Discussion: Amid Affair Scandal, GOP Rep. Tim Murphy Announces He Won't Run Again

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Amid Affair Scandal, GOP Rep. Tim Murphy Announces He Won't Run Again Amid Affair Scandal, GOP Rep. Tim Murphy Announces He Won't Run Again Back to article
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Wait, he aborted his candidacy, instead?

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Murphy, who is in his eighth term, says in a statement Wednesday that he will ā€œtake personal time to seek help as my family and I continue to work through our personal difficulties.ā€
He has focused on mental health issues in the House.

So when does a husbandā€™s philandering become ā€œour personal difficultiesā€?

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oh goodā€¦ staying around in order to inflict max hypocrisy and make sure women, kids, middle class, receive max damageā€¦

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Murphy represents a safe Republican district.

He ait lying

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So this hypocritical scumbag will still be in office and voting on legislation for over a year. Awesome. (rolls eyes)

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Oh Heā€™s to busy running from
His wife, his mistress and the mistresses husband to run for congress. Heā€™s runnin though oh you can bet he is absolutely runnin!!!

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In his own eyes, heā€™s an attempted murderer. Or a run of the mill Republican hypocrite.

Thereā€™s a Republican Congressman from Tennessee, an Ob/Gyn no less, whoā€™s been re-elected despite the same baggage.

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GOP Ironic Math

Eighth term equals 48th trimesterā€¦

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Murphy was against abortion before he was for it!!

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Murphy was not focused on mental health issues. He was focused on his dick and humiliating his wife and family. Typical Republican.

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Another gerrymandered Pennsylvania congressional district.

Just like the the PA-7th over here on the east side. Just ridiculous.

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I seem to remember the Tenn guy had multiple mistresses and succeeded in forcing an abortion. In other words true family values

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why isnā€™t he resigning immediately! He should go away right now!!!

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From Wiki

Although there are 70,000 more Democrats in the district than Republicans, the district has trended increasingly Republican since the mid-1990s; most of the districtā€™s state legislators are Republicans.

Though i wouldnā€™t be surprised if it hadnā€™t, im somewhat wondering if this district (or a similar one) ever came up for review.

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He means his personal difficulties.

The First Republican Commandmentā€¦ Make it their fault.

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amid tawdry revelations of an extramarital affair.

The revelations werenā€™t tawdry, the affair was.

The AP obviously needs a copy editor as much as yā€™all. But if TPM had one, this could have been fixed.

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Yep, thatā€™s a perfectly compact, impartially drawn district. And things like that donā€™t even rise to the level of getting challenged.

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But he had a warm, nurturing relationship with his staff. https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/4065727-CoS-Email.html

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