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Republican lawmaker who voted against impeaching Mayorkas to retire

Mike Gallagher Republican Wisconsin Alejandro Mayorkas Donald Trump Impeachment Joe Biden China United States
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Mike Gallagher on Capitol Hill in Washington DC, on 30 January 2024. Photograph: Nathan Howard/Reuters

A Republican congressman who broke with his party colleagues and refused to vote to impeach Democratic homeland security secretary Alejandro Mayorkas is retiring from his elected office, he announced Saturday.

The announcement from Wisconsin representative Mike Gallagher that he won’t run for a fifth term means his time spearheading the US House’s pushback against the Chinese government will come to an end in early 2025.

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