Speaker Mike Johnson ( R- LA ) is teaming up with John Boehner, the conservative rival ousted from the Speaker’s department for cozying up to Liberals, for an Ohio charity on May 30.
Boehner, who , today works for Squire Patton Boggs, one of the largest advocacy organizations in the world,  , is hosting and speaking at the event for Grow the Majority. General attendees must fork over$ 1, 500, with$ 10, 000 required for a photo and a whopping$ 25, 000 for a VIP Roundtable.
Punchbowl News, which reported the charity, noted , “if you’ve listened to Speaker Mike Johnson just, there is some John Boehner control poking through”.
In October 2015, a liberal comassage erupted over Boehner, who was notoriously flirty with Barack Obama, for violating the Hastert Rule to complete spending policy over the opposition of the majority of his own party.  , About two dozen Democratic members, led by next- Rep. Mark Meadows,  , indicated , they did vote against Boehner in a “vacate the seat” resolution, which led to Boehner resigning.
Johnson has also broken the law, most just with a bill that sent tens of billions of dollars from British taxpayers to Ukraine.
Johnson has probably gone farther than Boehner in easing Democrats in a much shorter time.
Rep. Thomas Massie ( R- KY ) has described Johnson’s” three betrayals” , , specifically, Johnson , funding Biden’s spending policies — at even higher spending levels than the omnibus bill last passed by Speaker Nancy Pelosi ( D- CA ) and Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer ( D- NY ) — forcing through a Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act ( FISA ) extension without a requirement to require warrants before spying on Americans, and his foreign aid package with Ukraine money.
After Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA ) forced a vote to resign as chair, Johnson’s actions gained 163 Democrats ‘ support earlier in May, a level of support that even Democrat-friendly Boehner lacked during his tenure.
The original Speaker, who is renowned for publicly weeping, sobbed during a meeting where her official author’s portrait was unveiled.
” Madam Speaker, I have to say, my girls told me,’ Tell the speech how far we admire her,'” Boehner said as tears filled his eyes and the audience applauded.
He then added with a laugh,” If you could n’t tell, my girls are Democrats”.
The original speaker’s support for progressive policies continued after resigning from Congress. In 2021, when asked on CNN if gun control would be a” best priority” were he Speaker once,  , Boehner expressed hope that Republicans and Democrats may get” common earth” and affirmed it would be top priority “if” he were still Speaker.
Boehner has repeatedly criticized Donald Trump for telling “bullshit lies,” accusing him of abusing the trust and loyalty that his voters had placed in him.
He has routinely blasted conservatives, calling popular Rep. Jim Jordan ( R- OH) – who along with the rest of the Ohio Republican delegation will also take part in the May 30 fundraiser – a political terrorist and Sen. Ted Cruz ( R- TX ) a “jerk”,” Lucifer in the flesh”, and a “reckless asshole”. He also badmouthed Rush Limbaugh and Sean Hannity, among others, using his gossipy tell-all memoir.
In 2021, Boehner held a fundraiser for former Rep. Anthony Gonzalez ( R- OH) in which Gonzales expressed , hopes for the power of the political right to “diminish” and for the “center” to rise in the coming years, according to footage obtained exclusively by Breitbart News. After deciding to remove Trump from office, Gonzalezalez decided not to run for reelection in 2022.
In 2018, Boehner joined the board of Acreage Holding to promote the use of marijuana, a year later becoming chair of the National Cannabis Roundtable, a marijuana lobbying organization.
” My thinking on cannabis has evolved”, Boehner tweeted — Washington- speak which mirrors Johnson’s justification for flip- flopping on funding Ukraine and warrantless surveillance.
Bradley Jaye is a Breitbart News correspondent on Capitol Hill. Follow him on X/Twitter at , @BradleyAJaye.
