Speaker Boehner Lies Publicly and "Declares War" on Tea Party Conservatives in US and Congress
ABC News reports:
House Speaker John Boehner, whose strategies have been repeatedly thwarted by Tea Party revolts in recent years, was blunt today when asked whether he thought the ultra-conservatives should get in line.
"I don't care what they do," Boehner replied.
The speaker lashed out at Tea Party activists.
"Well, frankly, I think they're misleading their followers," House Speaker John Boehner told reporters today. "I think they're pushing our members in places where they don't want to be."
"And frankly, I just think that they've lost all credibility," Boehner said.
Boehner's frustration is perhaps matched by the fury among tea party conservatives who believe they have been betrayed by conservative leaders in Washington.
"It's just another example of D.C. elitism. They think they know what's best for the rest of the country and they want us to just sit down and shut up," Jenny Beth Martin, co-founder of Tea Party Patriots, told ABC News today.
Brent Bozell, chairman of For America, a Tea Party group that undersigned a letter to Republican leadership Wednesday night from more than 30 Tea Party groups angry over (conservative Republican Study Committee Executive Director Paul) Teller's dismissal, said that his removal was an act of war.