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Praise for John Boehner

<p>Former Governor of Florida Jeb Bush told Fox News host Chris Wallace on Sunday that he &ldquo&semi;greatly&rdquo&semi; admires Speaker of the House and Ohio Representative John Boehner&period;&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&ldquo&semi;He is a great pubic servant&comma;&rdquo&semi; said Bush&period; &ldquo&semi;He left at the apex of his time in service to his country with the Pope speaking to Congress&period; I think people are going to miss him in the long run because he&rsquo&semi;s a person that is focused on solving problems&period;&rdquo&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Carly Fiorina shared a similar opinion&colon; &&num;8220&semi;I think every leader has a season&comma; and I think John Boehner&&num;8217&semi;s season was coming to an end&comma; and he understood that&period; And I hope now that we will move on and have leadership in both the House and the Senate that will produce results&period; I think leaders produce results&comma; and I think Republicans are quite frustrated having worked very hard to restore historic majorities to the House and a majority to the Senate that there haven&&num;8217&semi;t been a lot of results&period;&&num;8221&semi;&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Other lawmakers and politicians&nbsp&semi;have stepped up to praise Boehner for his surprising decision to step down&period; Paul Ryan&comma;&nbsp&semi;while assuring the press that he would not be running for Speaker&comma; called Boehner &ldquo&semi;selfless&period;&&num;8221&semi; Former Speaker Nancy Pelosi said that he is &&num;8220&semi;a very fine person&comma;&&num;8221&semi; adding &&num;8220&semi;I don&&num;8217&semi;t know if I&&num;8217&semi;ll miss him&period; It depends on what comes next&period;&&num;8221&semi;&nbsp&semi;Pelosi believes Boehner&rsquo&semi;s decision is &ldquo&semi;a sign of the disarray in the Republican party&period;&rdquo&semi;&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>John Boehner was a cheerleader for Bush&rsquo&semi;s campaign&comma; urging him to run for presidency and mentioning&nbsp&semi;to Jay Leno in 2014 that Bush would make a &ldquo&semi;great president&period;&rdquo&semi;&nbsp&semi;When asked about the effects of Boehner&rsquo&semi;s resignation on America&rsquo&semi;s conservatives&comma; Bush replied&comma; &ldquo&semi;We&rsquo&semi;ll see how it plays out&hellip&semi;what we need is a conservative president that can work with Congress&period;&rdquo&semi;&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&ldquo&semi;We wouldn&rsquo&semi;t have these problems if you had a president that actually would commit to passing a budget&comma; would commit to&hellip&semi;repealing Obamacare&comma; reforming our taxes&comma;&rdquo&semi; said Bush&comma; hinting that he would be that type of president&period;&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;

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