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Republican officials in Utah expect Rep. Jason Chaffetz to step down from Congress, possibly as early as Friday, and were in the early stages of preparing for a special election to fill his 3rd district seat.
Because I’m usually a decent person, I will start by hoping that he and his family are healthy.
And if my hopes are met, there’s something going on. Even if you assume that Trump is toxic to the Republican brand, the Republicans are going to hold UT-03 unless Joseph Smith and Brigham Young descend from the heavens to endorse the Democrat. And that would only make the district competitive.
Then there’s this:
Now, Republican officials in both capitals say they expect Chaffetz to resign from the House altogether, possibly to accept a lucrative job offer.
Wingnut welfare is coaxing him aside before whatever the bad news is hits the media. That’s my read on this; he’s been caught, he knows he’s been caught, and he’s stepping aside because his goose is cooked.
If God’s sense of humor is operational, he was caught because he used unsecured email to send information about embassy security.