{"id":11977,"date":"2022-04-12T14:14:17","date_gmt":"2022-04-12T18:14:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mydailyfreedom.com\/?p=11977"},"modified":"2024-01-31T10:42:20","modified_gmt":"2024-01-31T14:42:20","slug":"gop-rep-retires","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/trendingviews.com\/blog\/gop-rep-retires\/","title":{"rendered":"Longtime GOP Rep. voted to impeach Trump, now ends his own career"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In an emotional speech on the House floor, a longtime member of Congress who has served in the lower chamber since 1987, Rep. Fred Upton (R-Mich.), has announced his retirement.<br \/>\nWATCH Upton make his exit on video:<br \/>\n<div style=\"width: 854px;\" class=\"wp-video\"><video class=\"wp-video-shortcode\" id=\"video-11977-1\" width=\"854\" height=\"650\" preload=\"metadata\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"video\/mp4\" src=\"https:\/\/trendingviews.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/upton-retirement.mp4?_=1\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/trendingviews.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/upton-retirement.mp4\">https:\/\/trendingviews.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/upton-retirement.mp4<\/a><\/video><\/div><br \/>\n\u201cEven the best stories have a last chapter. This is it for me,\u201d Upton said.<br \/>\nHe referred to former President Reagan by saying: \u201cReagan worked both sides of the aisle to get things done, caring less about who got the credit, and I made a promise that such a principle would be my guiding light.\u201d<br \/>\nUpton was among the 10 House Republicans who voted to impeach former President Trump following the Jan. 6, 2021 insurrection at the U.S. Capitol, which made him a target of Trump and his supporters, as <a href=\"https:\/\/thehill.com\/news\/house\/3259318-longtime-gop-rep-fred-upton-to-retire\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">reported<\/a>.<br \/>\nUpton previously served on the House GOP\u2019s leadership steering committee and chaired the Energy and Commerce Committee, over his 35 years in the House. He was also a member of the House Problem Solvers caucus.<br \/>\nAlong with Reps. Anthony Gonzalez (R-Ohio), John Katko (R-N.Y.) and Adam Kinzinger (R-Ill.) who voted for Trump\u2019s impeachment to announce that they will not run for reelection, the Michigan Republican is the fourth House GOP member who has done the same.<br \/>\n\u201cUPTON QUITS! 4 down and 6 to go. Others losing badly, who\u2019s next?\u201d Trump wrote shortly after Upton\u2019s announcement.<br \/>\n\u201cFred\u2019s statesman-like legacy will be remembered both in Michigan and our nation\u2019s capital. I wish both he and Amey the best as they start their next chapter,\u201d Rep. Bill Huizenga wrote.<br \/>\n\u201cTo him, \u2018bipartisan\u2019 and \u2018compromise\u2019 are not forbidden words. Fred knew well that if we\u2019re going to deliver real solutions for the American people, we need to come together and listen to all perspectives, no matter how complicated the issue might be,\u201d Rep. Debbie Dingell (D-Mich.) said on the floor following Upton\u2019s announcement.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In an emotional speech on the House floor, a longtime member of Congress who has served in the lower chamber since 1987, Rep. Fred Upton (R-Mich.), has announced his retirement. WATCH Upton make his exit on video: \u201cEven the best stories have a last chapter. This is it for me,\u201d Upton said. He referred to &#8230; <a title=\"Longtime GOP Rep. voted to impeach Trump, now ends his own career\" class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/trendingviews.com\/blog\/gop-rep-retires\/\" aria-label=\"Read more about Longtime GOP Rep. voted to impeach Trump, now ends his own career\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":6185,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-11977","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-politics","masonry-post","generate-columns","tablet-grid-50","mobile-grid-100","grid-parent","grid-33"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/trendingviews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11977","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/trendingviews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/trendingviews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/trendingviews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/trendingviews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11977"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/trendingviews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11977\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/trendingviews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/trendingviews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11977"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/trendingviews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11977"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/trendingviews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11977"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}