Pete Sessions to Newsmax: GOP Retirements a ‘Wake-Up Call’ Before Midterms

The number of Republican lawmakers announcing they will leave Congress should be “a wake-up call” for House party leaders heading into next year’s midterms, Rep. Pete Sessions, R-Texas, told Newsmax on Tuesday.

Sessions appeared on Newsmax’s “Wake Up America Early” with host Krysia Lenzo, who asked about a growing list of GOP Capitol Hill departures, including Rep. Elise Stefanik, R-N.Y., who has said she is dropping out of the state’s gubernatorial contest and will not seek reelection to Congress.

Sessions said such exits should put leadership on alert.

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