against him because they know there s going to be a price to pay. courage, remember that courage is never wasted. this evening, speaker boehner removed congressman webster and congressman rich nugent from the house rules committee. nugent supported webster and voted against boehner today. 4 congressman steve king who nominated webster tweeted, speaker boehner kicked webster and nugent off rules committee for voting against boehner. no room for intimidation tactics. i stand with them. joining me now, msnbc political reporter casey hunt and mother jones washington bureau chief david corn. casey, why were there not more punishments issued today. there were more votes cast against the speaker. it s certainly possible, lawrence, that you could see more punishments to come but at the same time the house speaker s ability to punish people this way is a little bit limited. and this revolt was so scattered, right? and that s why we didn t see it
congressman rich nugent from the house rules committee. nugent supported webster and voted against boehner today. 4 congressman steve king who nominated webster tweeted, speaker boehner kicked webster and nugent off rules committee for voting against boehner. no room for intimidation tactics. i stand with them. joining me now, msnbc political reporter casey hunt and mother jones washington bureau chief david corn. casey, why were there not more punishments issued today. there were more votes cast against the speaker. it s certainly possible, lawrence, that you could see more punishments to come but at the same time the house speaker s ability to punish people this way is a little bit limited. and this revolt was so scattered, right? and that s why we didn t see it succeed to a greater degree than it did. you had this sort of collection of candidates. i had one republican privately call it the coalition of the aggrieved in a conversation. and they weren t able to unite