Posted on 01/05/2015 6:17:13 AM PST by cotton1706
Rep. Ted Yoho (R-FL), who is challenging House Speaker John Boehner (R-OH) for the Speakership, said he fears no man and does not expect retribution for trying to oust Boehner.
On Breitbart News Sunday, Yoho said voters in his district, including a seasoned farmer in his seventies this weekend, have urged him to vote against Boehner because he is a “weak leader” and not a good voice for the GOP.
“My base wants me to vote this way,” Yoho said.
When asked if he expected retribution for challenging Boehner, Yoho indicated that he did not anticipate that, saying, “I don’t worry about that.”
“I fear no man,” he told host and Breitbart News Executive Chairman Stephen K. Bannon. “I’m pretty well grounded in Christian principles… if you step out and do what you feel is right… and you’re not attacking a person, and you’re attacking a process, and you’re attacking the status quo… and if somebody wants to hold a grudge against me, that’s on them. It’s not on me, and I’m going to do what I think is right.”
He said House Members have told him, “thank you for offering an alternative so we don’t have to vote for the status quo'” and emphasized that the “momentum is building” to oust Boehner.
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Tea Party and NRA, could you ask for more?
Nope, I wish him well. When is the vote?
When is the vote?
House convenes at 12:00 noon Tuesday, Jan. 6, 2015.
I will pray for Mr. Yoho to be our new speaker. My CC should be on board.
Fearing no man makes no diff.
Bonehead is not a man.
Actually, no one is quite sure what it is.
Given the fact that a number of people seem to running against JB (and in all different directions), he should have no trouble in getting re-elected Speaker IMHO.
Louie Gohmert has thrown his hat in the ring also; Some threads about his run:
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/search?m=all;o=time;q=quick;s=gohmert
A name that doesn’t inspire mockery?
I guess it’s better than “Boner”.
I hope that does not throw it to Boeher by default.
The ACU has him at 80% for his first year in office. He was a hardliner in the govt shutdown and strong for not raising the debt ceiling any further so a good sight better than Tammy Faye.
Louie Gohmert is the numero uno choice for Speaker as far as I’m concerned.
Yoho is a buffoon and fraud. He just voted for the Obama-Boehner amnesty cromnibus bill. Then he used Johnny boy’s talking points to justify his vote.
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