn't stop posters from here pissing on him in tribalistic fervor, apparently.