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AP Photo/Lauren Victoria Burke Boehner slammed the effort by a group of House Republicans to create an "America First Caucus." On NBC's "Meet The Press," Boehner called the idea one of the "nuttiest" things he has witnessed. "We ought to celebrate the fact that we are this giant melting pot," he said. Former GOP House Speaker John Boehner on Sunday derided the plan that several House Republicans had to form an "America First Caucus," calling it one of the "nuttiest" things he has witnessed. On NBC's "Meet the Press," Boehner, who served as speaker from 2011 to 20...

GOP Rep. Adam Kinzinger Calls on Party to Expel 'White Supremacy Caucus' Led By Marjorie Taylor Greene On 4/16/21 at 11:03 PM EDT Republican Illinois Representative Adam Kinzinger has called on congressional GOP leaders to expel members of the "America First Caucus," a newly formed group co-created by Republican Georgia Representative Marjorie Taylor Greene. Kinzinger referred to the group as the "White Supremacy Caucus." The group's seven-page policy platform, released by Punchbowl News, calls for a "common respect for uniquely Anglo-Saxon political traditions" and a return to an architectur...

ADVERTISEMENT The hatefulness of this statement is only surpassed by its ignorance of American history and values. https://t.co/1KWAqWc7Pm— Congressman Ken Buck (@RepKenBuck) April 17, 2021 Buck is the latest Republican to come out swinging against the new group’s platform, which has been panned as nativist and racist. The America First Caucus's platform maintains that "a certain intellectual boldness is needed" in order to "follow in President Trump ADVERTISEMENT "America is a nation with a border, and a culture, strengthened by a common respect for uniquely Anglo-Saxon political traditi...

ADVERTISEMENT Republicans believe in equal opportunity, freedom, and justice for all. We teach our children the values of tolerance, decency and moral courage. Racism, nativism, and anti-Semitism are evil. History teaches we all have an obligation to confront & reject such malicious hate.— Liz Cheney (@Liz_Cheney) April 16, 2021 The America First Caucus's platform maintains that "a certain intellectual boldness is needed" in order to "follow in President Trump’s footsteps, and potentially step on some toes and sacrifice sacred cows for the good of the American nation." "America is a nati...

Kinzinger: Republicans who join 'America First' caucus should be stripped of committees Tal Axelrod © Getty Images Kinzinger: Republicans who join 'America First' caucus should be stripped of committees Rep. Adam Kinzinger (Ill.) blasted fellow GOP lawmakers who plan to join the "America First Caucus," saying anyone who becomes a member should lose their committee assignments. Kinzinger, a vocal critic of former President Trump, tore into the caucus after it was reported that GOP Reps. Marjorie Taylor Greene (Ga.) and Paul Gosar (Ariz.) would lead formation of the group. Th...