House Speaker John Boehner of Ohio takes a lot of flack for tearing up in public, but at least one poll suggests that his hometown crowd loves it.
Especially the ladies.
Ohio voters view Boehner’s crying episodes as a sign of strength over weakness by 36 – 27 percent, according to a new Quinnipiac University poll. For women, his tears poll favorably 44 – 20 percent.
“Some things are very difficult to talk about,” a tearful Boehner explained during an interview on CBS’s “60 Minutes” in December. “Family, kids — I can’t go to a school anymore. I used to go to a lot of schools. You see all these little kids running around … I can’t talk about it. … Making sure that these kids have a shot at the American dream, like I did. It’s important.”
“What you see is what you get,” he said later. “I know who I am. I’m comfortable in my own skin, and everybody who knows me, knows that I get emotional about certain things.”
Because of the high demand, (and The Daily Caller gives the public want they want, after all) we rounded up a few of the speaker’s most notable episodes. Boehner cries a lot, and he’s not ashamed to do it.
A February 2007 floor speech on Iraq troop levels:
Receiving an award from Americans United For Life in 2009:
On election night, November 2010:
Becoming Speaker of the House of Representatives, January 2011:
