John Boehner: ‘I was making a joke’ (will not apologize to Barney Frank)
House Financial Services Committee Chairman Barney Frank should not expect an apology from the top House Republican anytime soon.
House Minority Leader John Boehner (R-Ohio), in a speech at the American Bankers Association convention this week, called the Massachusetts Democrats’ aides working on financial reform “little punk staffers.”
Frank responded with a letter to Boehner, urging him to apologize for the “inaccurate cheap shot.”
In an interview with POLITICO Friday, though, Boehner said he wasn’t going to apologize.
“I was making a joke,” Boehner said. “I love staff, there’s nobody who treats staff better than I do.”
He said he has not made any overtures to Frank and says he has no plans to.
“No. it was a joke,” Boehner said. “Come on.”
Read the whole story at politico
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