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Then There Were Two: Massie Joins Meadows, Wants to Fire Boehner

By Steven T. Dennis
Posted July 29, 2015 at 7:04pm

A second Republican has signed on to the effort to fire Speaker John A. Boehner.  

Rep. Thomas Massie of Kentucky announced Wednesday via Twitter that he’ll co-sponsor the resolution by Rep. Mark Meadows of North Carolina to vacate the chair.  

https://twitter.com/RepThomasMassie/status/626522669974994944  

Massie’s opposition to Boehner isn’t new. He previously voted against Boehner for speaker.  

Boehner, R-Ohio, earlier dismissed the resolution and the rebels in his conference as a few members “off the reservation” and said the resolution wasn’t worthy of a vote.

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