The Art of John Boehner Clapping (Video)

By JM Rieger

Posted January 23, 2015 at 1:17pm

During Tuesday’s State of the Union address, it often wasn’t about how many times Speaker John A. Boehner clapped, so much as how he clapped. HOH is here to document the many styles of the Boehner clap.

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