Conservative Rep: Mitch McConnell Is 'The Next Guy In The Crosshairs'

[MohRokTah]

This asshole demonstrates how clueless he is on how things work in the Senate:

Conservative Rep: Mitch McConnell Is 'The Next Guy In The Crosshairs'

Rep. Matt Salmon (R-AZ) -- a co-founder of the House Freedom Caucus, which was threatening a coup against House Speaker John Boehner (R-OH) -- said Friday that now that Boehner has announced his resignation, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) is probably "the next guy in the crosshairs."

"Mitch McConnell is infinitely worse as a leader than Boehner," Salmon told reporters Friday. "He surrenders at the sight of battle every time."

Boehner was under extreme pressure from the House Freedom Caucus, which was pushing for a government shutdown over Planned Parenthood funding. McConnell has put in motion a plan to avert the shutdown.

"I was texting back and forth with one of my friends on the Senate side, Mike Lee," Salmon said, referring to the Utah senator. "And I said, the next guy in the crosshairs is probably going to be McConnell.”

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What a clueless asshole. The only reason the rogues could ever threaten Boehner's speaker position is because the vote for the Speaker is a vote of the Congress as a whole! Votes for caucus leadership are held in private and only members of the caucus have a vote. It's a straight 50% +1 vote and there is no way to threaten McConnell's leadership position given the composition of the GOP caucus in the Senate.

http://talkingpointsmemo.com/livewire/matt-salmon-mcconnell

[NoJusticeNoPeace]

1. Boehner and McConnell arent hateful enough for the teaparty

[MohRokTah]

2. They could threaten Boehner's speaker position. They have no leverage over McConnell.

There are only a few dozen of the assholes in the GOP caucus, so by withholding their votes from Boehner, they could guarantee he doesn't reach the magic number of 218, at least without help from the Dems.

There is no such leverage over McConnell's position. Given the rules of the Senate, McConnell will remain majority leader until at least January 3, 2017.

[Dawson Leery]

3. Turtle will have tons of big business money and influence to back him up.

The market (as well as a left winger such as Bernie Sanders) understands that government shutdowns are bad for the economy and a debt default is disasterous.
The teakkklan does not know who they are dealing with.