Oh, no. Any more he is a card-carrying, dyed in the wool, 100% capital 'R' Republican.
The heretics are the ones who don't act like Democrats when they get to DC.
Republican does not equal "conservative", and hasn't for a long time.
The solution is simple. Don’t vote for them. Write in a name or stay home. All this was for show. Gohmert knew boner was going to win but he put on a show to make people feel good.
If Trey Gowdy misses a plane and can’t vote which gives the speakership to boner, I’ll “miss a plane” when it comes time to vote in the next election. (Even though I heard he said he was going to vote for boner if he hadn’t missed the plane.)