Democrats Change Their Minds About Draining The Swamp

That wasn't Steny Hoyer's idea anyway. He was all for keeping the swamp full I suppose.

House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer (D-Md.) on Tuesday noted that it was Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.), not him, who promised to “drain the swamp” of corruption in Washington.

Pelosi famously vowed in 2006 to “drain the swamp” that ensnared Republican members and their leaders during the George W. Bush administration.

During his weekly press conference on Tuesday, Hoyer clarified that he has never used that phrase.

“I didn’t use that term,” Hoyer said when asked if he thinks Democrats have “drained the swamp.”

Read more at the Washington Examiner: http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/blogs/beltway-confidential/house-majority-leader-hey-i-didnt-say-i-would-drain-the-swamp-of-corruption-99477369.html#ixzz0v02DHNmI