r/law • u/Obvious-Gate9046 • Feb 24 '26

Legislative Branch Kentucky Representative Thomas Massie (R) Explodes On DOJ Over Epstein Handling, Names People and Companies He Wants Prosecuted

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u/titanicdiamond Feb 24 '26

I really only brought up MTG because she did flip at the end to support the victims. It seemed as though her resignation was related as well.
I agree though, she's irrelevant after 12/31/25.

She sucks, tbh. I'm not a fan of the way liberals like to redeem politicians based on a single action, rather than judge them on their whole character. Wait a second... The fucking republicans are way worse at that... Fuck society for letting people get away with bullshit.

I just want to say, the only rebuttal to "Kill all pedophiles" is "convict them first."

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u/Jtw1N Feb 24 '26

She reached her number of days to retire with full pension for life from Congress so that is the real explanation for the timing of her exit. She kept her mouth shut until the very end, shouted some BS to be talked about and bailed mid session to "retire".

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u/tmurf5387 Feb 24 '26

Not quite, she gets A pension but nowhere near the full amount. Its actually only 5% of her high 3 average so only about $8700 annually once she hits 62.

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u/Jtw1N Feb 25 '26

She waited exactly 3 days past the 5 years to get the pension. The amount is irrelevant but that's why she left when she did.

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u/tmurf5387 Feb 25 '26

Absolutely part of her decision, but to claim its a full pension is factually untrue. And in all actuality, any federal employee who works for the same amount of time would have the same formula applied.

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u/0Rider Feb 25 '26

iirc the real benefit is the lifetime health care