Politics & Power Quote by John Boehner

“Working Americans” is doing a lot of political heavy lifting here. Boehner’s line compresses a messy electorate into a single morally privileged character: the responsible striver who pays taxes, plays by the rules, and therefore deserves to be the lead plaintiff in America’s ongoing lawsuit against Washington. It’s not an economic description so much as a credential. You’re not just employed; you’re legitimate.

The clever move is the double invocation of “our country” and “our Constitution.” That pairing turns policy disagreement into a loyalty test. If you’re in the “enough is enough” crowd, you’re not merely frustrated with a budget, a bill, or a president; you’re framed as defending the nation’s core terms and conditions. Anyone on the other side isn’t just wrong - they’re implicitly careless with the sacred documents. It’s populism with a tie on: anti-elite energy routed through reverence.

“Enough is enough!” is the emotional fuse. It’s a chant, not an argument, designed to make impatience feel principled. Boehner quotes the public rather than himself, ventriloquizing a righteous constituency so the anger looks organic, not strategized. That also gives him plausible deniability: he’s not escalating, he’s “listening.”

Context matters: this is Boehner’s brand of GOP-era messaging during the Obama years, when fiscal fights and backlash politics made “constitutional” language a stand-in for smaller government and resistance to perceived overreach. The line signals to the base: your grievance is not only valid; it’s patriotic.