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Boehner Deflects Reporters’ Questions On Cantor Loss

06.10.14 | 10:45 pm

House Speaker John Boehner of Ohio, accompanied by House Majority Leader Eric Cantor of Va., right, talks to reporters following a Republican strategy meeting on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, April 29, 2014. B... House Speaker John Boehner of Ohio, accompanied by House Majority Leader Eric Cantor of Va., right, talks to reporters following a Republican strategy meeting on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, April 29, 2014. Boehner said Rep. Michael Grimm, R-N.Y., did the right thing by stepping down from the the House Financial Services Committee after he was indicted Monday for evading taxes. (AP Photo) MORE LESS

House Speaker John Boehner (R-OH) deflected reporters’ questions about House Majority Leader Eric Cantor’s (R-VA) loss in the Republican primary.

Boehner silent on Cantor. “Oh you all know what the rules are,” he says to reporters outside the restaurant before closing the car door.

— Clara Ritger (@clararitger) June 11, 2014

Boehner, in rolled up white sleeves and loosened beck the was leaving Trattoria Alberto’s, one if his favorite late-night stops.

— Ed O’Keefe (@edatpost) June 11, 2014

John Boehner just walked up to the restaurant to mine. Do I ask him how he feels about losing Cantor? #HardChoices pic.twitter.com/pxUn9QMRK0

— Clara Ritger (@clararitger) June 11, 2014

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