In an interview on Rush Limbaugh’s radio show on Thursday, retiring Sen. Jim DeMint offered his take for how to get the Republican party back on track - and he joked about dumping House Speaker John Boehner.
DeMint’s resignation as South Carolina senator sent shock waves through the Beltway earlier in the day, when the tea party leader announced he was leaving the Senate to become Heritage Foundation president.
“I think it’s safe to say that [House Speaker John] Boehner is not forcing either of you guys out, right?” Limbaugh asked DeMint and now-former Heritage Foundation president Ed Feulner, according to audio by The Right Scoop.
Quipped DeMint: “It might work a little bit the other way, Rush.”
DeMint also told Limbaugh he hopes to use his new role to help the GOP appeal to more Americans.
“After spending most of life in advertising and marketing and research, I know that we can do a whole lot better job of convincing the American people – winning their hearts and souls – and if we do that, then we’re going to be more effective inside of Congress and more effective at election time,” DeMint told Limbaugh,
DeMint said that Republicans should be looking at what they can do as opposed to only criticizing those across the aisle, such as Reid (D-Nev.).
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Harry Reid belongs in one of these over the Potomac River.
