Posted on 06/24/2015 5:47:17 PM PDT by cotton1706
The House Freedom Caucus has a secret it wants to share with Democrats.
“If the Democrats were to file a motion to vacate the chair and were to vote for that motion unanimously, there probably are 218 votes for it to succeed,” one member of the House Freedom Caucus told CQ Roll Call Tuesday night, as he exited an meeting in the basement of Tortilla Coast.
If that’s true, Democrats could certainly use a vote to remove Speaker John A. Boehner as leverage in any number of upcoming battles: the Export-Import Bank, a highway bill, all sorts of spending measures. But absent any real talk from Democrats, the official response from Boehner’s communications director, Kevin Smith, was simply to dismiss CQ Roll Call’s reporter.
“Matt Fuller is a prop for Freedom Caucus propaganda,” Smith wrote via email.
While the HFC member in question wouldn’t say whether a vote to take Boehner’s gavel was part of the discussion Tuesday — and other members said it was not — it’s clear the decision to strip North Carolina Republican Mark Meadows of his subcommittee chairmanship has stirred the already excitable Freedom Caucus into a new frenzy.
The HFC looks ready for war, as does GOP leadership and more moderate Republicans who are sick and tired of conservatives voting against the team — and that could signal more retaliation to come from both sides.
Rep. Jim Jordan, the HFC chairman, and Raúl R. Labrador, one of the founding members of the secretive conservative group, had plenty to say to CQ Roll Call Wednesday about leadership’s recent moves against members who voted against the rule for Trade Promotion Authority.
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I thought it is now forbidden to use the “R” word.
There will be blowback beyond Boner in 2016....
And will they vote to return Princess Pelosi to the Speakership?
Get rid of Boneless Boehner at any cost. He must be destroyed if a conservative GOP is to become a reality.
Take him down, now!
You are right, and Boner knows that.
‘“Matt Fuller is a prop for Freedom Caucus propaganda,” Smith wrote via email. ‘
Matt Fuller is the reporter LOL!
Boehner’s ‘team’ is like a mad, cornered dog attacking everything in sight.
That’s a good sign...
How could Pelosi be any worse than POS P*SSY SELL-OUT BONER? F*****G closet F&% C#%^ S@$#$&G FA%%$T POS TRAITOR BOEHNER!
Jordan has the dirt on the crying Cheeto, that is why he hasn’t replaced him. IMHO
Come on Jordan release the info.
She will vote to restore teddy Kennedy’s corpse to the senate?
This “QUISLING” John Boehner has thrown the gloves down and now realizes he has stepped into a pile of “COW PLOP”. Now, the fight is on, and I don’t think Boehner will survive this fight. After this Quisling is taken care off, the next Quisling to go will be all his assistants. Once we’ve taken out all the Quislings in the house of representatives, we must next get rid of the Quislings in the senate. We really don’t need them.
Eliminate all rino quislings at ANY costs.
Most of these guys voted to keep Boehner in the chair.
NOW they get upset. Let’s see some action.
You are preaching to the choir
I’d like to see Boner cry again,this time for the right reason.
I would. I would absolutely prefer Nancy to Bonehead, and I’d rather have Reid than Mitch
Ya gotta quit sugar coating it. Let your feelings out! ;D)
You’ve obviously never seen my comments regarding that smarmy little nancy boy faggot.
Kabuki theatre for the conservative voters.
When it counted Jordan refused to support those running against Boehnor and voted him. It’s not like the recent behavior by Boehnor is out of normal or unexpected.
I won’t forget Jordan’s betrayal.
Kabuki theatre for the conservative voters.
When it counted Jordan refused to support those running against Boehnor and voted him. It’s not like the recent behavior by Boehnor is out of normal or unexpected.
Wrong. The kabuki was the Speaker vote. Boehner had the election locked up so Jordan did not stick his neck out.
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