Rep. Kevin Kiley leaves GOP to become an independent, complicating Johnson's majority
Source: CBS
Rep. Kevin Kiley of California said Monday he was immediately leaving the Republican Party to become an independent.
"I'm also today asking the clerk of the U.S. House of Representatives to have that reflected in the official roster," Kiley said in a call with reporters.
The move complicates House Speaker Mike Johnson's narrow majority, though Kiley said he plans to caucus with the Republican Party "for the remainder of this term."
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But Kiley would not say whether he would be a reliable vote for Johnson during procedural votes. Johnson, a Louisiana Republican, can afford to lose one vote, if all members are present and voting.
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Read more: https://www.cbsnews.com/news/kevin-kiley-leaves-republican-party-becomes-independent/
He said this is about hyperpartisanship.
JustAnotherGen
(37,993 posts)THIS is how he responds to California's re-districting? Little brat.
efhmc
(16,509 posts)tazcat
(274 posts)walkingman
(10,723 posts)In Texas, maybe....but California is not Texas - they have a little more sense. ☮
ananda
(34,939 posts)Texas magats are truly lost to the cult.
SheltieLover
(79,670 posts)NJCher
(42,996 posts)Moses must be 💩ing himself.
mchill
(1,188 posts)And never really heard of him until Prop 50 passed. Then all of a sudden he was appearing on MSNOW and became this snarky little guy on the House Judiciary Committee. He's desperate for a job.
FakeNoose
(41,234 posts)Or maybe it's that his District has changed so radically that he believes can't win as a Repuke.
But this is sort of insulting. How dumb does he think the California voters are?
dsc
(53,374 posts)California has a jungle primary.
live love laugh
(16,335 posts)progressoid
(53,076 posts)cstanleytech
(28,408 posts)SunSeeker
(58,179 posts)And NARAL gave him a 0% score on reproductive rights. https://reproductivefreedomforall.org/lawmaker/kevin-kiley/#:~:text=How%20did%20Kevin%20Kiley%20vote%20on%20abortion,voting%20record%20by%20Reproductive%20Freedom%20for%20All%C2%AE.
Fuck that guy.
NBachers
(19,379 posts)ShazamIam
(3,093 posts)re-elected. He knows he might lose in November.
Akakoji
(505 posts)He got gerrymandered out so last week he claimed he was running as an Independent to not lose his seat. Either way, hes losing his seat. His officially registering is pathetic, frenetic theater. Hes still a Republican. He still has the same voting record. He and every Republican must be held responsible for what they have done, or meekly allowed to have done. Epstein, Affordability, Regime Change and Foreign Wars, where is my beautiful house must be repeated over and over again.
red dog 1
(32,892 posts)kurtyboy
(1,009 posts)A degenerate little weasel who doesn't want his real views to be broadcast. Hiding behind an "INDEPENDENT" mask.
He will fail to win back his seat in the California jungle primary.
Paraphrasing Harry Truman: If it's a choice between a genuine Republican, and a Republican in Democratic independent clothing, the people will choose the genuine article, every time;
Javaman
(65,610 posts)don't ever believe that he's suddenly "seen the light", he's just positioning himself to be reelected, once done he'll go back to being a repuke.
From The Ashes
(2,736 posts)...is still as stupid and complicit as the rest of them.