Posted on 08/19/2015 4:39:52 PM PDT by cotton1706
This year began with an election on whether Rep. John Boehner should continue as the Speaker of the House of Representatives. A number of brave House conservatives, led by Rep. Jim Bridenstine (R-OK), Tom Massie, and Rep. Steve King (R-IA), waged a historic effort to deny Boehner the Speakership. What resulted was an earth-shattering groundswell of grassroots opposition to Boehner that shocked every Republican congressman. It was unsuccessful only because a handful of otherwise reliable House conservatives chose to support Boehner and give him another chance. And look at what their vote for Boehner has wrought in just two short months.
It resulted in a historic cave from a personal and iron-clad commitment to fight “tooth and nail” to block the President’s executive amnesty on the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) appropriations bill. Late last year, everyone knew the plan to split off the rest of the funding for the federal government into the “cromnibus,” leaving DHS alone to be funded, had no chance of success. Yet Rep. John Boehner promised he would fight. He ended up fighting only in words. He failed to commit the financial resources of his party to move Senate Democrats off a still-untenable position of filibustering a bill to fund the DHS. The implications of this cave go far beyond the policy of amnesty. The Speaker is not just the partisan leader of House Republicans. He is the guardian of the House as an institution and its prerogatives, namely the power of the purse, and in bowing to this President, Boehner showed himself to be unfit for the office.
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I have a one eyed three legged rat terrier that would better than even the best GOP-e RINO
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John Boehner Makes John Boehner Expendable!
He has my vote.
He’s the “Cowardly Lion” in a 1000 dollar suit.
Trump should be plenty enough liberal for Erick.
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Fat Head Alert!
Long John Bonehead Boehner is an ally of the bigot obamanaiton regime and is also a liar and a fool. McConnell is the same in the Senate. Both are worthless Harry Reed allies.
I read the entire article and learned one thing: Eric cannot write.
Boehner mentions in the news have been pleasantly missing.
I was at my county Republican Club meeting this week, and my congressman seemed ready to dump Boehner if there were a credible candidate who could win a vote.
Now Trump can be useful...
Red State, you folks are off my Christmas list.
Erikson, go pound sand.
Even if it’s a decent idea, I don’t like taking it from indecent people. Then folks trust you, and you’re not worthy of that.
But your dogs nose is true... And thereby show the value of a good dog. Probably would be better than Boehner.
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Donald Trump Makes John Boehner ExpendableInteresting power and influence a lowly, never elected candidate Trump has over elected self-important Republican party higher-ups. Especially when we're told he's not even a Republican...or a conservative.
Good article though. Would Erickson be talking tough like this if Trump didn’t bitch slap him?
I’m surprised it hasn’t been more noticed that Boehner promised he would fight on immigration in the summer when he surrendered in the winter. Nobody has been bringing it up or have they?
Erickson trying to be important again after his unacceptable deed to Trump - NOT!
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