Nearly fourteen months after Rep. Chris Collins was indicted, the Republican congressman has submitted his resignation letter. #NY27 was trending on Twitter in Buffalo and Washington, D.C., following Collins' resignation.
1st congressman to endorse Trump is reportedly going to plead guilty to insider trading tomorrow
2nd congressman to endorse Trump is fighting a 60-count corruption indictment
Trump's campaign manager is in jail
Trump's deputy campaign manager will be sentenced in a few weeks
— Robert Maguire (@RobertMaguire_) September 30, 2019
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INSPIRING: This Republican Congressman Loved President Trump So Much He Also Committed a Career-Ending Crime https://t.co/37oGbXjHCx
— The Daily Show (@TheDailyShow) September 30, 2019
Hey! We have no representation in Congress!
But to be fair, #NY27 hasn't had representation in a while.
I'm glad he's out. https://t.co/jeIc6JEesP
— Scott W Hill (@scottwhill) September 30, 2019
Maybe the worst thing about all of this: 140,146 Western New Yorkers felt he deserved the seat -- and their trust and faith -- last November. If that doesn't teach a lesson about allegiance to party (and not to the best people or principles) nothing ever will. #NY27 https://t.co/S1SS1ftwFP
— Bob Confer (@bobconfer) September 30, 2019
Chris Collins has resigned his seat to spend more time in jail, but Western New Yorkers will probably find a way to re-elect him all the same.
— Edward Carney (@Edward_Carney) September 30, 2019
Essential reading for those who follow politics, Congress and western New York state. Reporting on @RepChrisCollins resignation by @JerryZremski, Washington bureau chief for @TheBuffaloNews https://t.co/ry8lHP9OWI
— Curtis Tate (@tatecurtis) September 30, 2019
Looks like I picked the right moment to look at Chris Collins’s Wikipedia page. pic.twitter.com/VwWkNaxj81
— Dan Moren (@dmoren) September 30, 2019
RIP to the political career of Chris Collins, who once accidentally copied @mj_lee on a reply-all to the pharma CEO whose company was at the heart of Collins's subsequent indictmenthttps://t.co/5JT7egAG90 pic.twitter.com/3cIJ6VpSJq
— Alex Burns (@alexburnsNYT) September 30, 2019
What a day. Chris Collins is dunzo and so is Lynne Dixon’s campaign. And it’s not even 2:30pm. Golly. pic.twitter.com/blqlzf2ery
— Ser Onions (@BfloDude) September 30, 2019
Can we stop saying Chris Collins is resigning because of insider trading "charges?"
He said "I didn't do insider trading, I only..." And then described a pretty straightforward case of insider trading.
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Rep. Chris Collins was the first member of Congress to endorse Donald Trump.
Tomorrow he will be pleading guilty for financial crimes and going to prison.
This is poetic justice.
— Travis Akers (@travisakers) September 30, 2019
#ByeBye "not so innocent" Chris Collins. In July he said: 'I am innocent of the charges. Why would I ever even enter a plea deal? I’m innocent.' '...I’m quite comfortable where I’ll be at the end of all this, which is not guilty." #notnotguilty #notawitchhunt
— Elissa M. Banasð (@elissabflo) September 30, 2019
No other way to see it: @TheBuffaloNews’ @JerryZremski — through relentless reporting month after month — just took down a member of Congress. https://t.co/MWMpsSStcU
— Dave Levinthal (@davelevinthal) September 30, 2019
