Robert Cosa at the National Review reports that West is not happy with Boehner and the House Leadership over this budget deal. He’s voting no and has some tough words for the leadership to boot:
Rep. Allen West (R., Fla.) tells reporters that House GOP leaders bungled the deal. “My leadership needs to sit down and have a ‘come to Jesus’ with [each other],” he says. “Character and integrity are important things with me. I like people to be upfront with me. Surprises are for birthdays. When you wake up, and all of sudden you look at the National Journal, and they say that it is really only $352 million in cuts, I don’t like that.”
West says the deal had led him to question the leadership’s early spin. “In the military they teach you that the first report is always kind of incorrect,” he says. “You have to go back and do your studying, you have to do your research and let the smoke dissipate.”
West, of course, will be voting against the measure.
West isn’t going to toe the line for anyone and isn’t going to pull any punches. He’s already impressed the heck out of Greta as she can’t stop talking about the waste he has eliminated from the Defense budget by a unanimous vote in the House. And these comments just prove that he is true to his principles.
West is the real deal.