As Twitchy reported yesterday, CNN’s Jake Tapper stumbled across a Jan. 2014 issue of the Washington Examiner featuring on its cover Eric Cantor, who was anxiously waiting in the wings “with John Boehner rumored near retirement.” Of course neither of those predictions came true, but the Left’s relentless press to drive Rep. Steve Scalise from office over a 2002 speech to a white nationalist organization has some conservatives hoping to add Speaker Boehner to that purge.
Yeah, it's unfair to Scalise. Yeah, standards are different for us. And? Scalise failed to perform adequately. He is expendable. Terminate.
— Kurt Schlichter (@KurtSchlichter) December 30, 2014
Thanks Dems! We wanted rid of Boehner and Scalise, et al., and you served them up to us on a hypocritical platter. Seriously. Thank you.
— Kurt Schlichter (@KurtSchlichter) December 30, 2014
Don't force Boehner out, liberal media. Don't. Stop. Don't stop. #caring
— Kurt Schlichter (@KurtSchlichter) December 30, 2014
@KurtSchlichter Personally, I don't care either way – until you threw Boehner in. #OffWithTheirHeads
— Stoo (@_s2_11) December 30, 2014
https://twitter.com/FilmLadd/status/550054564159057920
https://twitter.com/FilmLadd/status/550054406499360768
I agree, we need to dump Scalise, along with Boehner and McCarthy who let him rise to #3 and replace with Gowdy, Hensarling, and Love.
— Marcus (@MarcusHUSA) December 30, 2014
@KurtSchlichter @hughhewitt #scalise is just collateral damage en route to larger victory, which is @SpeakerBoehner takedown.
— Michael Walsh (@dkahanerules) December 30, 2014
That’s pretty harsh. If Boehner is forced out, just who do you have in mind to replace him? Oh yeah, Rep. Trey Gowdy (R-S.C.). Conservatives are already petitioning the House to “bring some boom into that room,” and Gowdy already has more campaign slogans and signs than some presidential contenders could dream of.
https://twitter.com/Sailing_J/status/550062814061400064
https://twitter.com/fatima_madsen/status/550054552079466497
#SPEAKERGOWDY
For a WEEP-FREE House!— Bud (@gobudley) December 30, 2014
@GunnetteP We need to stick to confidence that #SpeakerGowdy is the one. Backing down is cry baby Boehner way @RobertCFP
— Alene ????? (@alenesopinions) December 30, 2014
I absolutely believe #TreyGowdy should become #SpeakerGowdy – I'm so sick of @SpeakerBoehner #RINO
— Rob Wade #Authentic (@RobertCFP) December 30, 2014
https://twitter.com/fatima_madsen/status/549952315739107328
https://twitter.com/backatone000/status/549950645168795649
https://twitter.com/fatima_madsen/status/549949180723331072
https://twitter.com/realityhologram/status/544361200574681088
"@TheGov5 Libs worst nightmare! @gobudley: A GREAT Idea!#SPEAKERGOWDY pic.twitter.com/XI4Qy0Beu5”
— Toni (@2MuchDebt) December 17, 2014
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Time for a Vox-like correction?
Hey! #MoreGowdy hashtag was here before #SpeakerGowdy, @TwitchyTeam! ? http://t.co/2mxXjwEgDd
— Leslie ن (@LADowd) December 30, 2014
We’re happy to concede the point, with the understanding that we’ll forget the campaign for Rep. Paul Ryan as House Speaker ever happened.
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‘Bring some boom into that room!’ Conservatives petition to see House Speaker Trey Gowdy
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