Is it the Epstein effect? Did Epstein provide them with children and blackmailed them? Did he also launder their money?
Q told us to watch for the resignations:


This was posted/predicted by Q on Aug 6, 2018:

TODAY’S HEADLINE
House Republicans are suddenly heading for the exits in droves.
https://http://www.palmerreport.com/analysis/exits-droves-house-republicans-sudden/19638/
It’s coming…

When one member of the House announces that he’s going to retire instead of seeking reelection, it means something is going on with that member of Congress in particular. When several members of the House announce their retirement in short order – particularly when they’re all from the same party – it means something is going on within that party.
That’s why it’s such a big deal that in the past two weeks, five House Republicans have announced they’re retiring. Mike Conaway is the latest. This comes after Martha Roby, Paul Mitchell, Pete Olson, and Susan Brooks. Apart from all belonging to the same party, none of them have anything in particular in common. None of them appear to be resigning in order to seek higher office. Most of them are not what would generally be considered retirement age. None of them have a shared scandal. In fact none of them have a scandal, period.
The only trend here is that these five Republicans either no longer want to be in the House, or don’t think they can get reelected. Moreover, they’ve all decided in the past two weeks that they don’t want to be part of this anymore, or don’t think they’re going to survive. That can’t be a coincidence. And the only common thread here is that they all belong to a party that’s been taken over by Donald Trump.
So what’s spooked them about Donald Trump? Most of these five retirements took place before Donald Trump’s latest racist tirade, and before the House Judiciary Committee initiated an impeachment inquiry against him. But momentum for impeachment has been building for weeks. Perhaps these five House Republicans just realized they’re going to have to vote “yes” or “no” on Trump’s impeachment, and they don’t think they can get reelected if they vote the way they want to vote. Stay tuned; these five likely won’t be the last. Something is afoot here.


I have long suspected that there are almost as many pedophiles and other freaks in the Republican Party as there are in the Democratic Party. So, WHY is the first wave of resignations mostly Republican?? Simple. Democrats have been conditioned to be more “tolerant” — to their own detriment, and to the detriment of our country.
So already, one of the star witnesses, a gal named Roberts, has admitted she made up allegations. The deep state has knowledge of all this and has for a decade. They have a game plan to fight back and I think it is with false evidence. It could take years to find out what is the true. Not just the top levels corrupt and using fake dossier imho. Would hate to President Trump go from a nearly sure winner in 2020 to daily stories of arrest that were based on bad info… Salem Witch Trials part II.
My bigger theory is this is a scheme is to get all Americans fed up w Government and demanding reductions in spending…. Yes, this is the only way to get the debt and deficit back in control. The people must demand it. and the constant raiding of rich corporations and rich folks… too easy! Beware!
Example, Mueller Report spending. no big deal, all paid for by raiding Manaford. Think about it!
Don’t forget, the NSA has everything. Video, texts, phone conversations, emails, CCTV cam data. The DS can no longer get away with anything they might try. Their strings are cut and they’re no longer in control of anything. It’s coming. And I agree with your premise that the People are fed up with bloated and corrupt government, and will demand accountability. But first, the average “PEOPLE” have to pay attention to what their reps are doing. Vigilance is the only way we can eradicate this mess and prevent it from happening again in our lifetimes. and we MUST teach the children and successive generations, or all our efforts will be for naught, just as Ben Franklin said… “If you can keep it.”
When the DC establishment collectively lost their minds when DJT vanquished you know who, I opined then and still do that their behavior is indicative of ones who are literally in great fear of something. It wasn’t at all clear what that ‘something’ was at the time, but it sure as heck is now!!