Boehner Warns: Obama Trying To 'Annihilate' GOP House Speaker John Boehner during a speech at the Ripon Society Tuesday “Given what we heard yesterday about the president’s vision for his second term, it’s pretty clear to me––should be clear to all of you––that he knows he can’t do any of that as long as the House is controlled by Republicans. So we’re expecting over the next 22 months to be the focus of this administration as they attempt to annihilate the Republican Party.”