Current Event 2- 4th Quarter

House Minority Leader John A. Boehner (R-Ohio), spoke out against Pelosi and her allegations on CNN”s “State of the Union.” On the show, Boehner said that Pelosi needs to support her allegations with evidence or apologize for what she said. These comments are another attempt by Republicans to focus attention on the fact that Pelosi knew about interrogation techniques in 2002. They want to prove that Pelosi did not reject to these tactics and gave inconsistent comments on when she learned that waterboarding was being used as an interrogation technique. Virginia Governor Timothy Kaine commented on the matter in support of Pelosi, and that she has not lost the support of her fellow democrats.

I believe that for now, no one truly has evidence that Pelosi knew of these interrogation techniques except their word, But as the author of the article showed, Republicans certainly are trying to make this work for them. I feel that if Pelosi does not lose the support of her many Democratic allies, she will probably face less issues. I liked this article because it shows if you have support behind you, success is possible. Still, Pelosi will find her self in a lot of trouble over this and it will probably take a while to blow over.