Boehner Blasts Scozzafava Endorsement
Justin Duckham-Talk Radio News Service
House Minority Leader John Boehner (R-Ohio) weighed in on the upcoming special election in New York’s 23rd Congressional district, taking issue with Republican Dede Scozzafava’s decision to endorse Democrat Bill Owens as opposed to conservative third-party candidate Doug Hoffman.
“This lady clearly has an agenda that is different from most Republicans. She was out there promoting herself,” Boehner said during a pen and pad session with reporters.
Scozzafava dropped out of the race Saturday after facing fierce competition from Hoffman, whose supporters charged that Scozzafava was too moderate on social issues like abortion and same-sex marriage.
“We’re doing everything we can to help Doug Hoffman in this race and we hope he wins,” Boehner remarked.
The election, which takes place Tuesday, will fill the seat of Rep. John McHugh (R-N.Y.), who was appointed by President Barack Obama as Secretary of the Army.
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November 2nd, 2009 at 9:47 pm
Mr. Boehner,
Please don’t try to ” help ” Mr. Hoffman. He doesn’t need help from people that endorsed Dede. I thought you were a conservative but if you were you could not have endorsed someone as Liberal as her.
November 4th, 2009 at 9:36 am
One wonders if Obama appointed a republican for this very purpose, to add another dem to congress