Conservatives are trading email that key conservative stalwarts are being purged from finance related committees by Boehner.
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Erick Erickson (@EWErickson) December 03, 2012Boehner is talking tough on debt and spending, but many conservatives remain skeptical.
If it pans out, the news passed along by Erick Erickson would be a very bad sign.
Update:
Rep. David Schweikert has been booted from the Financial Services Committee:
Rep. David Schweikert (R-AZ) booted from House Financial Services Committee rollcall.com/news/schweiker…—
Michael Wong (@w0ng) December 03, 2012
Apparently for failing to toe the establishment line:
Definitely. @barneykeller Hear Schweikert got the boot from Fin. Serv. Committee. Consequence of being too conservative for GOP leadership?—
Andy Roth (@andyroth) December 03, 2012
David Schweikert was booted from the Financial Services Committee because reportedly his “votes were not in lockstep with leadership.”—
Julie Borowski (@JulieBorowski) December 03, 2012
Schweikert is not the only conservative who’s gotten the ax. Reps. Justin Amash and Tim Huelskamp have also been ousted from the Budget Committee.
Groups like FreedomWorks and the Club for Growth are less than happy with the House’s purge of reliable fiscal conservatives:
. @SpeakerBoehner boots Schweikert from Financial Services Committee? ow.ly/fN1JC #HostileTakeover #FailedLeadership—
(@FreedomWorks) December 03, 2012
Club for Growth issues a statement of support for Schweikert, Amash, Huelskamp — lost committee spots for bucking GOP leadership.—
Alexis Levinson (@alexis_levinson) December 03, 2012
If true, #TCOT should be outraged at @SpeakerBoehner. Amash, Jones, Schweikert, and Huelskamp lose key committee spots rollcall.com/news/gop_steer…—
Campaign for Liberty (@C4Liberty) December 03, 2012
This news doesn’t bode well for conservatives hoping for Boehner et al. to stand firm against fiscal irresponsibility:
I think we all just saw a very ugly side of speaker john boehner. Kicking Schweikert off Finance and Amash off Budget was bold and stupid.—
Camille Scarcella (@Cscarcella) December 03, 2012
Today represents the fact that there is a clear divide between the establishment and true conservatives. Boehner should be ashamed.—
Celia Bigelow (@CeliaBigelow) December 03, 2012
Taxpayer heroes Schweikert, Huelskamp axed from Financial Services, Budget respectively. Who else will leadership purge?—
(@amoylan) December 03, 2012
Only time will tell. But with our country in such a precarious position, we cannot afford to lose strong advocates for fiscal conservatism. Speaker Boehner and the GOP need to remember who they work for.
Newsflash for the GOP: opposition to taxes and spending is the only reason most of us tolerate you. Barely.—
David Burge (@iowahawkblog) December 03, 2012