House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-Louisiana) teams up with his conservative nemesis John Boehner, who was ousted as Speaker of the House for collusion with the Democratic Party, at a May 30 fundraiser in Ohio. .
Mr. Beyner currently works for Squire Patton Boggs, one of the world’s largest lobbying firms, and hosts and speaks at Grow the Majority events. General attendees will have to pay over $1,500, the photo shoot will cost him $10,000, and the VIP round table will cost him a whopping $25,000.
punch bowl news, report “If you’ve listened to Chairman Mike Johnson speak recently, John Boehner’s influence shines through,” the fundraiser said.
Mr. Boehner, who was notoriously close to Barack Obama, has been criticized by conservatives for leading Democratic priorities and passing spending bills over the objections of the party’s majority in violation of the Hastert Rule. He was expelled in October 2015 during the uprising. About two dozen Republicans, led by then-Rep. Mark Meadows said he would vote against Beyner on the “resign as chairman” resolution that led to Beyner’s resignation.
Like Mr. Beyner, Mr. Johnson himself has violated this rule, most recently by introducing legislation that would send tens of billions of U.S. taxpayer dollars to Ukraine.
But Mr. Johnson will likely go further than Mr. Boehner in appeasing Democrats in a much shorter term.
Rep. Thomas Massie (R-Ky.) called Johnson’s “triple betrayals,” specifically that he funded Biden’s spending policies and that House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) ) and Senate Majority Leader Chuck said it funded even higher spending levels than the last omnibus bill passed. Mr. Schumer (D-N.Y.) — Forced a vote to extend the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA) without requiring a warrant before spying on Americans, and pushed through a foreign aid package using Ukrainian funds. did.
Mr. Johnson’s action even gained the support of 163 Democrats after Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) forced a vote to vacate her chair in early May. It was a level of support that even Democratic-leaning Mr. Boehner lacked during his time in office.
Former Chairman — known for crying openly — cried during an impassioned speech memorializing Republican foe Pelosi at the unveiling of the official speaker’s portrait.
“Mrs. Speaker, my daughters said to me, ‘Please tell the Speaker how much we respect her,'” Beyner said with tears in her eyes, and the audience applauded. Ta.
He then added with a laugh: “You may not know it, but my daughters are Democrats.”
The former speaker’s advocacy of liberal policies did not stop even after he resigned from parliament. In 2021, Boehner expressed hope that Republicans and Democrats would find “common ground” when asked on CNN whether gun control would be a “top priority” if he became speaker again. , asserted that gun control would be a top priority “if” he was still in office.
Boehner has repeatedly accused Donald Trump of “fake lies” and told CNN that Trump “abused the loyalty and trust that voters have placed in him.”
He called popular Rep. Jim Jordan (R-Ohio) (who will also be at the May 30 fundraiser with the rest of the Ohio Republican delegation) a political terrorist, and Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Ohio). He has regularly criticized conservatives, calling the Republican Party (R-Texas) political terrorists. ) “The Bastard”, “The Flesh Lucifer”, and “The Reckless Bastard”. He also used his gossipy revealing memoir to badmouth Rush Limbaugh and Sean Hannity, among others.
According to the video, Mr. Boehner held a fundraiser for former Rep. Anthony Gonzalez (R-Ohio) in 2021, and Mr. Gonzalez said that the power of the political right will “weaken” in the coming years and that “the centrist ” expressed his hopes for the rise of the industry. Breitbart News obtained it exclusively. After Mr. Gonzalez voted to impeach Mr. Trump, he chose not to run for reelection in 2022.
In 2018, Beyner joined Acreage Holdings’ board of directors to promote marijuana use, and a year later became chairman of the marijuana lobbying group National Cannabis Roundtable.
“My thoughts on cannabis have evolved,” Beyner tweeted. This echoes Washington’s language justifying Mr. Johnson’s reversal over funding and warrantless surveillance of Ukraine.
Bradley Jay is Breitbart News’ Capitol Hill correspondent. Follow him on X/Twitter. @BradleyAJay.
