They apparently don’t want to spend any more time together than they’re contractually obligated to.
CNN reports that “many Republicans plan to skip the House GOP retreat as they grumble about both the location and the idea of spending time with one another.” According to the outlet, fewer than 100 Republicans have said they will attend, meaning more than 119 either have previous engagements or would rather do literally anything else than breathe the same air as their fellow representatives.
” Among those who have officially decided to skip the proceedings are representatives Mark Green of Tennessee, Dusty Johnson of South Dakota, Stephanie Bice of Oklahoma, and Dave Joyce of Ohio. When he abruptly announced his decision yesterday to quit Congress early, Buck said, of the dysfunction on Capitol Hill: “It is the worst year of the nine years and three months that I’ve been in Congress and having talked to former members, it’s the worst year in 40, 50 years to be in Congress.
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