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Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin

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Tue Jan 12, 2021, 02:02 PM Jan 2021

Former House speaker John Boehner to congressional Republicans: 'Shame on them. Leaders lead.'

Former House Speaker John Boehner says President Donald Trump should “consider resigning his post.”

The Republican former Ohio congressman began his remarks during a webinar on health care policy Monday by talking about Trump’s baseless claims of widespread election fraud and last week’s siege of the Capitol by pro-Trump insurrectionists.

“Here’s the president of the United States, in my view, inciting a riot … and the Capitol being threatened,” Boehner said. “It’s time for Donald Trump to consider resigning his post. He has violated his oath of office to protect and defend the Constitution of the United States.”

Boehner was speaker from 2011 to 2015, and he has largely steered clear of publicly commenting on Trump. But on Monday he said Trump “has abused the loyalty of the people who voted for him.”

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/former-house-speaker-john-boehner-to-congressional-republicans-shame-on-them-leaders-lead/ar-BB1cFAEb?li=BBnb7Kz

Don't think they're going to listen to you Boner.

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Former House speaker John Boehner to congressional Republicans: 'Shame on them. Leaders lead.' (Original Post) Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Jan 2021 OP
Or they hand out checks from lobbyists on the floor... Moostache Jan 2021 #1
Bull shit. He would have been the ring leader. idziak4ever1234 Jan 2021 #2

Moostache

(9,897 posts)
1. Or they hand out checks from lobbyists on the floor...
Tue Jan 12, 2021, 02:05 PM
Jan 2021

FUCK YOU John...your attack of conscience is not accepted.

https://bulletin.represent.us/boehner-tobacco-lobby-checks/

GOP Leader Admits Handing Out Tobacco Checks on House Floor


WASHINGTON (AP) _ A member of the House Republican leadership team admitted Friday he distributed a tobacco PAC’s campaign checks on the House floor, but said he’ll never do it again.

Watchdog groups said the practice is legal but condemned it as outrageous, nonetheless.

GOP Conference Chairman John Boehner, R-Ohio, said he stopped handing out the checks after being questioned about the practice by ``a few of my colleagues.″

Boehner, whose conference job places him fourth in the House GOP leadership, didn’t say which fellow lawmakers questioned him.
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