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riversedge

(70,182 posts)
Mon Oct 30, 2017, 03:26 AM Oct 2017

John Boehner: Jordan, Chaffetz are 'a--holes'

Source: the hill



10/29/17 08:01 PM EDT


Boehner unloads on former colleagues in new interview
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Former Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio) said in a new profile from Politico on Sunday that Rep. Jim Jordan (R-Ohio) and former Rep. Jason Chaffetz (R-Utah) are "a--holes.”

The former speaker made the comment while discussing Rep. Trey Gowdy (R-S.C.) likely becoming the chair of the House Oversight Committee, a position Gowdy eventually earned.


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Boehner also criticized Jordan, who helped found the House's Freedom Caucus, which was part of the movement to push Boehner out as speaker.

“Jordan was a terrorist as a legislator going back to his days in the Ohio House and Senate,” Boehner told Politico. “A terrorist. A legislative terrorist.”..........................

Read more: http://thehill.com/blogs/in-the-know/in-the-know/357745-john-boehner-jason-chaffetz-is-an-asshole



But he loves this guy!



“Gowdy — that’s my guy, even though he doesn’t know how to dress,” John Bo"ehner told Politico"
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John Boehner: Jordan, Chaffetz are 'a--holes' (Original Post) riversedge Oct 2017 OP
Just love it when GrOPers eat their own!! InAbLuEsTaTe Oct 2017 #1
Retirement and liquor lubricate the tongue wondrously. Midnight Writer Oct 2017 #2
Gowdy is a smarmy Scarsdale Oct 2017 #5
Hey, we already knew Achilleaze Oct 2017 #3
Duplicate in Home LBN column. Reports same language. Bernardo de La Paz Oct 2017 #4

Scarsdale

(9,426 posts)
5. Gowdy is a smarmy
Mon Oct 30, 2017, 07:40 AM
Oct 2017

little ass kisser. No wonder Drunken John likes him. Too bad Boehner did not find his spine while he had some influence. Only COWARDS speak up when it is too late. Go golfing, John, call tRump for a golfing date.

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