{"id":20490,"date":"2019-11-12T07:32:53","date_gmt":"2019-11-12T12:32:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.gunpoliticsny.com\/?p=20490"},"modified":"2019-11-12T07:32:53","modified_gmt":"2019-11-12T12:32:53","slug":"pete-king-retiring","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.gunpoliticsny.com\/?p=20490","title":{"rendered":"Pete King retiring"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Longtime <a href=\"https:\/\/peteking.house.gov\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Long Island Congressman Peter King<\/a> announced <a href=\"https:\/\/www.upi.com\/Top_News\/US\/2019\/11\/11\/NY-Republican-Peter-King-says-he-will-retire-from-House\/5731573473445\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">he is not running for re-election<\/a> next year.\u00a0 His age and the fact that the state will be losing two Congressional seats after the 2020 redistricting are likely the driving forces behind his decision not to seek another term.<\/p>\n<p>He will not be missed.\u00a0 A notorious RINO, he was known for being the GOP pointman on leftist issues <a href=\"http:\/\/longisland.news12.com\/story\/40942100\/rep-peter-king-becomes-first-republican-to-support-bill-to-ban-assault-weapons\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">especially gun control<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><em>&#8220;A Long Island congressman has become the first House Republican to back legislation to ban assault weapons. Rep. Peter King announced his support of the bill that was introduced by <a href=\"https:\/\/cicilline.house.gov\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Rep. David Cicilline<\/a> in February &#8230;&#8221;<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<ul class=\"ssb_list_wrapper\"><li class=\"fb2\" style=\"width:135px\"><iframe src=\"\/\/www.facebook.com\/plugins\/like.php?href=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.gunpoliticsny.com%2F%3Fp%3D20490&amp;layout=button_count&amp;action=like&amp;show_faces=false&amp;share=true&amp;width=135&amp;height=21&amp;appId=307091639398582\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"0\" style=\"border:none; overflow:hidden;  width:150px; height:21px;\" allowTransparency=\"true\"><\/iframe><\/li><li class=\"twtr\" style=\"width:90px\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/share\" class=\"twitter-share-button\" data-url=\"http:\/\/www.gunpoliticsny.com\/?p=20490\">&nbsp;<\/a><script>!function(d,s,id){var js,fjs=d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0],p=\/^http:\/.test(d.location)?'http':'https';if(!d.getElementById(id)){js=d.createElement(s);js.id=id;js.src=p+':\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js';fjs.parentNode.insertBefore(js,fjs);}}(document, 'script', 'twitter-wjs');<\/script><\/li><li class=\"gplus\" style=\"width:68px\"><div class=\"g-plusone\" data-size=\"medium\" data-href=\"http:\/\/www.gunpoliticsny.com\/?p=20490\"><\/div><\/li><li class=\"ssb_linkedin\" style=\"width:64px\"><script src=\"\/\/platform.linkedin.com\/in.js\" type=\"text\/javascript\">lang: en_US<\/script><script type=\"IN\/Share\" data-url=\"http:\/\/www.gunpoliticsny.com\/?p=20490\" data-counter=\"right\"><\/script><\/li><\/ul>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Longtime Long Island Congressman Peter King announced he is not running for re-election next year.\u00a0 His age and the fact that the state will be losing two Congressional seats after the 2020 redistricting are likely the driving forces behind his decision not to seek another term. 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