Guess Who’s Not Retiring Today! Ileana Ros-Lehtinen!
Rep. Ileana Ros-Lehtinen, R-Fla., took an opportunity Tuesday to remind the world that she is not retiring.
In what is quickly becoming known as “Bloody Tuesday,” three members of the House announced, in a five-hour stretch, their retirements: Republican Reps. Frank R. Wolf of Virginia and Tom Latham of Iowa and Democratic Rep. Jim Matheson of Utah.
Between the Matheson and Latham announcements at around 3 p.m, this reporter tweeted at the masses, sarcastically asking if any members of Congress “want to get anything off their chest before I go on vacation? Anyone? Anyone?”
Ros-Lehtinen, often the target of Democrats pushing retirement rumors, responded.
Yeah, I’m in the mood 4 stone crabs. That’s all.MT @RollCallAbby: Any other members of Congress want 2 get anything off their chest my vacay
— Ileana Ros-Lehtinen (@RosLehtinen) December 17, 2013
“They have me as the next president of a university,” she told Roll Call in April. “Democrats put out that rumor every six months or so. They always cast a wide net to see what kind of fish they can get.”