Rep. Renee Ellmers (R-NC) dismissed the effort of a few Republicans to oust House Speaker John Boehner (R-OH) as a publicity stunt.
“Those who are acting out right now, though, are getting some media attention,” she said in a Monday interview on Newsmax TV. “That’s all it is. It’s media attention. These are folks that thrive on it.”
Ellmers, who was first elected during the 2010 tea party wave, said that challenges from members like Rep. Louie Gohmert (R-TX) and Rep. Ted Yoho (R-FL) weren’t serious attempts to remove Boehner from House leadership.
“They’re bad actors right now because they’re acting as if they’re going against the party and there’s really no substance to it whatsoever. If they truly meant what their plan was for a new speaker of the House or moving an agenda in a different way, then they should have acted months ago and they did not,” she said.
Host Ed Berliner then asked Ellmers if the members who did not vote for Boehner as Speaker were members of the tea party.
“I don’t know what they associate themselves with, but I can tell you that they get a lot of media attention,” she responded.
Watch the interview below via Right Wing Watch:
