Congressman Says ‘Huge Battle’ Within Congress to Replace Boehner

By Matthew Burke 

Congressman Steve Stockman from the great State of Texas has a knack for being hard-hitting and humorous at the same time. It’s a gift that makes him one of the favorite congressmen within the Tea Party movement, as well as the courage to take on the Establishment in both political parties when necessary. 
On Thursday’s “Capitol Hill Show” with the Voice of Reason, TPNN’s Tim Constantine, Congressman Stockman spoke with Tim from the “bunkers of the fighting 36th district (Texas),” discussing Dave Brat’s historic Tea Party victory over the second most powerful Republican in Congress, Majority Leader Eric Cantor. 

Congressman Stockman, a Republican, told Tim that while there is already jockeying to replace Cantor, which has been widely reported, there is also a “huge battle” going on to replace current Speaker of the House, John Boehner:

“What’s kind of amazing is that–people on the outside don’t realize it, but there is a huge battle going on, for really what I would contend, is really the speakership.” 

Stockman asserts that the fervor with which congressmen are seeking to replace Cantor is really an attempt to position themselves to the be next Speaker of the House, as many members, according to Stockman, believe that Boehner will not “re-up his term.” 

“I think many people believe that the current speaker may not re-up his term. And if that’s the case, whoever becomes Majority Leader could potentially become Speaker. The intensity with which everybody is lobbying [for Majority Leader] is really high.” 

Tim and the Texas congressman joked about Democrats’ fake sincerity in attempting to “save” the Republican Party by tricking  them to accept amnesty, under the scheme of “immigration reform.”

The people advising us to do amnesty are people that are hard-core leftists in the Democrat Party. Pelosi said we must do it to save the Republican Party, which I know Nancy Pelosi worries about saving the Republican Party.” “That’s very kind of her,” Constantine responded jokingly.

“You know, if I could think of one person who wants to save the Republican Party, it’s the Washington Post and Nancy Pelosi,” Stockman joked.

Most contend that Republican Majority Leader Eric Cantor’s massively unbelievable defeat at the hands of an underfunded and virtually unknown economics college professor, Dave Brat, was largely because of Cantor’s flirtation and flip-flopping on the issue of amnesty.

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