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Wednesday, September 16, 2015

Calls to depose GOP leadership mount: 'Who is in charge right now?'

Conservative disappointment with the Republican leadership on a host of issues from the Iran deal, to federal funding for Planned Parenthood, to the failure to secure a budget, left some members openly calling for the leadership's removal over the weekend.

"Time for new congressional leadership," Rep. Justin Amash, R-Mich. tweeted Saturday. He added: GOP leaders "in Congress refuse to listen to regular Americans."

GOP leaders "don't follow their own party platform," former Sen. Jim DeMint, who now heads up the conservative Heritage Foundation, said Sunday. "Things that were mainstay 10 years ago [like] balancing the budget, limited government, getting rid of cronyism, [are] now called radical or far right."

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3 comments:

Anonymous said...

We do need new leadership all the way around. I don't care who as long as the speaker, McConnell, McCain and graham are GONE!!!!

Anonymous said...

All are out of touch with how people feel outside the beltway.

Anonymous said...

Too little, too late.