GOP Rep Open to Impeaching Trump Is Retiring

Francis Rooney is heading home to Florida after a single term

By Polly Davis Doig, Newser Staff

Posted Oct 20, 2019 7:42 AM CDT

Copied

GOP Rep Open to Impeaching Trump Is Retiring — House Speaker Paul Ryan administers the House oath of office to Rep. Francis Rooney, R-Fla., during a mock swearing in ceremony on Capitol Hill, Tuesday, Jan. 3, 2017. (AP Photo/Zach Gibson)

Florida Republican Rep. Francis Rooney is full of decisions these days: On Friday, he said he's open to impeaching President Trump if it's "the right thing because I’ll be looking at my children a lot longer than I’m looking to anybody in this building." On Saturday, Rooney confirmed that he'll be spending a lot more time with aforementioned children soon as he's not seeking reelection. "I’ve done what I came to do," he says, per the Guardian. "I want to be the model for term limits." Rooney's district is solidly Republican and Democrats are unlikely to mount a serious challenge. He was elected in 2016, after serving as ambassador to the Vatican under former President George W. Bush. (Rooney is a pretty well-known Republican fundraiser.)