Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio) has struggled throughout this Congress to unite his splintered conference, but he’s not going to get any sympathy from House Minority Whip Steny Hoyer.
The Maryland Democrat said Boehner (R-Ohio) is getting his just desserts for helping to enlist the same Tea Party conservatives who have been a thorn in the Speaker’s side.
”John Boehner was involved in recruiting most of these people,” Hoyer said in a sit-down interview in the Capitol.
“So, you’re a little bit ‘hoist on your own petard’ if you recruit people who then, [when] you bring your alternative [bills] … they tell you, ‘Sorry, I don’t agree with you, and I’m not going to support that.’