Posted on 06/16/2015 9:04:52 AM PDT by GIdget2004
House Republican leaders are cracking down on rebellious members after a near-disaster on a trade vote last week, but another imperiled rule coming to the House floor Tuesday is making it difficult to punish members leaders need to pass the measure.
Reps. Cynthia Lummis, Steve Pearce and Trent Franks have been removed from the whip team after they sided with GOP rebels to vote against a rule governing debate on a trade bill, according to sources close to the team.
Lummis, a deputy whip and a member of the conservative House Freedom Caucus, was perhaps the whip team's highest-ranking bridge to the conference's most intransigent members. Pearce and Franks are also very close to House conservatives.
But House Majority Whip Steve Scalise had said earlier in the year that he would not tolerate members voting against rules, and has already removed two other members close to the conservative movement.
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That is because traitors inside the city walls can do more damage.
You are 100% correct. Have felt that way for quite some time now.
The GOPE “leadership” are a passel of worthless turds.
Let the rebels form their own caucus then and stick to the house leadership RINOs.
We know the ‘Progressive’ infiltration of other institutions. Why not the Republican Party itself?
Like you said, traitors within are the most damaging.
So how do we remove the removers? What are their districts like??
Someone once questioned why I was supporting a third party.
I told them they were incorrect. I am *actually* supporting a *second* party.
Couldn’t agree more.
And what a great comment this was: “I told them they were incorrect. I am *actually* supporting a *second* party.”
VERY well said.
Hear, hear.
But realistically, I do not suspect America will last long enough to solve the Uniparty problem. I wonder if it will last through 2015, frankly.
You are correct, the GOP has been completely compromised.
For the Republic to survive, the GOP must die.
GOP-RIP
The GOP (Give 0bama Power) ‘Leaders’???? may be cracking down now, but here’s a thought - Paybacks are a Bitch, and believe me it is coming. Little Johnny Boehner will be crying big time.
I agree. We are imploding as a result of impossible demographics.
You got that right.
Time to make the ‘whip’ irrelevant
The conservative member need to form a CONSERVATIVE CAUCUS and ignore them and take their messages right to the public loudly and name names- who is threatening them?
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