House Republican Leadership too Gutless on Holder

Operation Fast and Furious put hundreds of guns in the hands of a Mexican drug cartel. The guns were used to murder over 300 Mexicans and US Border Patrol agent Brian Terry. The resulting scandal has reached all the way to the US Attorney General Eric Holder who lied before Congress as to his knowledge and involvement in the operation.

Since appearing before Congress, sixty-three congressmen, two senators, two governors and all of the Republican presidential candidates have demanded that Holder resign immediately. In the House of Representatives, eighty-nine congressmen have signed a no confidence resolution concerning Holder’s ability to serve as Attorney General for the nation. When you overlap the two congressional lists (resignation and no confidence), it tallies up to 101 members (just under one quarter) of the House, believe that Holder is incapable of carrying out his job as the nation’s top cop.

Screamingly absent from taking any stance on Holder are Speaker of the House John Boehner and House Majority Leader Eric Cantor. The two top Republican leaders in the House have remained non-committal on Holder. When asked about Holder, both GOP House leaders have remained silent. When reporters asked both of the congressmen’s spokesmen and staffers, they all say they’ll have to ask the congressman and will get back to them, only for the reporters to hear nothing thereafter.

Most likely, if both Boehner and Cantor signed the no confidence resolution and call for Holder’s resignation, there would be a greater number of congressmen join the effort and the numbers would quickly rise to well over half the House. The White House would have to listen and there would be a greater chance of forcing Holder’s resignation.

Without the GOP House leadership support, Holder and Obama have been ignoring the calls to resign and the no confidence resolution. He vows to remain in office and continue to defy federal law and do what his puppet master (Obama) tells him to do.

So the real question is: will Boehner and Cantor man up and do what they need to do to properly lead the House GOP and force Holder’s removal or are they going to continue to be Washington wimps and quiver in fear of upsetting the President and his puppet bulldog?

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Attorney General, Boehner, Cantor, Eric Holder, no confidence, resignation

deprofundisclamavi

Besides getting rid of Holder, the Republicans in Congress need to get Obama Sin Laden impeached and booted out for flagrantly violating the Constitution with those illegal recess appointments. Come on, Congressional Republicans! Show some strength, some spine, some principled significance! Get Obama Sin Laden out of office, now. Then it will not matter so much which part of Mars functioned as his birthplace.
Cliff

Bohener and Cantor need to get om board and make Holder quit, they r doing nothing to help the cause to get Holder out of office. they are old rhinos i agree as other comments have said in this forum. Fast And Furious was wrong and we need accountability for this action. If our Republican leadership in congress doesnt do anything remember and vote them out of office the next election. this is why the Tea Party exists.
Carol Gerber

How Much Obama Rope-A-Dope Will The GOP Take From This Complete Fraud, When China Laughs At The USA King Obama, Yikeess, Then The Canadian Free Press States The USA Was Always A World Leader, However With The George Soros/Barry Soetoro "Apologist-In-Chief" Media Empire Crew Of The Worst Proven Liars, Not Even Canada Stands With The King Obama, God Bless America And The Canadian Free Press.
Parcibes

Got a fundraising letter signed by Eric Cantor asking for a contribution towards defeating our dreaded opponents. I sent it back without a cent but with a note "Not until you move to impeach Eric Holder." I am counting on his fundraising machine to show that note to him, but wonder whether they even look at the contents if it doesn't include a check?
Robert

When you have someone served to testify and they more or less thumb their nose at you and say they are pleading the 5th, then the congress goes down to the next name on the list, what do you expect. It's like having a rattle snake that has it's fangs pulled out and all it can do is " rattle " and hiss at you. Our congress has about as much bite as a old toothless dog. Without the Senate backing them, it's just a bunch of hot air. If you are the ones that are supposed to be enforcing the laws of the land and you break them, who then is going to arrest you??????
Sonny

Years ago I coined a saying with the GOP. It stands for (Gutless Old Party.) I believe today more than ever. For example, what ever happened with all the ammo they (R) had on Maxine Waters?
haroldson

house leadership leaves a lot to be desired, Seems they do a lot of appeasing and not much standing up to the dems, Maybe they will be looking for work soon.