Democrats Slam Boehner for Missing Arizona Memorial Service

The Daily Caller ^ | 1/12/11 | Jon Ward

[Carling]

Democrats on Wednesday criticized House Speaker John Boehner for missing a memorial service in Arizona for the victims of Saturday’s shooting in Tucson, as partisan sniping continued around the edges of the attack and its aftermath.

Boehner declined an invitation from President Obama to fly on Air Force One to Arizona for the memorial. Aides said he did so to attend a prayer service in Washington in remembrance of the six killed and 14 wounded. Among the wounded was Rep. Gabrielle Giffords, an Arizona Democrat who survived a point blank shot to the head.

The prayer service Boehner attended began at 1 p.m. on Wednesday and lasted for one hour. Obama departed Andrews Air Force base in Maryland a few minutes after 1 p.m.

But Democrats said Boehner could have attended the rally in Tucson if he had wanted to.

“Don’t you think they could have worked with the White House on timing to make sure he got on AF1?,” a senior congressional aide said. “Hell, as speaker, he could have taken a delegation to Arizona on military air.”

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[WVNan]

I wish I had bookmarked the place where I saw it. It was a comment by a resident of AZ. He/she cited the title of the case as United States of America vs (a bunch of numbers). I thought at the time that I should have copied it or saved it, but I didn’t, and I read so much I forget where I read things. It was not on FR. It was some other site that I linked to from either an e-mail or from FR. It was a conservative site because most of the comments were conservative. I suppose somebody who knows how could search for federal cases in AZ. with Judge Roll as judge.

[ntnychik]

#4 is President pro tempore of the Senate, Sen. Daniel Inouye (D-Hawaii).

[CSM]

Hmm, interesting. I will definitely keep my eye out for it.