Islam Times - Congressman calls Boehner ‘dictator,’ challenges him for Speaker

Islam Times - Republican Congressman Louis Gohmert of Texas has described US House Speaker John Boehner as a dictator, saying he will challenge him in the new Congress.

“We will go through regular committee process so everybody, every representative from both parties, will have a chance to participate in the process and not have a dictator running things, deciding who's the chairman, who gets what committee, what bills come to the floor,” Gohmert told Fox News on Sunday.

He added that after “years of broken promises, it’s time for a change.”

Members of the House of Representatives will vote for their next speaker on Tuesday.

The outspoken congressman also said that it would take 29 conservatives voting against the current speaker to bring the speakership up for secondary votes.

In 2013, 12 Republicans voted against Boehner for the position, including Gohmert.

The lawmaker has repeatedly criticized the Obama administration during the past years.

He called for President Obama’s impeachment over the country’s debt in 2013.

Gohmert also blasted Obamacare, and said under the program, the government would "put people on lists and they die waiting to get the treatment and care."

On Sunday, he also noted that if he were elected speaker, he would fight to end "amnesty" for immigrants and Obamacare.