Rep. Trey Gowdy discussed leaving Congress during a Thursday interview on “The View,” and insisted that murder trial courtrooms are more civil than politics.
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Cohost Meghan McCain said that she is “very very sad” that Gowdy is leaving and asked why he felt he didn’t accomplish much in Congress.
“Well, I’m going to have a troubled marriage if I repeat that because my wife told me not to ever say that again,” Gowdy said. “I’m just more comfortable and, I think, was a little bit better in a courtroom than I have been in Congress…I think I did more public service there than I did in the last eight years.”
Gowdy also said that politics are much dirtier than other professions and he wants to go back to having justice as a client.
“There is more civility in a death penalty trial than there is in politics,” he argued. “Unfortunately sometimes in politics the objective is always to win.”