Boehner Jumps In To Defend McCarthy Over Benghazi Comments

As House Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) was once again addressing his recent comments about the Benghazi committee during a House leadership press conference on Wednesday, Speaker John Boehner (R-OH) interjected to defend his colleague.

“Let me just add this: There’s not one American in the course of their lifetime who wouldn’t rather have the opportunity to say words over again,” Boehner said, according to CNN.

McCarthy had been asked about his remark last week that the House Select Committee on Benghazi had been successful in damaging Hillary Clinton’s poll numbers.

“Let’s be very clear: Benghazi is not polit­ic­al,” Mc­Carthy said. “It was cre­ated for one pur­pose and one pur­pose only: to find the truth on be­half of the fam­il­ies of the four dead Amer­ic­ans. Peri­od.”

“The in­teg­rity of Trey Gowdy, the in­teg­rity of the work that has been done has nev­er come in­to ques­tion and it nev­er should be. Stop play­ing polit­ics,” he continued.

He was then asked if his misspoke.

“I could have been more clear in my de­scrip­tion of what was go­ing for­ward, and I’ve stated that,” McCarthy replied.

As Democrats have used McCarthy’s comments to call into question the committee’s work, McCarthy has tried to clean up after his remark numerous times. Boehner also stepped in last week to make clear that the Benghazi panel was established for find the truth about the 2012 terrorist attack.