John Boehner Is Forced Out by the Far Right
In a move that’s been coming for a long time, the far right of the Republican Party has finally gone so bonkers that House Speaker John Boehner is going to resign instead of dealing with these crazies any more.
Mr. Boehner, 65, from Ohio, had struggled from almost the moment he took the speaker’s gavel in 2011 to manage the challenges of divided government and to hold together his fractious and increasingly conservative Republican members.
Most recently, he was trying to craft a solution to keep the government open through the rest of the year, but was under pressure from a growing base of conservatives who told him that they would not vote for a bill that did not defund Planned Parenthood.
Mr. Boehner’s announcement lessened the chance of a government shutdown next week, because Republican leaders will push for a short-term funding measure to keep the government operating and the speaker will no longer be deterred by those who threatened his job.
So this probably averts a government shutdown over Planned Parenthood (Planned Parenthood!) next week, but it also means Boehner will be replaced by a far right loon, and House Republicans will be even more ridiculous and hate-driven than they already are.
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