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RandySF

(85,402 posts) Thu Apr 23, 2026, 06:30 PM Thursday

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PA-01: GOP Lawmaker Says He Would Leave the Republican Party

Rep. Brian Fitzpatrick (R-PA) told Punchbowl News that he’d absolutely leave the Republican Party and become an Independent if Pennsylvania had an open primary.

Said Fitzpatrick: “100 percent… 100 percent.”

https://politicalwire.com/2026/04/23/gop-lawmaker-said-he-would-leave-the-republican-party/

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PA-01: GOP Lawmaker Says He Would Leave the Republican Party (Original Post) RandySF Thursday OP

It's bullshit just to get reelected since Republicans are not popular right now. No thanks. We need true Democrats Pisces Thursday #1

Politicians say this kind of thing when they know they're losing. RandySF Thursday #2

Gross Pisces Thursday #3

And I would bet he would vote with the republicans on every issue mucifer Thursday #4

Pisces

(6,294 posts)

1. It's bullshit just to get reelected since Republicans are not popular right now. No thanks. We need true Democrats

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Thu Apr 23, 2026, 07:00 PM

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RandySF

(85,402 posts)

2. Politicians say this kind of thing when they know they're losing.

Reply to Pisces (Reply #1)

Thu Apr 23, 2026, 07:04 PM

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A Democratic congressman in Mississippi said he didn’t vote for Obama just before he was voted out in 2010.

Pisces

(6,294 posts)

3. Gross

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Thu Apr 23, 2026, 07:15 PM

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mucifer

(25,702 posts)

4. And I would bet he would vote with the republicans on every issue

Reply to RandySF (Original post)

Thu Apr 23, 2026, 07:16 PM

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