Michael Steel, a spokesman for U.S. House Speaker John Boehner (R-OH), said that the Republican leader repudiates the recent remarks made by conservative talk radio host Rush Limbaugh, but he also criticized those who seek to use the controversy as a fundraising tool.
“The speaker obviously believes the use of those words was inappropriate, as is trying to raise money off the situation,” Steel told CNN on Friday.
Limbaugh set off a firestorm earlier this week when he called Sandra Fluke, a student at Georgetown Law School who testified in the House of Representatives last week, a “slut” and “prostitute.”
