John Mica: GOP Caucus in 'State of Shock' as John Boehner Bows Out

With U.S. House Speaker John Boehner,  R-Ohio, announcing on Friday that he will leave Congress by the end of October, a longtime Florida congressman said the GOP caucus was in a “state of shock” over the news. 

U.S. Rep. John Mica, R-Fla., talked to The Hill after Boehner talked to the GOP caucus on Friday moring. 

“Everybody’s still in sort of a state of shock,” Mica told The Hill, adding Boehner said conservative opposition to his leadership was starting to get too much attention. 

“He just does not want to become the issue,” Mica added. “Some people have tried ot make him the issue, both in Congress and outside.

“We’ll just have to regroup. We faced challenges before,” Mica insisted.