RW rat John Ratcliffe resigned from the Committee on Homeland Security tonight

[ffr]

http://clerk.house.gov/floorsummary/floor.aspx

6:27:51 P.M. ---- The House received a communication from the Honorable John Ratcliffe. Mr. Ratcliffe submitted his resignation from the Committee on Homeland Security. The resignation was accepted without objection.

08/02/19 - Ratcliffe withdraws from consideration for intelligence chief less than a week after Trump picked him - WaPo

I wonder what that was all about? Distancing oneself from this administration before Team Kremlin's ship goes down?

[RandySF]

1. Rep. John Ratcliffe: President Trump was telling the truth and Nancy Pelosi wasn't.

https://www.yahoo.com/news/rep-john-ratcliffe-text-ukraine-040448496.html

[RockRaven]

2. I could see trying to dodge Trump affiliation (or OTOH "betraying" Trump by fulfilling his duties)

if the resignation was from Judiciary or Intelligence... but Homeland Security???

What issue is he running away from: immigration/borders, election security, ... is there anything else?

Or is this step 1 in not running for re-election (i.e. if he isn't going to try to get re-elected then he's gonna phone it in from here on out, so why waste time being on a committee)?