Former House Speaker John Boehner blames the media, not politicians, for dividing the nation and he fingered popular radio and internet TV host Mark Levin as enemy No. 1.
In a long and entertaining Politico profile, Boehner said that conservative pundits are wrong in blaming the divide on former President Obama.
“It wasn’t him!” Boehner said. “It was modern-day media, and social media, that kept pushing people further right and further left. People started to figure out … they could choose where to get their news. And so what do people do? They choose places they agree with, reinforcing the divide,” added Boehner, who resigned in September 2015 after facing several GOP protests.
He then raised his accusing finger at Levin and said:
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