5 takeaways from former House Speaker John Boehner’s new book
Former House Speaker John Boehner reflects on the forces that complicated his tenure in his new book many of which came from within his own party.
In the book, “On the House: A Washington Memoir,” Boehner criticizes a conservative media that profits on outrage, the rise of Tea Party Republicans uninterested in effective government and the willingness of those politicians and media figures to traffic in conspiracy theories. The Ohio Republican also offers details on how he saw the presidents and congressional leaders he worked with, characterizing House Speaker Nancy Pelosi as ruthless and formidable, Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell as smart and tight-lipped and former President Barack Obama as arrogant.
Boehner called Jordan a political terrorist after the Capitol riot I just never saw a guy who spent more time tearing things apart he said
The speaker also recalled a story when Don Young held a knife to his throat
Boehner also said neither he nor Reagan could get elected in today s GOP
He called out legislative terrorism and said it lead to terror of the Capitol riot
Said Republicans impeached Bill Clinton to score a big win
Says Mark Meadows kneeled on his rug after voting against him for speaker
Boehner clashed with the Freedom Caucus during budget battles while leading the GOP
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Former House Speaker John Boehner has claimed that former President Donald Trump “incited that bloody insurrection” at the US Capitol on 6 January, in an excerpt from his upcoming memoir.
In Mr Boehner’s book,
On The House: A Washington Memoir, which was obtained by
The New York Times, the former House speaker blames Mr Trump for the Republicans losing the Senate, which was decided by two runoff elections lost by the GOP earlier this year in Georgia.
He cited Mr Trump’s repeated public refusal to accept November’s election results, writing that it “not only cost Republicans the Senate but led to mob violence,” adding that “it was painful to watch,” according to the
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