Trump celebrates retirement of GOP lawmaker who voted to impeach him: '4 down and 6 to go'

In an almost comically brief statement, former President Donald Trump on Tuesday celebrated Rep. Fred Upton's (R-Mich.) newly-announced decision to retire from Congress, issuing a sarcastic homage because Upton was one of 10 GOP representatives who voted to impeach Trump following the Jan. 6 Capitol riot.

"UPTON QUITS!" Trump wrote in his missive. "Four down and six to go. Others losing badly, who's next?"

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Brigid Kennedy

Brigid Kennedy worked at The Week from 2021 to 2023 as a staff writer, junior editor and then story editor, with an interest in U.S. politics, the economy and the music industry.