John Boehner Razzes Chuck Todd On-Air: ‘You’re a S–‘ (Video)
Former House Speaker jokingly cussed out Todd after he was asked whether he would consider running for Congress againJeremy Fuster | April 18, 2021 @ 10:44 AM Last Updated: April 18, 2021 @ 10:46 AM
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John Boehner’s interview with Chuck Todd on “Meet the Press” Sunday ended with some playful banter – and a curse word or two – when the NBC host asked the former Republican House Speaker whether he would consider running for office again.
Boehner, who has been making the media rounds to promote his new memoir “On the House,” simply said that he would “rather set myself on fire than to run for office again.”
Rep. Taylor Greene Defends ‘America First’ Effort, Pushes Back on Critics
Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) said Saturday that she won’t back down from promoting “America First” policies as she addressed criticism of a caucus she was helping create.
A document outlining Taylor Greene’s “America First Caucus” was published by a media outlet on Friday, with the document drawing criticism from Democrats and Republicans for phrases such as, “America is a nation with a border, and a culture, strengthened by a common respect for uniquely Anglo-Saxon political traditions.”
Critics said some of the language in the document was hateful and racist.
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Boehner slammed the effort by a group of House Republicans to create an America First Caucus.
On NBC s Meet The Press, Boehner called the idea one of the nuttiest things he has witnessed. We ought to celebrate the fact that we are this giant melting pot, he said.
Former GOP House Speaker John Boehner on Sunday derided the plan that several House Republicans had to form an America First Caucus, calling it one of the nuttiest things he has witnessed.
On NBC s Meet the Press, Boehner, who served as speaker from 2011 to 2015, laced into the group.
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