Reprinted with permission from Alternet
Former Republican Speaker of the House John Boehner is blasting Donald Trump, laying blame for the deadly January 6 insurrection squarely at the former Republican President's feet. True to form, Trump and his team punched back below the belt.
p a href "https://www.nytimes.com/2021/04/07/us/politics/john-boehner-trump-capitol-riot.html?referringSource articleShare" rel "noopener noreferrer" target "_blank" em The New York Times /em /a reports Boehner writes in his new book that Trump "incited that bloody insurrection for nothing more than selfish reasons, perpetuated by the bullshit he'd been shoveling since he lost a fair election the previous November." /p p "He claimed voter fraud without any evidence, and repeated those claims, taking advantage of the trust placed in him by his supporters and ultimately betraying that trust." /p