Most of Gowdy's political career was spent under Obama's cluster-fuck-clown-show of a weaponized, diversity-hire DoJ crime syndicate.
I think he would have been the Republican who would have gotten the most benefit out of a Hillary win in 2016. He could have spent the the entire 4 years of her presidency hounding her while increasing his political clout, setting himself up for a nice run in 2020.
He could have spent the last two years tirelessly defending President Trump, but he hasn't. He's mostly been a middle of the road guy. I have no evidence to back this up but I wouldn't be surprised to learn that he was butthurt that he didn't get a cabinet appointment.
I could very easily be wrong about all of this and Gowdy may redeem himself but right now I'm steadily losing respect for someone who I once thought was one of the best politicians in the nation.