…here’s what he’ll say at a 10:00am news copnference in Ft. Wayne according to Indiana ‘blogger Angry White Man:<\/p>\n
“IT IS WITH GREAT REGRET I ANNOUNCE THAT I AM RESIGNING FROM THE US HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, AS WELL AS RESIGNING AS THE REPUBLICAN NOMINEE FOR CONGRESS IN THIS FALL\u2019S ELECTION.<\/p>\n
I BELIEVE IT IS THE BEST DECISION FOR MY FAMILY, THE PEOPLE OF NORTHEAST INDIANA, AND OUR COUNTRY.<\/p>\n
I WILL SUBMIT MY RESIGNATION TO SPEAKER PELOSI EFFECTIVE THIS FRIDAY.<\/p>\n
I CAN NEVER FULLY THANK ALL THOSE WHO HAVE WORKED SO HARD, GIVEN SO MUCH AND SUPPORTED ME THROUGH EIGHT CONTESTED PRIMARIES AND EIGHT GENERAL ELECTIONS.<\/p>\n
ONLY WHEN YOU HAVE BEEN THE RECIPIENT CAN YOU REALLY FEEL THE HUMBLING POWER OF SUCH GENEROSITY.<\/p>\n
IT HAS BEEN A PRIVILEGE TO BE A PART OF THE BATTLE FOR FREEDOM AND THE VALUES WE SHARE.<\/p>\n
IT HAS BEEN A GREAT HONOR TO FIGHT FOR THE NEEDS, THE JOBS, AND THE FUTURE OF THIS REGION WHERE MY FAMILY HAS LIVED FOR OVER 160 YEARS.<\/p>\n
IT HAS BEEN ALL CONSUMING FOR ME TO DO THIS JOB WELL, ESPECIALLY IN A DISTRICT WITH COSTLY, COMPETITIVE ELECTIONS EVERY TWO YEARS.<\/p>\n
I DO NOT HAVE ANY SORT OF \u201cNORMAL\u201d LIFE \u2013 FOR FAMILY, FOR FRIENDS, FOR CHURCH, FOR COMMUNITY.
\nTO SERVE HAS BEEN A BLESSING AND A RESPONSIBILITY GIVEN FROM GOD.<\/p>\n
I WISH I COULD HAVE BEEN A BETTER EXAMPLE.<\/p>\n
I SINNED AGAINST GOD, MY WIFE AND MY FAMILY BY HAVING A MUTUAL RELATIONSHIP WITH A PART-TIME MEMBER OF MY STAFF.<\/p>\n
IN THE POISONOUS ENVIRONMENT OF WASHINGTON DC, ANY PERSONAL FAILING IS SEIZED UPON, OFTEN TWISTED, FOR POLITICAL GAIN.<\/p>\n
I AM RESIGNING RATHER THAN TO PUT MY FAMILY THROUGH THAT PAINFUL, DRAWN-OUT PROCESS.
\nDIANE AND MY FAMILY WERE MORE THAN WILLING TO STAND HERE WITH ME.<\/p>\n
WE ARE A COMMITTED FAMILY.<\/p>\n
BUT THE ERROR IS MINE AND I SHOULD BEAR THE RESPONSIBILITY,\u00a0NOT ONLY AM I THANKFUL FOR A LOVING FAMILY BUT FOR A LOVING GOD.<\/p>\n
MY COMFORT IS THAT GOD IS A GRACIOUS AND FORGIVING GOD TO THOSE WHO SINCERELY SEEK HIS FORGIVENESS AS I DO.<\/p>\n
BUT I AM SO ASHAMED TO HAVE HURT THOSE I LOVE.<\/p>\n
I AM SO SORRY TO HAVE LET SO MANY FRIENDS DOWN, PEOPLE WHO HAVE FOUGHT SO HARD FOR ME.<\/p>\n
THE IDEAS WE ADVOCATE ARE STILL JUST AND RIGHT.<\/p>\n
AMERICA WILL SURVIVE AND THRIVE WHEN ANCHORED IN THOSE VALUES.<\/p>\n
HUMAN BEINGS, LIKE ME, WILL FAIL, BUT OUR CAUSE IS GREATER THAN INDIVIDUALS.<\/p>\n
IT IS BASED UPON ETERNAL TRUTHS.<\/p>\n
BY STEPPING ASIDE, MY MISTAKE CANNOT BE USED AS A POLITICAL FOOTBALL IN A PARTISAN ATTEMPT TO UNDERMINE THE CAUSE FOR WHICH I HAVE LABORED ALL MY ADULT LIFE.<\/p>\n
I LOVE THIS AREA.<\/p>\n
THIS IS MY HOME.<\/p>\n
IT HAS BEEN SUCH AN HONOR TO SERVE YOU.<\/p>\n
FOR SIXTEEN YEARS, MY FAMILY AND I HAVE GIVEN OUR ALL FOR THIS AREA.<\/p>\n
THE TOLL HAS BEEN HIGH.<\/p>\n
AS I LEAVE PUBLIC OFFICE, MY PLANS ARE FOCUSED UPON REPAIRING MY MARRIAGE, EARNING BACK THE TRUST OF MY FAMILY AND MY COMMUNITY, AND RENEWING MY WALK WITH MY LORD.<\/p>\n
I HUMBLY ASK YOU, FOR THE SAKE OF MY FAMILY THAT YOU RESPECT OUR PRIVACY IN THIS DIFFICULT TIME.<\/p>\n
I HAVE NO FURTHER COMMENTS.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
…here’s what he’ll say at a 10:00am news copnference in Ft. Wayne according to Indiana ‘blogger Angry White Man: “IT IS WITH GREAT REGRET I ANNOUNCE THAT I AM RESIGNING FROM THE US HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, AS WELL AS RESIGNING AS THE REPUBLICAN NOMINEE FOR CONGRESS IN THIS FALL\u2019S ELECTION. I BELIEVE IT IS THE […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4732,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-568289","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/568289","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4732"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=568289"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/568289\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=568289"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=568289"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=568289"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}