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Editorial: Surprise ‘retirement’ of rising Wisconsin star is a bad sign for the GOP

How much room is left in the Grand Old Party for those who don’t tow the MAGA line, 100% of the time? On the day after the birthday of Abraham Lincoln, the nation’s first Republican president, Wisconsin Republican Mike Gallagher’s surprise Feb. 10 announcement that he would retire from the House of Representatives when his term ends has set us wondering. Gallagher is 39 years old and in just ...
In this photo from Feb. 28, 2023, chairman Mike Gallagher presides over the first hearing of the U.S. House Select Committee on Strategic Competition between the United States and the Chinese Communist Party, in the Cannon House Office Building in Washington, DC.

How much room is left in the Grand Old Party for those who don’t tow the MAGA line, 100% of the time?

On the day after the birthday of Abraham Lincoln, the nation’s first Republican president, Wisconsin Republican Mike Gallagher’s surprise Feb. 10 announcement that he would retire from the House of Representatives when his term ends has set us wondering.

Gallagher is

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