Senator Lamar Alexander of Tennessee has announced this morning that he will not run for re-election in 2020. Alexander, a Republican, will be 80 at that time. It's not a very surprising move. What is surprising, however, is the rash of commentary after the announcement stating that Alexander made this decision because he didn't want to run with President Trump at the top of the ticket in 2020.
It's amazing that pundits and reporters would even say such a silly thing. Alexander has been regularly re-elected in Tennessee with more than 60% of the vote. Alexander was first governor and then senator, and he's never lost a statewide election. On top of that, Trump is extremely popular in Tennessee which is a very Republican state. But that doesn't seem to matter to the know-nothing pundits. A guy who will be 80 says he's retiring, attributes the decision to giving someone new a chance to represent Tennessee, and the pundits tell us that the real reason is something else, something that is just a fantasy of their warped minds.
Give me a break.
It's amazing that pundits and reporters would even say such a silly thing. Alexander has been regularly re-elected in Tennessee with more than 60% of the vote. Alexander was first governor and then senator, and he's never lost a statewide election. On top of that, Trump is extremely popular in Tennessee which is a very Republican state. But that doesn't seem to matter to the know-nothing pundits. A guy who will be 80 says he's retiring, attributes the decision to giving someone new a chance to represent Tennessee, and the pundits tell us that the real reason is something else, something that is just a fantasy of their warped minds.
Give me a break.
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