Florida Rep. Francis Rooney, one of the few Republicans openly weighing whether to impeach President Donald Trump, said Saturday he will not run for reelection. Mulvaney later claimed his comments had been misconstrued, but Rooney said he and other Republicans heard them clearly. Anything short of a "no" on that question, even from only one of 197 Republicans in the House, is notable as Democrats drive to impeach Trump. A year ago, at a presidential rally in Estero, Trump praised Rooney as "a man who's so great to me on television. Among the wealthiest members of the House, he won his second term last year with 62 percent of the vote.

Source: ABC News October 19, 2019 18:34 UTC