Whoa! While Speaker Boehner snubbed Obama at White House holiday party, Senator DeMint is snubbing and slamming Speaker Boehner. Boehner was already taking some heat over purging conservatives from committees. Now, his fiscal cliff offer to Obama is being panned.
Boehner getting heat from the right, Americans for Prosperity on today's cliff offer: "Sadly this plan leaves Conservatives wanting."
— Luke Russert (@LukeRussert) December 4, 2012
Sen. DeMint wasted no time in joining the growing chorus against the offer.
GOP Sen. Jim DeMint on fiscal cliff: Boehner's plan "will destroy American jobs."
— Chris Moody (@moody) December 4, 2012
Boehner's $800 billion tax hike will destroy American jobs & not reduce our $16 trillion debt by a single penny," DeMint -R (SC)
— BZ (@Better_Biz) December 4, 2012
https://twitter.com/amandacarpenter/status/275962776994844672
https://twitter.com/amandacarpenter/status/275963248883417088
Bingo.
https://twitter.com/matthewhurtt/status/275979490365169665
It's on RT @JimDeMint: Speaker Boehner's offer of an $800b tax hike will destroy jobs and allow politicians in Washington to spend even more
— Rick Wilson (@TheRickWilson) December 4, 2012
Right. RT @TheStalwart: Jim DeMint blasts the Boehner plan. http://t.co/EdYroi9w
— Mickey White (@BiasedGirl) December 4, 2012
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Some, especially in the media, are pointing out that DeMint had a different view before.
Jim DeMint in Sept: “You can’t get a deal with Obama without raising taxes…We might as well cut a deal." http://t.co/u4JAtlv1
— Chris Moody (@moody) December 4, 2012
But, these Twitter users are thinking about now.
If we become too scared to confront the chief problems of our time, there is no hope of ever solving them.
Jim DeMint— Nomadic Texan (@NomadicTexan) December 4, 2012
Newsflash for the GOP: opposition to taxes and spending is the only reason most of us tolerate you. Barely.
— David Burge (@iowahawkblog) December 3, 2012
As is fellow South Carolina Senator, Linsdey Graham.
We must have entitlement reform to avoid becoming Greece.
— Lindsey Graham (@GrahamBlog) December 4, 2012
Scary, but true.
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