Michigan’s Gary Peters won’t seek reelection to U.S. Senate.

“I never saw service in Congress as something you do your whole life”

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Time for Michigan Senator Pete Buttigieg.
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Yesyesyes please
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That would be awesome
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Ah, the masochists are here I see.
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Absolutely not
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Senator Pete Buttigieg?
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Paving the way for Sen. Big Gretch!!!
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God what a feckless loser he was. And I'm a Democrat.
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GOOD. Bye, bitch.
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Exactly how it’s meant to be.. a few others could learn a thing or two
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Hopefully, he will use his remaining term fighting to resist the maga destruction.
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Uhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh
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Also… I bet that schmutz Matt Maddock runs for his spot or his insurrectionist wife
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Well that makes his yes vote on the puppy killer even worse
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Bummer!!! Perhaps Mallory ??
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That's good news for Michigan Democrats. This guy was a milquetoast fascist appeaser and lost the Senate for Democrats.
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Why is everyone asking if Whitmer could run for this seat? Why would she the first place? She was elected 2 terms as Governor. Isn't it more likely she runs for president in 2028?
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She would be an amazing President, but the US will not be in the mental place to elect a woman after 4 years of (waves hands wildly) this. Dems need to put out a 50ish year old white man, with a beauty pageant wife, 2.5 kids and a Golden Retriever. In other words - Andy Beshear.
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Respectfully, I disagree. The Democrats would win elections if they stopped trying to appeal to the center and actually focused on popular policy that people have been begging for for years. Biden was supposed to be a safe choice, he might've had a shot at relection if he actually listened to voters
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Gary Peters just voted to confirm Noem to head DHS.

https://bsky.app/profile/phillewis.bsky.social/post/3lgso7644lk2a
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Yo Detroit Phil, could Governor Whitmer run for this seat? Would she have a shot?🤷🏻‍♂️
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But I will continue to vote for dogshit people & laws anyway.
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He also has been like a bump on a log for the state. His voting record this week makes me happy for his resignation.
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THANK FUCKING GOD
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I just feel relief, he’s not been an effective leader for our state, we deserve so much better. We also seem to have a lemon in Elissa Slotkin, she’s busy voting for Trumps incompetent cabinets picks. Michigan suffers enough, let’s do better. signed a democratic voter
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Peters went from net worth of $400,000 in 2018 to $7.5 million today on a annual salary of $174,000
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Good.
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PETE!
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Man. This makes his votes for the Laken Riley Act and Noem and Bessent so much worse.
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It's like cropdusting democracy.
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Probably a good idea since he and Slotkin both voted yes on the drunk and the dog killer. Such a disappointment... both of them.
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Gary hasn’t done a god damn thing, good riddance.
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Peters is smart. He wants to pass the reigns to the younger generation. There should be #termlimits on all congressional seats.
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There are. We are the term limits. Always have been.
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Issue is that people don’t really think about any seat besides president. A lot of times senators and representatives get voted back in because people are like “well I know them and they were fine last term 🤷🏻‍♀️” It’s lazy voting, or they just don’t vote at all for the same reason
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If he was smart, he would have voted against the Laken Riley Act.
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I agree, he is smart for not running again.
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Bet Pete Buttigieg will run for this seat
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That's good. Means I can save double my "we're going to primary you" postcards to Slotkin now
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Good, fuck Gary Peters.
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Should have quit before voting for the Laken Riley act and confirming Noem as DHS
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Exactly what I came here to post.
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#PeteButtigieg
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I’ve been proud of you representing Michigan. 👍🏻
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Now all the other members should follow suit.
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I bet he’s going to run for Govenor
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would be nice to get limits on SCJs
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He needs to go. Glad he’s not running again, his mask slipped a while ago. 😒
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Mayor Pete! Mayor Pete! Mayor Pete!
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Good riddance
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Perfect timing for Whitmer, Nessel or Buttigieg. We have a richness of choices in Michigan!
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If only we had as many options on a national level. I’m worried democrats are lacking a leader right now that we can start looking at as a possible 2028 candidate.
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Good. You’ve been a disappointment the last few years.
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Then WHY in the hell is he voting “yes” on anything Trump and the Republicans want?
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