Boehner gets emotional in Pelosi tribute: 'My girls told me, tell the Speaker how much we admire her

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

Former Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio) got emotional as he relayed a message from his daughters to Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) at Pelosi’s portrait unveiling Wednesday.

In his remarks he lauded Pelosi for her two decades atop the Democratic caucus.

“You’ve been unfailingly gracious to me, to my family and, frankly, my team here in Washington. And Madam Speaker, I have to say, my girls told me, ‘tell the Speaker how much we admire her,’” Boehner said, choking up at the podium.

Link to tweet

“If you couldn’t tell, my girls are Democrats,” he quipped after the crowd applauded.

https://www.yahoo.com/news/boehner-gets-emotional-pelosi-tribute-224854910.html

Did he get weepy again?

[50 Shades Of Blue]

1. Wow. Not used to Republicans doing anything right!

[Drum]

2. I will say, he's not a "bad guy"...there was always a bit of heart in there, re Boehner

…unlike the R monsters stalking the Congress’s halls these days

[Zambero]

3. Agree!

In recent years decency and decorum have become lost arts in GOP circles. I would never in a million years expect that sort of tribute to originate from a Newt Gingrich or a Kevin McCarthy.

[Drum]

5. Exactly: the contrast is so clear!

[SheilaAnn]

4. I thought the same thing. I was sort of sorry to see him leave DC, glad he's doing okay. n/t

[Drum]

6. Same here

[Doc Sportello]

9. Watching the Pelosi doc

Boehner's handover of the gavel to her was totally classy. Rigt or wrong, he looks so much better when compared to ... well now.

[TheBeam19]

11. Agreed. Probably disagree with him 95%

but at least he wasn’t there to burn the country to the ground, like the R’s in office now.

[Dorian Gray]

16. Nostalgia for what used to be

people on opposite sides who used to respect each other. Even if they'd have knock down drag out fights.

Boehner's girls are smart, too. (Democrats!)

[Cha]

7. Jonn Boehner is a Relic.. I

remember when we use to call him "Boner", though.

It seems like he misses the repubs of the past and he certainly respects, Nancy Pelosi or he wouldn't[ be there.

TY! And, Thank Goodness Hakeem Jeffries is stepping up to be the new Now Minority Speaker of the House.

[Aristus]

8. Nice to see he has a brain to go with his heart.

While he was Speaker, he blithered “job creators” instead of “wealthy people“ so many times, there’s no way he didn’t have a wire in his ear feeding him constant reminders to parrot the talking points.

I guess he decided to become a human being after retiring from Republican dinner theater.

[Drum]

12. Lolz: "Republican dinner theater"

[bullwinkle428]

10. We've always been skeptical of his tears in the past, because they always

seemed to happen when he was talking about his own life.

This time, though, he seemed genuinely affected by how much of an impact Nancy Pelosi had made on the lives of his daughters, and wanted to make sure Nancy knew what that meant to them. I don't think he manufactured the tears today.

[LeftInTX]

13. He cries about everything

He was crying at Obama's 2012 inaugaration

He's a lush.....

[mjvpi]

15. Exactly. There's something in the wine.

[Norbert]

18. Some people do, even men

I think he is basically a good guy.

[Skittles]

14. I'm giving him points

it's bizarre now to see a repuke behave in a manner other than dishonorable....

[patricia92243]

17. It shows how accustomed we have gotten to the Republicans acting like

rabid fools that when one acts "normal", it is newsworthy.