Conservatives “Fed Up” With ObamaTrade Retribution

Representative Ken Buck (R-Colo.), the House freshman class president, is the latest target for retribution by House Speaker John Boehner (shown with Obama). Boehner and his minions in the GOP leadership have been on a rampage, methodically punishing Republican members who dared to vote against Team Obama/Boehner/McConnell on Fast Track authority for ObamaTrade.

 

As we reported here last week, Boehner and House Majority Whip Steve Scalise (R-La.) booted GOP Reps. Cynthia Lummis (Wyo.), Steve Pearce (N.M.) and Trent Franks (Ariz.) — all members of the House Freedom Caucus (HFC) — from the whip team. Then it was Rep. Mark Meadows (R-N.C.), who was stripped of his chairmanship of the House Oversight Government Operations subcommittee. Now, they’re after Rep. Buck.

 

“I voted against ObamaTrade,” Buck says. “Now they’re trying to impeach me as class president. Sure smells like retaliation.”

 

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