GOP Rep: The Next Speaker Will Have To Worry About The Guillotine, Too!

UNITED STATES - MARCH 29: Rep. Bill Flores, R-Texas, speaks at a news conference at the house triangle with other members of the House Natural Resources Committee on energy provisions in the House Republican budget.... UNITED STATES - MARCH 29: Rep. Bill Flores, R-Texas, speaks at a news conference at the house triangle with other members of the House Natural Resources Committee on energy provisions in the House Republican budget. (Photo By Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call) (CQ Roll Call via AP Images) MORE LESS
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A conservative Republican lawmaker suggested Friday that no matter who is elected to replace John Boehner as speaker of the House, he or she will not be able to satisfy House Republicans’ frustrations that they have not been able to advance their agenda.

“We are going to have Obama as president, we are going to have Pelosi and Reid as minority leaders, and we have McConnell who continues to fail to lift the filibuster, so we’re not going to get our agenda done as it comes out of the house,” Rep. Bill Flores (R TX) — chair of the Republican Study Committee — told reporters Friday. “And you’re going to have a new speaker, who is going to have to wonder if he or she is the next person to lose their head.”

Flores said he would wait until he saw who was running for leadership before weighing in on who he would like to see as as speaker.

“We are really a tough group to lead,” Flores said.

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  1. Whoa! Somebody else used to govern that way.

  2. “We are really a tough group to lead,” Flores said.

     Old cat herders are coming out of retirement and descending on DC even now.
  3. GOP Selection Committee Studying Who Should Replace Boehner

  4. Nah, that’s Ted Cruz’s Senate office staff.

    Ooops, my bad. One and the same.

  5. Avatar for tomj tomj says:

    If only the house GOP were as smart as those guys…

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