Oklahoma congressman and deputy majority whip Tom Cole poured cold water on bids by conservative lawmakers to unseat House Majority Leader John Boehner, calling the insurgent campaigns “pretty unprofessional” and “very disappointing.”
On Sunday, Texas representative Louie Gohmert and Florida representative Ted Yoho both announced candidacies for speakership. The lawmakers claim that Boehner’s failure to de-fund President Obama’s executive amnesty has caused a lack of conservative confidence in the Republican Party — something both candidates promise to reverse.
The GOP establishment — including Cole, who addressed the issue on MSNBC’s Morning Joe on Monday – dismissed the conservative uprising.
“I don’t think they’re very serious,” he said, without naming either candidate. “Any of these people that wanted to run could’ve run in the conference election. And none of them did. So by going out and not voting for the conference choice you’re not attacking John Boehner. You’re really attacking the Republican conference that you say you’re a part of.”
“So I find it, frankly, pretty unprofessional and very disappointing,” Cole concluded.
Via the Daily Caller.
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