Boehner blows more hot air between Steve King and House Republicans

by Jed Lewison for Daily Kos

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Thursday, Jul. 25, 2013 Thursday, Jul. 25, 2013 at 12:45:13pm PDT

U.S. House Speaker John Boehner (R-OH) pauses during remarks to the American Conservative Union's annual Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) in Washington, February 9, 2012.  REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst (UNITED STATES - Tags: POLITICS)

John Boehner at his weekly press conference earlier on Thursday, saying he thinks what Steve King said about immigrants mainly being drug runners was "offensive and wrong," and adding:

What he said does not reflect the values of the American people or the Republican Party.

True, what King said does not reflect the values of the American people—not even the ones in King's own district. But with House Republicans voting in lockstep with King on immigration policy—and refusing to allow a vote on the Senate's immigration reform bill—it's hard to see how Boehner can claim with a straight face that his party doesn't share King's values.