At the AmericanThinker.com, there’s an interesting article on the possible cause for all these Republican congressmen announcing retirements prior to the next election.

“There actually are three possible hypotheses that explain, single or combined, this phenomenon:

-(a) Republicans fear losing the majority in their own chamber of the Congress,

-(b) Republicans prefer to avoid a tough re-election, and 

-(c) Republicans are not aligned with the direction President Trump has imposed on the party.”

In the aftermath of abusive federal agency intelligence activities by deep-state actors, we suggest a fourth possible hypothesis could very well exist: dirt-info blackmail.

Deepstaters in the FBI, CIA, DoJ, and NSA have demonstrated that they are not above illegally gathering data which could provide ammunition necessary to force retirements.

We’re convinced that fourth possibility played a role in the 2018 election, where a large number of GOP lawmakers announced retirements…and Democrats took the House.

(A big indicator would be targeted retirements in once-strong GOP states: i.e, Texas.)