President Donald Trump has responded to the news that Rep. Jerry Nadler (D-NY), one of the longest-serving Democrats in Congress and a fixture of the party’s progressive wing, is retiring.
78-year-old Nadler announced Tuesday that he will not seek re-election next year after 32 years in office.
Nadler admitted that the decision “has not been easy” but argued it was “the right one.”
The move comes as the embattled anti-Trump lawmaker faces dismal polling numbers.
YouGov recently pegged his popularity at just 17%.
He also faces a slate of strong challengers in what would have been a bruising 2026 election race.
Fellow Democrats rushed to praise him.
Rep. Greg Casar (D-TX) called Nadler a “progressive hero” who “led the passage of the Pregnant Workers Fairness Act” and “spearheaded the passage of the Respect for Marriage Act.”
Trump, however, Nadler’s longtime adversary in both New York real estate and Washington politics, celebrated the retirement as overdue.
In a post on Truth Social, Trump wrote:
“Jerry Nadler, one of the most disgusting Congressmen in USA History is, at long last, calling it ‘quits.’
“He’s finally leaving Congress!
“I’ve been beating this bum for 40 years, first as a New York City developer, where he opposed me, for no reason, at every corner, but could NEVER stop me from getting the job done, and then, as your President, where this psychopathic nut job, together with Crazy Nancy Pelosi, Impeached me twice, AND LOST, wasting Millions of Dollars in time and taxpayer money,” Trump continued.
The president added:
“It will be a great day for the U.S.A. when Nadler, a pathetic lightweight, is out of office and leaves our beautiful, and NOW VERY SAFE, Washington, D.C.”
Nadler’s feud with Trump dates back to the mid-1980s.
At the time, Trump sought to redevelop a massive Manhattan railyard into thousands of housing units, retail space, and one of the tallest towers in the world.
Nadler, then a state assemblyman, opposed the project for years.
The fight ultimately stalled development.
Critics also argue that Nadler’s efforts denied the city much-needed housing.
Decades later, Nadler was a leading voice in Congress pushing the Russia collusion hoax and spearheading Trump’s impeachment proceedings.
Both efforts failed, however.
In his retirement announcement, Nadler suggested that the decline of his party’s leadership factored into his decision to step aside.
“Watching the Biden thing really said something about the necessity for generational change in the party, and I think I want to respect that,” Nadler told The New York Times.
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