Networks Lambaste ‘Far Right Flank,’ ‘No Compromise Crowd’ for Pushing Boehner Out

Curtis Houck | September 25, 2015
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Mere moments into House Speaker John Boehner’s press conference on Friday discussing his resignation on October 30, the “big three” of ABC, CBS, and NBC were quick to chastise conservative House members on Boehner’s “far right flank” that compose the “no compromise crowd” and “some grassroots conservatives who happened to be elected members of the House.”

During the presser itself, CBS News congressional correspondent Nancy Cordes told Boehner that he’s “made no secret of your frustration with some members of your far right flank and some outside groups” considering “[y]ou’ve used words like knucklehead and some other words we probably can't use on television.”