• OldWoodFrame
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    1 year ago

    I think yall are getting cause and effect mixed up. He would be 83 at the end of his next term and he’s worth hundreds of millions of dollars. He can walk off into the sunset and enjoy his riches for a few years, and he was probably always going to do that.

    Knowing he didn’t need to run for re-election, he was able to vote his conscience during the Trump Administration.

    So, he was reasonable because he was retiring, he’s not retiring because he’s too reasonable.

    • Wrench@lemmy.world
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      1 year ago

      He could easily get re-elected now even after voting conscientiously. His retiring has nothing to do with going against Trump / fascist GOP.