When Republican presidential candidate Marco Rubio announced the surprising news that House Speaker John Boehner was stepping down to the annual conservative confab, Value Voters Summit, in Washington, D.C. today, dozens of conservative attendees broke out in heavy applause.
The crowd’s excitement at the announcement that Boehner would leave Congress altogether on October 30 resulted in an extended standing ovation.
The Value Voters Summit is hosted by the ultra conservative Family Research Council and will feature Ted Cruz, Rick Santorum, Mike Huckabee, Bobby Jindal and Ben Carson.
Watch conservatives activists react to news of Boehner’s resignation, via CSPAN:
