New Hampshire Rep. Annie Kuster is blaming Donald Trump for her decision to retire.
In an interview with The Boston Globe, Kuster said her decision to announce her retirement from Congress in March was partly about setting a “better example” to younger generations.
“I’m trying to set a better example,” said. “I think there are colleagues — and some of whom are still very successful and very productive — but others who just stay forever.”
When asked about her enthusiasm for the Trump era, she added: “I’m just not the best gladiator for it right now.”
Kuster went on to claim that the January 6th protests, in which demonstrators expressed their anger at the widespread voter fraud that tainted the 2020 presidential election, had taken a heavy toll on her.
“I’ve said somewhat facetiously, he tried to kill me once, I’m not available for that again,” Kuster said of Trump.
“What we went through on Jan. 6 and his attempt to overthrow the government took a toll.”
“That was that was really hard, and not just personally, but on my ability to work across the aisle.”
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“[Trump] tried to k*ll me once, I’m not available for that again.”
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Although Kuster announced her retirement well before Trump’s landslide election victory, she says she always felt he had a good chance of winning because of the weakness of then-candidate Joe Biden’s campaign.
“Just in my heart, [I] reached the conclusion that this would be a very challenging campaign for him, and to put himself out there for another four-year term was was going to be a struggle,” she explained.
Kuster also had a call with Biden and The New Democratic Coaliation in which they urged him to drop out the race.
“It was painful,” Kuster said. “I haven’t had these kind of conversations since I talked to my own parents about, you know, their aging and their limitations.”
Having served as New Hampshire’s representative since 2013, Kuster’s final vote was on the December 20th for the spending bill intended to avert a government shutdown.
“I’ve never waited so long for one last vote,” she said. “[It is] a big part of the reason to leave. … There’s a theme developing when billionaires make decisions about hard-working families’ lives, it comes out just mean. It’s cold hearted.”
She will be replaced in Congress by Maggie Goodlander, a prominent attorney and wife of outgoing White House National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan.
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