{"id":4414,"date":"2015-09-28T08:01:34","date_gmt":"2015-09-28T15:01:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/spijue.wpengine.com\/news\/boehner-slams-false-prophets-among-gop\/"},"modified":"2015-09-28T08:01:34","modified_gmt":"2015-09-28T15:01:34","slug":"boehner-slams-false-prophets-among-gop","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.juneauempire.com\/news\/boehner-slams-false-prophets-among-gop\/","title":{"rendered":"Boehner slams ‘false prophets’ among GOP"},"content":{"rendered":"

WASHINGTON \u2014<\/strong> House Speaker John Boehner warned Sunday against \u201cfalse prophets\u201d in his own party making unrealistic promises, saying his resignation had averted a government shutdown this week but not the GOP\u2019s broader battle over how to wield power.<\/p>\n

Speaking on CBS\u2019s \u201cFace the Nation,\u201d Boehner unloaded against conservatives long outraged that even with control of both houses of Congress, Republicans have not succeeded on key agenda items, such as repealing President Barack Obama\u2019s health care law and striking taxpayer funding from Planned Parenthood. He refused to back down from calling one of the tea party-styled leaders and presidential candidate, Sen. Ted Cruz, a \u201cjackass.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cAbsolutely they\u2019re unrealistic,\u201d Boehner said. \u201cThe Bible says, \u2018Beware of false prophets.\u2019 And there are people out there spreading noise about how much can get done.\u201d<\/p>\n

Boehner\u2019s resignation announcement Friday stunned Washington but was long in the making after years of turmoil with the same House conservatives who propelled the GOP into the House majority on a tea party-style, cut-it-or-shut it platform. Without Boehner, the job of leading divided congressional Republicans falls more heavily on Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell \u2014 who declared nearly a year ago that the GOP\u2019s prospects of reclaiming the White House depends substantially on showing the party can govern.<\/p>\n

The development rippled through the slate of 2016 presidential candidates competing for support among the GOP\u2019s core Republicans. Rubio, retired neurosurgeon Ben Carson and former Hewlett Packard CEO Carly Fiorina were among the GOP candidates who said Boehner\u2019s departure showed it was time for the party to move on.<\/p>\n

\u201cI hope now that we will move on and have leadership in both the House and the Senate that will produce results,\u201d Fiorina said on NBC\u2019s \u201cMeet the Press.\u201d<\/p>\n

But former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush called Boehner, \u201ca great public servant.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cI think people are going to miss him in the long run, because he\u2019s a person that is focused on solving problems,\u201d Bush said on \u201cFox News Sunday.\u201d<\/p>\n

Boehner\u2019s resignation announcement came as congressional Republicans faced a familiar standoff in their own ranks over whether to insist on their demands in exchange for passage of a federal budget \u2014 the same dynamic that led to the partial government shutdown of 2013. For nearly a year, McConnell, now the Senate\u2019s Republican majority leader, has insisted there would be no repeat, even as conservatives dug in.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe told people to give us the Senate and things would be different. We told them back in 2010, give us the House and things will be different,\u201d said Rep. Mick Mulvaney, R-N.C., on \u201cFox News Sunday.\u201d \u2018\u2019Things are not that different.\u201d<\/p>\n

Retorted Boehner on CBS:<\/p>\n

\u201cWe have got groups here in town, members of the House and Senate here in town, who whip people into a frenzy believing they can accomplish things that they know \u2014 they know \u2014 are never going to happen.\u201d<\/p>\n

With government funding set to run out at midnight Wednesday, and conservatives insisting that Planned Parenthood be defunded in exchange for legislation keeping the government open, the GOP-controlled Congress seemed on-track for another costly standoff.<\/p>\n

Until, that is, Boehner met Pope Francis.<\/p>\n

The Roman-Catholic Ohio congressman described spending the day with his spiritual leader as deeply moving and a factor in the timing of his resignation announcement. Boehner said he had originally planned on revealing his plan to leave Congress in November. Away from the cameras, Francis floored Boehner by asking the speaker to pray for him \u2014 \u201cI did,\u201d Boehner said. \u201cWell, you can imagine, I was a mess.\u201d The pope blessed Boehner\u2019s newest grandchild and spoke to Congress about resisting forces that divide people. And by the end of the day, Boehner said, \u201cit was pretty obvious to me that, hey, I think it\u2019s time to do this.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cI think it helped clear the picture,\u201d an emotional Boehner said of the experience.<\/p>\n

He said he did not know what lies ahead for him, except a continuation of his yoga practice because, \u201cIt\u2019s great for my back.\u201d<\/p>\n

But even as he looked forward, Boehner had terse words for the faction that he ultimately could not control. He harked back to 2013 and what he called the conservatives\u2019 \u201cfool\u2019s errand\u201d of insisting on the repeal of the health care law in exchange for passing a budget.<\/p>\n

\u201cOur founders didn\u2019t want some parliamentary system where, if you won the majority, you got to do whatever you wanted. They wanted this long, slow process\u201d he said. \u201cAnd so change comes slowly, and obviously too slowly, for some.\u201d<\/p>\n

____<\/p>\n

Follow Laurie Kellman on Twitter at http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/APLaurieKellman<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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