House Republicans are trying desperately to make an issue of the Democrats’ handling of the Eric Massa fiasco–insinuating that House Speaker Nancy Pelosi knew more about the harassment allegations against Massa than she let on.
But if Republicans hope that they can make an issue of Pelosi’s alleged failure to take the appropriate disciplinary steps against Eric Massa, they may have to confront some of their own lapses as well. Check out what House Minority Leader John Boehner said on MSNBC Friday morning.
“[W]hen I took over as Leader of some two-plus years ago, I made it clear to my colleagues that I was not going to stand by and allow these types of things to happen. And I have had to bring my members in from time to time and have had serious conversations with them. So it’s part of what I’ve been trying to do to hold my members to a higher standard.”
Pardon? Who are those members, and why has he needed to have “serious conversations” with them about their conduct? Sounds a bit like Boehner has had a few misbehaved members of his own to deal with in the last two and a half years. And if that’s the case, it makes his and his party’s broadside against Pelosi seem awfully hypocritical. We’ll put the question to him.
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