John Boehner: ‘The Republican Party Is Taking A Nap Somewhere’

on December 5, 2013 in Washington, DC.
WASHINGTON, DC - DECEMBER 05: Speaker of the House John Boehner (R-OH) answers reporters questions during his weekly news conference in the Capitol Visitors Center at the U.S. Capitol December 5, 2013 in Washington,... WASHINGTON, DC - DECEMBER 05: Speaker of the House John Boehner (R-OH) answers reporters questions during his weekly news conference in the Capitol Visitors Center at the U.S. Capitol December 5, 2013 in Washington, DC. When asked about the Republican Party's running against women, Boehner said, "Some of our members just are not as sensitive as they ought to be." (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images) MORE LESS
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Armed with a Bloody Mary, former House Speaker John Boehner took the stage at a conference in Michigan Thursday, sounding off on his opinions about President Donald Trump’s effect on the Republican Party.

According to WDIV-TV, a local NBC affiliate, Boehner delivered the keynote speech at the 2018 Mackinac Policy Conference.

“There is no Republican Party. There’s a Trump party. The Republican Party is taking nap somewhere,” Boehner said during his speech. “If you peel away the noise and the tweets, the things that he’s doing are really good things.”

Boehner reportedly added that his proudest moment in his tenure was when he got to meet Pope Francis, and that his biggest disappointment was when the debt reduction plan fell apart in 2011.

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  1. Have another drink, John. Go back to sleep.

  2. “If you peel away the noise and the tweets, the things that he’s doing are really good things.”

    Huh?

  3. “There is no Republican Party. There’s a Trump party. The Republican Party is taking nap somewhere,”

    Nice try John. The two are exactly the same thing, right down to their orange spray tans.

  4. Guy must be high…on legal marijuana or something.

  5. Even when they criticize him, this is what they say, because they can only take the truth in these homeopathic little doses.

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