With House Speaker John Boehner’s resignation, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell finds himself in the crosshairs with a top Republican Party executive calling for his resignation and Gov. Bobby Jindal saying “it is now your turn.”
Vice Chairman of the
Republican National Committee, Roger
Villere, minced no words on Facebook, posting “McConnell needs to
resign!”
Villere has served as
chairman of the Louisiana Republican Party for 12 years, longer than any other
state chairman.
Presidential hopeful
Jindal, who has been suffering in the polls and languishing in the “second
tier” in the debates, told attendees at the Value Voters Summit on Friday,
“Here’s what I say in response to Speaker Boehner stepping down: Mitch
McConnell, it is now your turn.”
For Villere, McConnell’s
support of a deal with Democrats to avoid a government shutdown and continue
funding of Planned Parenthood appeared to be the final straw. Others
commenting on his post agreed, one writing “hang him by the ankles & use
him for a birthday piñata.”
One commenter thought
McConnell’s resignation would only scratch the surface. “I agree but he’s
not the only Republican that needs to resign from their positions. A ton at the
roots who feel themselves to be leaders of this, that, and the other should
also find jobs at McD’s.”
Villere told The
Washington Times Sunday that the base is
leaving the Republican Party. “I’m out in the field all the time and we
have all our elections this year for state offices, and it’s hurting us
tremendously with our elections.”
In addition to failing
to stop funding for abortion provider Planned Parenthood, Villere cites
McConnell’s failure to act on President Obama’s unconstitutional executive
actions on illegal immigration, and his surrender on Obamacare.
“Not trying to repeal
Obamacare, not defunding Planned Parenthood, not trying to stop illegal
immigration,” he said. “That is what Republicans ran on and once they were
elected they did not follow up with their promises.”
Jindal echoed that
frustration, even flirting with a third party in his remarks at the last debate
on September 16. “If we can’t defund Planned Parenthood now—if we can’t
stand for innocent human life after these barbaric videos—it is time to be done
with the Republican Party,” he said.
“If we can’t win on that
issue, there’s no point for being cheaper Democrats, no point for having a
second liberal party, it is time to get rid of the Republican Party, start over
with a new one that is at least conservative,” said Jindal.
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