Boehner: Some 'anarchists' at Tea Party events 'want to kill all of us'

David Edwards
Raw Story
Jul. 24, 2010

For the most part, House Minority Leader John Boehner (R-OH) defended tea partiers at a Christian Science Monitor luncheon Thursday, however, he noted that there were some “anarchists” in the movement that wanted to destroy government.

The Ohio Republican said that Michele Bachmann (R-MN) had not gotten his permission before starting her new “Tea Party caucus” and indicated that he had no intention to join.

“I haven’t joined caucuses for a long time,” said Boehner. “It’s just a policy we decided. You get labeled and I have just not been in any caucus. I don’t know how many years it’s been. At least 10, maybe longer.”

The Minority Leader was asked if Republicans were in danger of becoming too closely identified with the Tea Party. He replied with a warning that there were some violent elements in the movement while offering a defense of it.

“I don’t spend but a couple of weekends a year in DC Every weekend, I’m either in my district or I’m somewhere out in America and I’ve been to my share of Tea Party events,” he said.

"Let me tell you about these events. Yep, there are some disaffected Republicans there. There are always some Democrats there. Always a couple of anarchists who want to kill all of us in public office," Boehner continued.

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