Tea Party Group FreedomWorks Takes Credit For Boehner’s ‘Ouster’

Speaker of the House John Boehner, R-Ohio, takes questions as he meets with reporters on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, Nov. 13, 2014. With President Barack Obama poised to unveil a series of executive actions... Speaker of the House John Boehner, R-Ohio, takes questions as he meets with reporters on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, Nov. 13, 2014. With President Barack Obama poised to unveil a series of executive actions on immigration, Boehner said "We're going to fight the president tooth and nail if he continues down this path. This is the wrong way to govern. This is exactly what the American people said on Election Day they didn't want." (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite) MORE LESS

By Catherine Thompson

September 25, 2015 10:58 a.m.

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Tea party group FreedomWorks on Friday took credit for the announcement that House Speaker John Boehner’s (R-OH) plans to resign in October.

Thank you, FreedomWorks activists! pic.twitter.com/uIkyd6GJKB

— FreedomWorks (@FreedomWorks) September 25, 2015

FreedomWorks CEO Adam Brandon called Boehner’s impending resignation “an example of grassroots politics at it’s best and is a huge victory for the House Freedom Caucus” in a statement.

“At the beginning of the year, conservatives were mocked for trying to oust Boehner from the speakership,” Brandon said in the statement. “Now we see that punishing principled members didn’t work. This brings a new era of Members being responsive to their constituents and upholding their promises.”

The FreedomWorks CEO also credited the group’s activists with pressuring members of Congress to boot Boehner from the speakership.

“This is because of them, and whoever becomes the new speaker needs to keep this in mind,” Brandon said of the group’s activists. “Washington is run by the people, not politicians and special interests.”

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Catherine Thompson (@kt_thomps) Catherine Thompson is a senior editor for Talking Points Memo in New York City. She came to the site in 2013 and reported on national affairs. Previously, she worked as a research assistant to investigative reporter Wayne Barrett. She can be reached at catherine@talkingpointsmemo.com.

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