Former Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio) on Monday said the "unemployed" former President Trump has nothing better to do than stir up trouble following his departure from Washington.
In New Book, Boehner Says He Regrets Clinton Impeachment
Former Speaker John Boehner, Republican of Ohio, writes that the drive to remove President Bill Clinton was a politically motivated move he wishes he had repudiated.
John Boehner, the Republican former House speaker, in 2019.Credit.Samuel Corum for The New York Times
April 8, 2021Updated 8:24 p.m. ET
WASHINGTON Former Speaker John Boehner, Republican of Ohio, says in a new memoir that he regrets supporting the impeachment of President Bill Clinton, calling it a partisan attack that he now wishes he had repudiated.
In his book “On the House: A Washington Memoir,” a copy of which was obtained by The New York Times, Mr. Boehner blames Representative Tom DeLay of Texas, then the No. 2 Republican, for leading a politically motivated campaign against Mr. Clinton over his affair with Monica Lewinsky, a White House intern.
John Boehner left Washington, D.C. over five years ago when he retired as Speaker of the House but he took his grudges with him.
The West Chester Republican s memoir due to be released on Tuesday, On the House, slams Republicans, Ted Cruz, and Donald Trump, among others. He also recounts the many times he tangled with other politicians and gives the public a peek behind the curtain at the cut-throat world of congressional politics.
It s once again made Boehner the talk of the political world, at least for this week.
Here are five takeaways from his memoir: That bloody insurrection
Boehner said neither he nor Reagan could get elected in today s GOP
He called out legislative terrorism and said it lead to terror of the Capitol riot
Said Republicans impeached Bill Clinton to score a big win
Says Mark Meadows kneeled on his rug after voting against him for speaker
Boehner clashed with the Freedom Caucus during budget battles while leading the GOP
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