"Hey! Hey! Hey! You're a hater! And a loon!"
Posted on 10/09/2015 4:54:17 PM PDT by cotton1706
Rep. Pete King (R-N.Y.) says Republicans need to pick a Speaker who can flex their political muscle and keep the party's many factions in line.
"Everyone should be listened to, everyone should be heard, but we're not a high school debating society," King said on MSNBC's "Morning Joe" on Friday.
"I think you need a Speaker who can show leadership, but also, quite frankly, a Speaker that can bang heads and break legs if he has to, to get the job done." Republicans are huddling Friday morning to figure out their next steps after Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) shocked Washington Thursday by abruptly dropping out of the race to succeed outgoing Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio).
Reps. Jason Chaffetz (R-Utah) and Daniel Webster (R-Fla.) are officially running for the Speaker post and a number of others have said they are weighing a bid. McCarthy, though, was seen as the clear favorite before his surprise exit.
Many Republicans have voiced a desire to see Rep. Paul Ryan (R-Wis.), the House Ways and Means Committee chairman and 2012 vice presidential nominee, enter the race.
King said he would support Ryan "110 percent," but couldn't foresee getting behind any of the other potential contenders.
King on Friday cited former British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher, noting that "when she took over the Conservative Party in Britain, she was brutal in purging her enemies."
"We have to get a job done and we have to realize that you have a leader and you get behind him," he added.
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Has a moderate EVER been removed from a committee for bad voting?? Or been punished in any way for continually voting with the democrats??
No, that'll never happen. It's only CONSERVATIVES that must be destroyed when they don't go along.
He’s from Long Island and as such he exhibits the imbecility of the average denizen of LI.
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quote “we need a speaker who can bang heads and break legs”
I agree! We need a speaker who can bang the heads and break the legs of RINO’s!!!!!!
George S. Patton for speaker!
Peter KIng - GOPe’s communist party boss.
Amazing! These guys forget who they work for.
Petey scared of, losing a committee appointment? This detestable pos wasn’t so worried about the purge when it was aimed at conservatives.
The Weeper warned us: “Get your asses in line!” and we just laughed at him.
“...British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher, noting that when she took over the Conservative Party in Britain, she was brutal in purging her enemies”
Peter King is a total fool. He is the exact type that Thatcher wanted to purge from her party.
"Hey! Hey! Hey! You're a hater! And a loon!"
King wants a milquetoast mod swisher who will corral the rowdy conservatives. FUPK.
Right King. YOUR NECK AND LEGS. You also left out something - a functioning brain. That excludes you.
And no one is more deserving of that treatment than the loudmouth Peter King.
“King said he would support Ryan ‘110 percent’.”
The fact that this raving lunatic and Boehner support Ryan should be enough information for anyone to know they should oppose him.
Another Barbie and Ken Republican.
AMEN!
King is a northeast liberal quisling and a moron to boot.
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