The Marietta Daily Journal – U S Rep Loudermilk votes for Boehner as Speaker

MARIETTA — U.S. Rep. Barry Loudermilk (R–Cassville), who made a campaign pledge to vote against Rep. John Boehner (R–Ohio) as speaker of the U.S. House, ended up voting for him on Tuesday.

Loudermilk was one of the 216 votes that got Boehner re-elected. Twenty-five Republicans voted for other candidates or voted present. Runner-up Rep. Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) received 164 votes.

Tea party activists blasted Loudermilk on social media following the vote for breaking a campaign promise.

Loudermilk has been making negative statements about Boehner’s leadership style since his campaigning days last summer. He told the MDJ in July, for example, that Boehner’s time as speaker should be up.

Tea party activist Dr. Bill Hudson of Marietta said he originally supported Loudermilk for election, but he’s outraged after seeing him vote for Boehner on Tuesday.

“Especially when people work so hard to send you up there to do the right thing and then you go up there and do the wrong thing. It’s very disappointing and frustrating,” Hudson said. “I think that Washington is terminally broken.”

The Internet was alive Tuesday with remarks on Loudermilk’s character, including a Facebook post from Debbie Dooley, a member of the board of directors of the Tea Party Patriots, calling Loudermilk a “liar.”

“I am fed up with politicians that lie to voters on the campaign trail to get elected,” Dooley wrote. “We need to stop voting for these politicians both in the primary and general election. Until we do, they will continue to play us for fools and lie to us.”

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