America’s Renfield Utah Republican Rep. Jason Chaffetz announced this week that he will not seek another term in office this coming 2018. I’ll give you a few moments to collect yourself. Rep. Chaffetz’s use of this phrase “After long consultation with my family and prayerful consideration, I have decided I will not be a candidate for any office in 2018,” has led some to begin speculating as to why he wouldn’t run. “Prayerful?” Did he sin? I wouldn’t pretend to know. I mean, I consider greed to be a sin so there’s that, but I can’t speak to any truly scandalous activities on the part of Utah’s Republican chair of the House Intelligence Committee.
However, without making anything up, here are seven reasons why Republican Jason Chaffetz may have decided to hang up his skates:
But don’t worry, the Republican Party has nothing but a dirty septic tank filled with guys like Jason Chaffetz, just waiting for their chance to lick Mitch McConnell’s shoes or Paul Ryan’s cross trainers.