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1. Christine Todd Whitman
The late Rev. Jerry Falwell, Sr. was furious when President George W. Bush added Lt. General Colin Powell, former Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Ridge and former New Jersey Gov. Christine Todd Whitman to his administration. The Moral Majority founder and far-right fundamentalist theocrat insisted that Republicans who were pro-choice on the abortion issue had no place in the GOP—and in 2005, Whitman decried the way religious extremists had hijacked her party in the book “It’s My Party Too: The Battle for the Heart of America and the Future of the GOP.” These days, Whitman is a staunch NeverTrump conservative, and the former EPA head and New Jersey governor voiced her disdain for Trump’s presidency and the 2018 GOP in a blistering July 22 article for the Los Angeles Times. Lambasting Trump for everything from foreign policy to his response to Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s Russia-related investigation, Whitman declared that Trump is “not fit to remain in office.”
- Nebraska Sen. Ben Sasse
Right-wing Nebraska Sen. Ben Sasse has admitted that he “regularly” considers leaving the GOP, stressing that ideas are more important to him than party affiliation. And much of Sasse’s discomfort with Trump has to do with foreign policy. In July, Sasse was highly critical of the way Trump handled his meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Finland, stressing, “Right now, the president isn’t leading. We negotiated from a position of weakness yesterday, and Vladimir Putin walked away from Helsinki with a win. It’s a disaster.” And Sasse has asserted that “this White House is a reality-show, soap-opera presidency.”
- House Speaker Paul Ryan
Paul Ryan, speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives and worshipper of Ayn Rand, sent shock waves through the GOP when, in April, he announced that he would not be seeking reelection in the 2018 midterms. The reason Ryan gave was that he wanted to spend more time with his family, but that’s nonsense—if Jeb Bush, Marco Rubio or Carly Fiorina were president, Ryan would no doubt be more than happy to seek another term and stay on as House speaker. Ryan has been reluctant to criticize Trump publicly—so reluctant, in fact, that MSNBC’s Nicolle Wallace (a frustrated NeverTrump Republican) has denounced him as spineless and gutless. But actions speak louder than words. Ryan wasn’t happy about Trump’s nomination in 2016, and his decision to resign from the House shows how uncomfortable he’s become with Trumpism.
- Florida Rep.Ileana Ros-Lehtinen
Like Ryan, 66-year-old Florida Rep. Ileana Ros-Lehtinen shocked long-time Republicans when she announced her decision to leave the U.S. House of Representatives and not seek a second term. Ros-Lehtinen’s departure is a bombshell: the Havana, Cuba-born congresswoman has been in the House since 1989 and is a fixture in right-wing Florida politics. But unlike Ryan, Ros-Lehtinen isn’t expressing the lame I-want-to-spend-more-time-with-my-family nonsense. Ros-Lehtinen has been an outspoken NeverTrump Republican and hasn’t been shy aboutcalling out the president’s overt racism, and she has made it crystal clear that she’s leaving the House because she is fed up with Trumpism.
- Arizona Sen. Jeff Flake
Most of the Republican establishment has become incredibly passive and submissive where Trump is concerned. But Arizona Sen. Jeff Flake, on the other hand, is a hard-right Republican who candidly states that he is retiring from the Senate because of Trump’s effect on the GOP. When he announced his retirement on the Senate floor in 2017, Flake candidly declared, “Reckless, outrageous and undignified behavior has become excused as telling it like it is when it is actually just reckless, outrageous and undignified. And when such behavior emanates from the top of our government, it is something else. It is dangerous to a democracy.”
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Full House of Representatives
When the full House considered the NDAA on July 13, Representative Perry offered an amendment that would strip the bill of any language on climate change, including the report. After floor debate that included discussions from Rep. Langevin, Rep. Peters, and GOP Representatives Stefanik and Ros-Lehtinen. The amendment to strip the climate security section failed by a vote of 185-234, with 45 Republicans voting against. This vote on the House floor was an important signal that Congress is ready to support the military’s actions in preparing for the effects of climate change.
Gowdy has been under mounting pressure to step up his investigation into Pruitt, who’s faced a barrage of negative headlines in recent weeks related to his living arrangements and spending on private jets, office furniture and a security detail.
Pruitt has maintained the lease followed ethics requirements and that his spending is not excessive.
In February, Gowdy began investigating Pruitt over numerous first-class flights funded by taxpayers. But so far, the retiring GOP chairman has not acted on calls by his Democratic counterpart, Rep. Elijah Cummings of Maryland, to bring Pruitt before his committee to personally answer lawmakers’ questions.
Dozens of Democrats on Friday called for Pruitt to resign or be fired. Three House Republicans -- Reps. Ileana Ros-Lehtinen (R-Fla.), Carlos Curbelo (R-Fla.) and Elise Stefanik (R-N.Y.) -- also have called for Pruitt's ouster.
President Trump has indicated support for Pruitt, but noted this week he would be looking into the mounting accusations against him.
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ileana_Ros-Lehtinen
Ileana Ros-Lehtinen (born Ileana Ros y Adato; July 15, 1952) is the most senior U.S. Representative from Florida, representing Florida's 27th congressional district. She served as Chairwoman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee from 2011–2013. In 1989, Ros-Lehtinen became the first Cuban American and Latina elected to Congress. She was also the first Republican woman elected to the House from Florida, and is currently the most senior Republican woman in the U.S. House.[1] Ros-Lehtinen gave the first Republican response to the State of the Union address in Spanish in 2011, and gave the third in 2014.[2]
In September 2011, Ros-Lehtinen became the first Republican member of the U.S. Congress to co-sponsor the Respect for Marriage Act, which would repeal the Defense of Marriage Act.[3] In July 2012, Ros-Lehtinen became the first Republican in the House to support same-sex marriage.[4] Also, she said she would propose legislation making U.S. funding for the UN contingent on extensive reform. Her bill will also call for the United States to withdraw from the UNHRC, as "Israel is the only country on the council's permanent agenda, while abuses by rogue regimes like Cuba, China, and Syria are ignored".[5]
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Early life, education, and early career
Ileana Ros y Adato was born in Havana, Cuba, one of two children born to Enrique Ros, now a Cuban American businessman and anti-Fidel Castro activist, and his wife, Amanda Adato. The family emigrated to the United States when Ileana was seven years old. She received her Bachelor of Arts in education and her Master of Arts in educational leadership from Florida International University. She attended the University of Miami where she earned a Ph.D in higher education.[6]
Ros-Lehtinen was raised Catholic and is now an Episcopalian.[6][7] Ros-Lehtinen's maternal grandparents were Sephardic Jews, originally from the Ottoman Empire, who had been active in Cuba's Jewish community.[8] Her maternal grandfather left the city of Kırklareli for Cuba in 1913, fleeing the devastation and economic collapse caused by the First Balkan War.[9] Her mother later converted to Catholicism to marry her father.[8][10]
Ros-Lehtinen was an educator and the owner/operator of a private school in Miami-Dade County.[11] She was elected to the Florida House of Representatives in 1982, where she met State Representative Dexter Lehtinen (D-Miami). They married on June 9, 1984, after Dexter switched parties. They both served in the State House until 1986. That year, they were both elected to the Florida Senate, where he was elected to District 40 and she was elected in District 34.[12][13] In 1988, Dexter Lehtinen resigned his seat to become U.S. Attorney of South Florida. In 1989, Ros-Lehtinen resigned her seat to become a U.S. Representative.
Personal life
Ros-Lehtinen has two children, Rodrigo (born Amanda), a transgender LGBT rights activist, and Patricia Marie.[14] She is also step-mother to Katherine and Douglas Lehtinen.