Ben Swann on the House GOP purge

Mon, 12/10/2012 - 6:20pm | posted by Jason Pye

Last week, House Republican leadership made new by removing four fiscally conservative members — Reps. Justin Amash (R-MI), Tim Huelskamp (R-KS), Walter Jones (R-NC), and David Schweikert (R-AZ) — off of key committees. House Speaker John Boehner, who was already being criticized for his willingness to raise tax revenues, was accused of leading a purge of conservatives from positions of influence.

Is Boehner leading a purge of fiscal conservatives? Ben Swann, host of the “Reality Check” segment on Cincinnati-based Fox 19, weighs in:

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