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John Boehner Embarrassed: His Whip Team Couldn’t Find Votes To Reelect Him Speaker Last Week
Breitbart ^ | 8/2/15 | Matthew Boyle

Posted on 08/02/2015 6:32:38 PM PDT by jimbo123

House Speaker Rep. John Boehner (R-OH) had been planning to call up on the House floor last week a measure from Rep. Mark Meadows (R-NC) that would have removed him as Speaker of the House if it succeeded—intending to embarrass Meadows—but abandoned the plan after his entire leadership structure learned that they did not have the votes to re-elect him as Speaker before the August recess.

“[House Majority Leader Kevin] McCarthy was making phone calls—he was whipping it—and so was [House Majority Whip] Rep. Steve Scalise (R-LA),” a senior conservative movement leader who’s had many personal and direct discussions with various House GOP members about this told Breitbart News in an interview last week.

“I know members personally who were called by Steve Scalise. So they had the entire leadership whip team frantically making phone calls to members to whip the vote because they wanted to attempt to embarrass Meadows and call the vote [on Wednesday last week] so it’s not hanging over Boehner’s head.

“What they found out was the exact opposite. They found out bad things would happen, that literally they would be calling the vote without knowing what would happen. Therefore, they did not call the vote and now they have this issue hanging over John Boehner’s head for the next five weeks.”

(Excerpt) Read more at breitbart.com ...


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To: Swanks

There’s bad and there’s worse. Boehner is bad. Pelosi is worse.

Perspective.


41 posted on 08/02/2015 7:09:51 PM PDT by Personal Responsibility (Changing the name of a thing doesn't change the thing. A liberal by any other name...)
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To: jimbo123

Get rid of him so he can keep playing Golf with the Dear Leader without any repercussions.


42 posted on 08/02/2015 7:10:02 PM PDT by Kickass Conservative (THEY LIVE, and we're the only ones wearing the Sunglasses... RIP Roddy Piper.)
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To: jimbo123

go Meadows!

Finally someone with some stones!


43 posted on 08/02/2015 7:11:20 PM PDT by ConservativeDude
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To: BradyLS

THE PREMIER APPEARANCE.of Jonnie Bonehead without the MASK/


44 posted on 08/02/2015 7:12:11 PM PDT by MeshugeMikey ("Never, Never, Never, Give Up," Winston Churchill ><>)
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To: jimbo123

If this is true, conservative reps are stupid. If they had claimed to favor boner’s continued service, they would have had their vote and would have been able to unelect him. Their honesty betrayed their objective.


45 posted on 08/02/2015 7:15:04 PM PDT by Sgt_Schultze (If a border fence isn't effective, why is there a border fence around the White House?)
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To: Darksheare

The comments there are great! LOL!
Boehner must go! And take all of the RINOs with him.


46 posted on 08/02/2015 7:21:44 PM PDT by RedMDer (Support Free Republic and Keep FReedom ALIVE!)
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FReepers, Let's go!
Everyone needs to donate!

47 posted on 08/02/2015 7:23:37 PM PDT by RedMDer (Support Free Republic and Keep FReedom ALIVE!)
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To: Jim Robinson

Absolutely!


48 posted on 08/02/2015 7:24:48 PM PDT by trisham (Zen is not easy. It takes effort to attain nothingness. And then what do you have? Bupkis.)
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To: jimbo123

First Eric Cantor, now Boehner. Maybe the puppeteers will see this is a major problem.


49 posted on 08/02/2015 7:37:25 PM PDT by PghBaldy (12/14 - 930am -rampage begins... 12/15 - 1030am - Obama's advance team scouts photo-op locations.)
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To: Norm Lenhart

Where oh where are our liberal-republicans who advocated for Boehner and McConnell?

Don’t name them if you don’t ping them!


50 posted on 08/02/2015 7:38:51 PM PDT by Rides_A_Red_Horse (Why do you need a fire extinguisher when you can call the fire department?)
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To: cva66snipe

Ping


51 posted on 08/02/2015 7:44:30 PM PDT by StoneWall Brigade (MARANATHA)
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To: Swanks

some of our friends did that in 2012 and the nation is paying a bitter price.


52 posted on 08/02/2015 7:46:06 PM PDT by elpadre (AfganistaMr Obama said the goal was to "disrupt, dismantle and defeat al-hereQaeda" and its allies.)
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To: RedMDer

It was amusing to see!


53 posted on 08/02/2015 7:46:27 PM PDT by Darksheare (Those who support liberal "Republicans" summarily support every action by same.)
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To: Personal Responsibility

Not how it works.
Pelosi would not become speaker.


54 posted on 08/02/2015 7:49:09 PM PDT by Darksheare (Those who support liberal "Republicans" summarily support every action by same.)
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To: jimbo123

Sheesh, I 'm not drunk....yet.

55 posted on 08/02/2015 7:49:27 PM PDT by seawolf101
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To: Red Steel; RitaOK
"‘The Trump affect’"

Yep.

He is, right now, redefining the entire political dynamic.

It's history we're watching.

Whether good or bad, this time it's definitely going to be different.

56 posted on 08/02/2015 7:52:10 PM PDT by Mariner (War Criminal #18 - Be The Leaderless Resistance)
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To: jimbo123

If he had 1 gram of self respect, honor or dignity he would step down or at the very least call the vote NOW.

Oh wait .... he’s a polidiot on the presstitutional sugar tit.

My opinion.


57 posted on 08/02/2015 7:54:41 PM PDT by Squantos ( Be polite, be professional, but have a plan to kill everyone you meet ...)
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To: Personal Responsibility; Swanks
"There’s bad and there’s worse. Boehner is bad. Pelosi is worse."

So, if you're in an existential war with those who would destroy you and your homeland, who do you shoot first?

The enemy across the river or the known traitor in your own foxhole?

First, the GOP must die.

Everything else comes after that.

58 posted on 08/02/2015 8:00:38 PM PDT by Mariner (War Criminal #18 - Be The Leaderless Resistance)
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To: Truth29

Every Freeper should send him a large bottle of his favorite beverage just to hasten the demise


59 posted on 08/02/2015 8:01:10 PM PDT by hoosiermama (Obam65a: "Born in Kenya" Lying now or then or now?)
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To: jimbo123

Excellent article. Thank you for posting this. I’m hoping Meadows and the rest of the conservatives keep steel in their backbones!


60 posted on 08/02/2015 8:14:17 PM PDT by BAW (My eyes are set on 2016.)
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