Posted on 01/24/2011 1:40:29 PM PST by roses of sharon
Washington (CNN) There may be two House Republicans giving high-profile responses to President Obama's State of the Union speech on Tuesday night, but House Majority Leader Eric Cantor made it clear that it's the new House Budget Committee Chairman Paul Ryan, not Minnesota Rep. Michelle Bachmann, who is speaking for the GOP.
"Paul Ryan is giving the official response," Cantor said when asked at his weekly session with reporters if Bachmann's response will step on the GOP message.
After House Speaker John Boehner and Senator GOP Leader Mitch McConnell announced on Friday that Ryan would deliver the GOP response, the Tea Party Express put out word that Rep. Bachmann would also be commenting on the President's speech and they would broadcast her remarks on their website. On Monday, her office welcomed network television coverage of her speech, which will be delivered from the Capitol Hill Club, just steps away from the U.S. Capitol campus.
Lumping Rep. Bachmann in with the rest of the entire membership of Congress, Cantor said, "You know Michelle Bachmann, just like the other 534 members of the House and Senate, are going to have opinions as to the State of the Union." The House Majority Leader added, "This is a process that happens every year and I look forward to all comments," and noted again that Ryan's was the official Republican response to the president.
Pressed by CNN that unlike most other members of Congress, Bachmann's remarks were expected to receive similar televised coverage as Ryan's official response, Cantor laughed, and asked, "Then maybe I should ask why is that the case?"
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The reporter followed up, pointing out that Bachmanns remarks will receive network television coverage. All right, Cantor said. Maybe I should ask: Why is that the case? The room of scribes chuckled.
Cantor is really pissing me off.
Bachmann speaks for me.
He is definitely not acting like a proactive warrior who has our best interest in mind.
She speaks for me too!
Majority Leader Eric Cuntor can go Fork himself!
Cantor seems to be implying the Tea Party shouldn’t be taken seriously.
Well, there’s become a big question whether Cantor is part of the problem versus one who can help fix the problem.
The Tea Party movement continues to expose the FAUX Conservative.
make your calls folks...they need to be reminded of who dat brung em!
Agreed, he needs to go away and shut up for awhile.
She speaks for the Conservatives. The GOP needs to decide who it speaks for...and damn soon!
Rubio did the same today, by refusing to attend the TP caucus...he laughingly states that he is only refusing because he knows what is best for the TP, ie, they must go home and remain grassroots...get out of DC please!
LOL
Michelle probably also doesn't agree to sit with the dimwits to appear "nice."
This seems to me to be a manufactured controversy. Ryan is giving the official GOP response. Bachmann, as a sitting representative, is giving her personal response. The two seem completely compatible to me. That they’re on at the same time is natural - their both following Barry.
I don’t have any problem with a response from both but I’ll pay more attention to Bachmann.
Cantor is the same pencil necked dickface that gets all starry eyed whenever Obama is in the same room with him. I think he’s dreaming of giving Obama the Sinclair Treatment.
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