OP Rep. Tom Marino resigns from Congress. Pennsylvania Governor Tom Wolf to call #SpecialElection

[iluvtennis]

@BryanDawsonUSA, 6 hours ago
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#BREAKING - GOP Rep. Tom Marino resigns from Congress. Pennsylvania Governor Tom Wolf to call #SpecialElection

#FlipItBlue #BlueWave
https://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2017/10/17/558276546/tom-marino-trumps-pick-as-drug-czar-withdraws-after-damaging-opioid-report …

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https://www.cbsnews.com/news/trumps-former-drug-czar-nominee-to-retire-from-congress-this-month/

[manor321]

1. This is cool but note that Marino won by 32 points

So not exactly an easy pick up for us.

[RockRaven]

2. Less than a month after the new Congress began, just 2 months after re-election...

so forget the BS reason he gave for resigning, what's the REAL story here?

[herding cats]

3. This is in relation to him being Trump's drug czar choice and his vile connections the Sackler's

I posted a thread here about the recent dislocsures against the Sackler's: https://www.democraticunderground.com/10142245347

Here's a tidbit about how deeply involved he was in this and why he withdrew as Trump's drug czar:

A joint report by The Washington Post and 60 Minutes found that Marino's measure "helped pump more painkillers into parts of the country that were already in the middle of the opioid crisis," as NPR's Kelly McEvers said earlier this week. The bill had been opposed by the DEA and embraced by companies in the drug industry.

As NPR's White House Correspondent Tamara Keith notes, Marino's withdrawal leaves the Trump administration without nominees for several important domestic roles, including drug czar, the director of the DEA, and secretary of Health and Human Services.

Marino was a main backer of the Ensuring Patient Access and Effective Drug Enforcement Act; among other things, the measure changed the standard for identifying dangers to local communities, from "imminent" threats to "immediate" threats. That change cramped the DEA's authority to go after drug companies that didn't report suspicious — and often very large — orders for narcotics.

After the Post and 60 Minutes report, several members of Congress called for the White House to pull Marino's nomination as drug czar.

https://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2017/10/17/558276546/tom-marino-trumps-pick-as-drug-czar-withdraws-after-damaging-opioid-report

There's a lot of evil out there. This guy is embroiled in his fair share. Watch and see if that's not the case.