Posted on 09/25/2015 2:49:38 AM PDT by cotton1706
Republican sources say an ally of Rep. John Boehner (R-Ohio) has attempted to recruit a primary challenger against the GOP lawmaker who introduced a measure to oust the Speaker.
Three senior GOP sources told The Hill they've heard Rep. Patrick McHenry (R-N.C.) has reached out to Republicans in North Carolina’s 11th District to gauge their interest in launching a primary challenge against Rep. Mark Meadows (R-N.C.).
Meadows is a Tea Party favorite who generated national headlines this summer after floating a plan to depose Boehner.
“He has been actively working to recruit a challenger,” one source said of McHenry.
But the sources — two of whom are close to leadership — declined to provide any names of potential recruits.
It’s not even clear such a ploy would work: Since introducing his “Fire Boehner” resolution, Meadows has become a national hero to conservatives, the kind of voters who typically turn out in GOP primaries.
In a brief interview with The Hill on Thursday, McHenry disclosed that he had recently spoken to Meadows to put the rumors to rest, telling him on the House floor last week: I’m not trying to take you out.
And during that discussion, McHenry vehemently denied he had been recruiting potential Meadows opponents.
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Open season on RINOs!
FIRE BOEHNER, OHIANS!!
Further proof that the Republican party is displaying their own pending demise. They have control of both the Senate and the Congress and are unable to do anything good with that advantage, except fight one another for leadership, a poor one at that.
COOL!
That G.D. Ba$tard Boner is really pissing me off.
If he had fought this hard against Obama he would not need to defend his speaker position
Unfortunately, I’m not in his district.
Otherwise, I would vote for this guy:
I guess that move put some backbone in the other Reps, leading to Boners resignation
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