Religious right cheers Boehner resignation at 2016 GOP showcase
09/25/15 11:38 AM—Updated 09/25/15 05:32 PM
By Benjy Sarlin
WASHINGTON – If you want to understand why Speaker John Boehner is resigning, look no further than the Values Voters Summit, where Republican presidential candidates lined up on Friday to celebrate the news of the Ohio lawmaker’s impending departure with a crowd of fired-up evangelical conservatives.
Leaving little doubt where they stood on the matter, the audience burst into sustained, wild applause and rose from their seats after Florida Sen. Marco Rubio, one of several White House contenders at the event, informed the crowd of Boehner’s impending exit.
“It’s not about him or anybody else and I’m not here today to bash anyone, but the time has come to turn the page,” Rubio said to further applause. “The time has come to turn the page and allow a new generation of leadership.”
Rubio wasn’t the only one at the event to earn cheers for hailing the news that Boehner, who frequently clashed over tactics with the kind of conservative voters who dominated the event, would leave Congress at the end of October. Texas Sen. Ted Cruz credited the activists in the room with toppling Boehner; Donald Trump told reporters the news was “very good for everybody”; and former Pennsylvania Sen. Rick Santorum said it was time for his old colleague, who had “changed a bit” in office, to leave.
http://www.msnbc.com/msnbc/religious-right-cheers-boehner-resignation-2016-gop-showcase
Video at link.
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