Day-to-day: A tragic death further stretches the GOP's razor-thin House majority
It was 1991. The Chicago Cubs were in Chavez Ravine for a three-game series against the Los Angeles Dodgers. Legendary Dodgers broadcaster Vin Scully was at the mic.Cubs outfielder and...
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It was 1991. The Chicago Cubs were in Chavez Ravine for a three-game series against the Los Angeles Dodgers. Legendary Dodgers broadcaster Vin Scully was at the mic. Cubs outfielder and former National League MVP Andre Dawson was out of the lineup. "Andre Dawson has a bruised knee," declared the golden-throated Scully to his radio congregation, tuning in from Pasadena to the San Fernando Valley . "He is listed as day-to-day." Then Scully paused for a moment. It was as though Scully was in deep reflection. Perhaps seized by the spirit of the national pastime in one of baseball’s most hallowed cathedrals, Dodger Stadium. HOUSE GOP REP DOUG LAMALFA DEAD AT 65 "Then again, aren’t we all?" added Scully. Aren’t we all. You. Me. Andre Dawson and his knee. The now late Vin Scully. Even late Rep. Doug LaMalfa, R-Calif. REP LAMALFA'S DEATH FURTHER SHRINKS REPUBLICAN HOUSE MAJORITY He passed away this week at age 65 during emergency surgery after an aortic aneurysm. "It really shook us," said House Speaker Mike Johnson , R-La., about the sudden passing of LaMalfa. The Speaker said that Rep. Tom McClintock, R-Calif., whose northern California district borders LaMalfa’s, called the late congressman "the kindest man I ever knew." Johnson noted that McClintock didn’t say "one of the kindest." But the kindest. Seven House Members have died since April 2024. The previous six were Democrats. LaMalfa is the first Republican to pass away. In fact, there’s a runoff between two Democrats – Christian Menefee and Amanda Edwards – in a special election to succeed late Rep. Sylvester Turner, D-Texas. Turner died last March after only two months in office. House Republicans have had a tenuous hold on their majority for a while now. LaMalfa’s death – coupled with Monday’s resignation of former Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, R-Ga. – squeezes the GOP even further. It’s about the math. Counting LaMalfa and Greene, the GOP margin shrivels to 218-213 with 431 members and four vacancies. The Republic…