Raul Labrador Announces Run For Majority Leader

Raul Labrador Announces Run For Majority Leader

by Caroline May 13 Jun 2014

http://cdn.breitbart.com/Big-Government/2014/06/13/Raul-Labrador-Announces-Run-For-Majority-Leader

Idaho Republican Rep. Raul Labrador announced a late-entry bid for Majority Leader but faces a steep climb after Whip Kevin McCarthy has already garnered significant support over the past three days.

Eric Cantor’s Tuesday defeat sent a clear message that “Americans are looking for a change in the status quo," Labraodor said in a statement.

"I want a House Leadership team that reflects the best of our conference,” the Idaho Republican said in a statement Friday. “A leadership team that can bring the Republican conference together. A leadership team that can help unite and grow our party.  Americans don't believe their leaders in Washington are listening and now is the time to change that.”

Thursday evening House Rules Committee Chairman Pete Sessions (R-TX) dropped out of the race for majority leader. Hours earlier, Thursday morning, House Financial Services Committee Chairman Jeb Hensarling (R-TX), thought to be conservatives’ best hope of attaining the slot, balked at running.

The lack of a serious conservative challenge this week left conservatives shaking their heads.

“Shame on all of us. Here's the conservative movement, and we were all asleep at the switch. We did not galvanize behind a guy, or a person, and we waited until the die was cast. If conservatives are going to do more than throwing mud in people's eyes, if we're going to actually win some battles, then we damn well better get on our game,” one conservative lawmaker told Breitbart Thursday.

Labrador’s name was floating around as a possible alternative and one that was being encouraged to hop in, however the conservative lawmaker noted that such a tardy effort by a relatively new member would be a “token opposition just to say we put up fight like at the Alamo.”

Nevertheless Labrador, who was first elected to Congress in 2010, is in. 

“President Obama and the Democrats have had their chance and they have failed,” Labrador said Friday. “Republicans must be willing to take these challenges head on with new leadership, fresh ideas, and a different approach. I am running for Majority Leader because I want to help create a vision of growth and opportunity for everyone and start getting to work for the American people."

Raul Labrador

Raul Labrador is a member of the ID congressional delegation, and an advisory committee member for the Hispanic Leadership Network.

Note: Jeb Bush is an advisory committee member for the Hispanic Leadership Network, a member of the Alfalfa Club, and his father is George H.W. Bush.

Hispanic Leadership Network is an offshoot of the American Action Network.

Frederic V. Malek is the founder & board member for the American Action Network, a member of the Alfalfa Club, and a trustee at the Aspen Institute (think tank).

Foundation to Promote Open Society was a funder for the Aspen Institute (think tank).

George Soros was the chairman for the Foundation to Promote Open Society, and Nancy Pelosi was an invited to his 2013 wedding reception.

Nancy Pelosi was invited to George Soros’s 2013 wedding reception, and is the minority leader for the U.S. House of Representatives.

Madeleine K. Albright is a trustee at the Aspen Institute (think tank), and the chair for the Albright Stonebridge Group.

Carlos M. Gutierrez is a co-chairman for the Albright Stonebridge Group, and an advisory committee member for the Hispanic Leadership Network.

Henry A. Kissinger was a lifetime trustee at the Aspen Institute (think tank), a member of the Bohemian Club, a director at the American Friends of Bilderberg (think tank), and a 2008 Bilderberg conference participant (think tank).

George H.W. Bush is a member of the Bohemian Club, a member of the Alfalfa Club, is Jeb Bush’s father, and a member of the Burning Tree Club.

Jeb Bush is George H.W. Bush’s son, a member of the Alfalfa Club, and an advisory committee member for the Hispanic Leadership Network.

Raul Labrador is an advisory committee member for the Hispanic Leadership Network, and a member of the ID congressional delegation.

Jack Valenti is a member of the Burning Tree Club, and a trustee at the Aspen Institute (think tank).

John A. Boehner is a member of the Burning Tree Club, the House leader for the Republican establishment, and the speaker for the U.S. House of Representatives.