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Reporter to Boehner: Nice Tan, Sir

By Matt Fuller and JM Rieger

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Speaker John A. Boehner has a special affinity for poking fun at reporters’ sartorial decisions. But on Wednesday morning, it was Boehner who found himself on the butt end of a joke. The Ohio Republican began his question-and-answer session Wednesday morning with some classic schoolyard sarcasm regarding Bloomberg reporter Derek Wallbank’s decision to wear a light purple button-down shirt.

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