Boehner fallout: ‘D.C. status quo is crumbling’

House Speaker John Boehner, R-Ohio

WASHINGTON – “Christmas came early,” was the dry but joyous first reaction of former Rep. Steve Stockman, R-Texas.

“Speaker Boehner correctly read the tea leaves,” was the succinct summation of former Rep. Michele Bachmann.

As leading conservatives, Bachmann and Stockman often locked horns with House Speaker John Bohener, R-Ohio, who will resign from Congress at the end of October, according to the New York Times..

“The people no longer wanted what he had to sell: being told yet again that he couldn’t, or wouldn’t. fight Obama,” Bachmann told WND. “People wouldn’t stand for that answer anymore because too much is at risk for America.”

She asserted, “The decision today from Boehner tells me people are fighting back so loudly, the status quo is crumbling in DC.”

But, as for a likely replacement, Bachmann lamented, “Unfortunately, a Speaker McCarthy represents more of the same.”

Next in line in the power structure, House Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., was immediately viewed as Boehner’s likely successor. He is considered part of the GOP establishment, often at odds with House conservatives who want to fight Obama administration efforts more vigorously.

Conservatives attempted to oust Boehner during speaker elections, held just after the historic landslide Republican victory in the House in the 2014 midterm election.

An aide to Rep. Steve King, R-Iowa, reminded WND that “Mr. King started this fight” and the weakening of Boehner when he nominated Rep. Daniel Webster, R-Fla., in January and got more votes for him of all the no votes against the speaker.

In July, Rep. Mark Meadows, R-N.C, offered a motion to oust Boehner, a measure that still technically looms over the speaker’s head, but apparently is now moot.

Referring to the sudden race for a successor, Stockman quipped, “Let’s see who pulls this off – hopefully not another liberal.”

“As I said yesterday,” he added, “when your allies are looking for the exit doors that’s never a good sign.”

That was a reference to WND’s current story describing the great political dilemma Boehner has been facing: whether to defund Planned Parenthood in the upcoming budget bill or face a conservative revolt.

Stockman, predicted Boehner will not go out with a bow to conservatives, suggesting, “His last act will be to stab us one more time in the back and pass with (House Minority Leader) Nancy (Pelosi, D-Calif.) a Democrat budget.”

The Times reported this morning, “Boehner will resign from Congress and give up his House seat at the end of October, according to aides in his office.

“Mr. Boehner was under extreme pressure from the right wing of his conference over whether or not to defund Planned Parenthood in a bill to keep the government open.”

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