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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Peter King is a dem. Not just a dem; a hard swinging dem disguised as a pubbie so he can infiltrate the pubbie party and report back to his masters in the demonrat party.
Is there anyone who doesn’t know this by now?
He should be given a vote of no confidence and censured.
We need leadership that will c**t punch King of All RINOs, Peter King.
OK I am willing to take the job as the first head I get to bang and the first leg I get to break belong to the loudmouth known as Peter King.
In other words, someone who is not going to prevent you from doling out the big bucks to your cronies.
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