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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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1 posted on 08/02/2015 6:32:39 PM PDT by jimbo123
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Boner needs to recall The House immediately to slap Bammy over the latest EPA issued legislation.


2 posted on 08/02/2015 6:34:41 PM PDT by Paladin2 (Ive given up on aphostrophys and spell chek on my current device...)
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To: jimbo123

Drunk and a crybaby. Too bad Butler County is mostly morons. They vote a GOP ticket all right, but probably 10% of them actually know why.


3 posted on 08/02/2015 6:35:52 PM PDT by anton
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To: jimbo123

Well,don’t cry about it Johnny.


4 posted on 08/02/2015 6:35:55 PM PDT by Farmer Dean (stop worrying about what they want to do to you,start thinking about what you want to do to them)
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To: jimbo123

Him being booted from leadership would be the best news I’ve heard since Republicans took the majority.


5 posted on 08/02/2015 6:36:37 PM PDT by wastedyears (Iron Maiden - The Book of Souls, out Sept 4th, 2015)
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To: jimbo123
Obama's Whipping boy will get the wrong end in the end.

No pun intended, kick his ass OUT!!

6 posted on 08/02/2015 6:37:33 PM PDT by MaxMax (Call the local GOP and ask how you can support CRUZ for POTUS,)
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Good to hear, although who knows if it will actually come to anything?

Too bad they didn’t have their heads screwed on when they voted for the house leadership in the first place.


7 posted on 08/02/2015 6:37:35 PM PDT by Cicero (Marcus Tullius)
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Rather have Pelosi as speaker. The devil you know....


8 posted on 08/02/2015 6:38:40 PM PDT by Swanks
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I have to say, I think we can thank Donald Trump for this Whip straw poll on Boehner.

Trump has laid out a little brass, and emboldened even the House moderates to vote the truth— that Boehner is vanilla at best, and an Obama sycophant at worst. What ever he is, he’s not one of us.


9 posted on 08/02/2015 6:38:51 PM PDT by RitaOK ( VIVA CRISTO REY / Public education is the farm team for more Marxists coming)
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To: jimbo123

Uh-oh for Boehner.


10 posted on 08/02/2015 6:38:53 PM PDT by Red Steel (Ted Cruz: 'I'm a Big Fan of Donald Trump')
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Sailing the Crier out like a syrup bucket lid will put Conservative into the McTurtle.


11 posted on 08/02/2015 6:38:53 PM PDT by X-spurt (CRUZ missile - armed and ready.)
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12 posted on 08/02/2015 6:38:54 PM PDT by RedMDer (Support Free Republic and Keep FReedom ALIVE!)
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To: Paladin2

Heh heh heh.

The conservative Rs should just caucus without current leadership, and set up a game plan for a quick coup in five weeks.


13 posted on 08/02/2015 6:39:02 PM PDT by ROCKLOBSTER (Celebrate "Republican Freed the Slaves" month.)
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To: jimbo123; Fiddlstix; onyx; JustAmy; trisham; DJ MacWoW; RedMDer; musicman; Lady Jag; TheOldLady; ...

Dump Boehner!


14 posted on 08/02/2015 6:39:04 PM PDT by Jim Robinson (Resistance to tyrants is obedience to God!)
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Time for boner to step down!!!


15 posted on 08/02/2015 6:40:25 PM PDT by EXCH54FE (Hurricane 416,Feisty Old Vet !!)
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To: RitaOK

‘The Trump affect’


16 posted on 08/02/2015 6:40:29 PM PDT by Red Steel (Ted Cruz: 'I'm a Big Fan of Donald Trump')
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17 posted on 08/02/2015 6:41:07 PM PDT by dontreadthis
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To: Jim Robinson
Jonnies favorit....Obies Favorite

18 posted on 08/02/2015 6:42:13 PM PDT by MeshugeMikey ("Never, Never, Never, Give Up," Winston Churchill ><>)
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To: jimbo123

Maybe he will drink himself to death during the next five weeks. How much can his liver take?


19 posted on 08/02/2015 6:46:05 PM PDT by Truth29
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To: jimbo123

Barry’s personal port-o-john should resign.


20 posted on 08/02/2015 6:47:03 PM PDT by PGalt
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