Posted on 09/26/2015 10:34:42 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet
The abrupt resignation of House Speaker John Boehner shows that “the crazies have taken over the party,” Rep. Peter King (R-N.Y.) said Friday.
“I think it signals the crazies have taken over the party, taken over to the party that you can remove a speaker of the House who’s second in line to be president, a constitutional officer in the middle of his term with no allegations of impropriety, a person who’s honest and doing his job. This has never happened before in our country,” King said in an interview on CNN. “He could have stayed on.”
King praised Boehner, who told House Republicans at a Friday morning meeting that he would step down in October, for doing an “outstanding job.”
Boehner’s resignation came amid intense pressure from extreme conservative members to eliminate federal funding for Planned Parenthood, even at the cost of shutting down the government. Several times during his four-and-a-half-year tenure as speaker, Boehner has found his room to maneuver severely curtailed by his conservative wing, which opposes virtually all efforts to negotiate with the White House.
King accused conservative members of the GOP caucus of trying to “hijack and blackmail the party,” and argued that Boehner’s decision would only embolden them....
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Thanks for the correction.
I think there used to be a group called Blue Dog democrats that were supposed to be moderately conservative, but I haven’t seen one for a long time.
Poor Peter..! He’s so used to the democrats leading the republican party around by the nose, he doesn’t understand the conservatives in the hinterland. I think it’s time for him and a few other old time republicans to fold their hold on the office and let some Real conservative Republicans take their seats.
Good one:)
Get used to it sweet heart. We are coming for you
They were voted in to do the job and they joined the other side and gave us the finger so here’s the finger back at you king
The crazies have been running the party & losing elections year after year after year!!! The gig is up and they are pissed!
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