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Steve King: Boehner Guilty of 'Intimidation Tactics'
« on: January 07, 2015, 08:02:09 pm »
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Steve King: Boehner Guilty of 'Intimidation Tactics'
Wednesday, January 7, 2015 02:18 PM

By: Drew MacKenzie

Speaker John Boehner has been accused by Rep. Steve King of conducting "intimidation tactics" after 25 Republicans voted against him remaining as House leader.

Boehner said on Wednesday that he’s planning a "family conversation" with his conference to help heal the growing rift in the GOP — even as he was attacked for booting off two defectors from the Rules Committee in what conservatives view as an act of retribution, The Hill reported.

Florida Rep. Daniel Webster, who challenged Boehner for speaker, and Florida Rep. Rich Nugent, who voted for Webster, were kicked off the committee before it convened for the first time in the new session. Their name plates were removed from the dais and their chairs were left empty.

King, an Iowa Republican who backed Webster for speaker, has now accused Boehner on Twitter of employing scare tactics to intimidate rank-and-file Republicans.

"Boehner kicked Webster and Nugent off Rules Committee 4 voting against Boehner. No room for intimidation tactics. I stand with them," King tweeted.

After a closed-door GOP meeting, Boehner told reporters that no final decision had been made about whether the two lawmakers would be permanently kept off the committee, according to The Hill.

"We had a situation yesterday where we had to constitute the Rules Committee because of some of the activities on the floor," the speaker said. "Two of our members weren't put back on the committee immediately."

He continued, "We're going to have a family conversation … about bringing our team together. And I expect those conversations for the next couple of days will continue and we'll come to a decision about how we go forward."

Florida Rep. Ted Yoho, who also voted against Boehner, said on Fox News' "Hannity" on Tuesday night that Webster and Nugent's ouster is the sort of thing that would occur in a "communist country."

"They voted the way their districts wanted to," Yoho said. "And to be held in jeopardy for that or retribution is wrong, because that would be something you would expect in China, Cuba, Russia or in a communist country to, when you have a voice of dissension, you'd be punished."

Kansas Rep. Tim Huelskamp said that after announcing that he planned to vote against Boehner, he was told he would not be handed the chairmanship of a subcommittee. But his allegations have since been denied by House leadership aides, The Hill said.

The core group of conservatives who voted to dump Boehner was more than twice the dozen who withheld their support from him in an election two years ago, in an indication of stark party divisions that could make it hard to pass legislation.

They had campaigned against Boehner in recent weeks, arguing he had done too little to cut spending and fight President Barack Obama's immigration and healthcare policies.

But Boehner is hoping to soothe things over with the conservative faction in the near future, and told reporters that he planned to meet with some members who voted against him.
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Re: Steve King: Boehner Guilty of 'Intimidation Tactics'
« Reply #1 on: January 07, 2015, 08:04:15 pm »
They bash away at Boehner for weeks, going on TV and radio and ranting and raving about how they will vote against Boehner.  Now they are whining that Boehner is striking back.  Sheesh.  Isn't it time to start bashing the other side for a change.

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Re: Steve King: Boehner Guilty of 'Intimidation Tactics'
« Reply #2 on: January 07, 2015, 08:05:59 pm »
"We had a situation yesterday where we had to constitute the Rules Committee because of some of the activities on the floor," the speaker said. "Two of our members weren't put back on the committee immediately."

He continued, "We're going to have a family conversation … about bringing our team together. And I expect those conversations for the next couple of days will continue and we'll come to a decision about how we go forward."

Sounds like Boehner-speak for... "Bow down and worship sufficiently and I'll let you back on the Rules Committee"...


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Re: Steve King: Boehner Guilty of 'Intimidation Tactics'
« Reply #3 on: January 07, 2015, 08:30:44 pm »
They bash away at Boehner for weeks, going on TV and radio and ranting and raving about how they will vote against Boehner.  Now they are whining that Boehner is striking back.  Sheesh.  Isn't it time to start bashing the other side for a change.

Boner can start any time. As of right now he's too busy carrying the surrender flag into the negotiating room.
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Re: Steve King: Boehner Guilty of 'Intimidation Tactics'
« Reply #4 on: January 07, 2015, 08:45:56 pm »
They bash away at Boehner for weeks, going on TV and radio and ranting and raving about how they will vote against Boehner.  Now they are whining that Boehner is striking back.  Sheesh.  Isn't it time to start bashing the other side for a change.

Bashing the other side?  It depends on what side you mean RINO/DEMS vs. the GOP.

As I have stated before, you can either be on the side that wants to restore America or be on the side that wants to continue the destruction of America.  If you think that the GOPe is on the side of restoration you are very sadly mistaken.
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Re: Steve King: Boehner Guilty of 'Intimidation Tactics'
« Reply #5 on: January 07, 2015, 11:56:24 pm »
If you aim for the "king" you'd best not miss.  Otherwise, all you're going to do is render yourself an outsider with very limited influence.

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Re: Steve King: Boehner Guilty of 'Intimidation Tactics'
« Reply #6 on: January 08, 2015, 01:08:57 am »
Enjoy the back-benches, fellas.  Hilarious that they would be whining about Boehner after they quite literally tried a minority coup to oust him from his job.   8888crybaby
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Re: Steve King: Boehner Guilty of 'Intimidation Tactics'
« Reply #7 on: January 08, 2015, 08:45:44 am »
As I have stated before, you can either be on the side that wants to restore America or be on the side that wants to continue the destruction of America.

Those are my only 2 options?!?  Be on the side that wants to restore America but is so inept they run against Speaker Boehner before they have a candidate to run against him, or destroy America?

tough choice.