Helmer Reenberg: Gerald Ford, Hale Boggs & Richard Nixon- On The JFK Assassination: November 23rd, 1963

Source:Helmer Reenberg– U.S. Representative Hale Boggs (Democrat, Louisiana)

Source:The Daily Post

“Assassination of John F. Kennedy, mortal shooting of John F. Kennedy, the 35th president of the United States, as he rode in a motorcade in Dallas, Texas, on November 22, 1963. His accused killer was Lee Harvey Oswald, a former U.S. Marine who had embraced Marxism and defected for a time to the Soviet Union. Oswald never stood trial for murder, because, while being transferred after having been taken into custody, he was shot and killed by Jack Ruby, a distraught Dallas nightclub owner.”

From Britannica

“US Rep. Gerald R. Ford Jr. (R-MI), chairman of the House Republican Committee, states that Republicans will support the new President, Lyndon Johnson, following the assassination of John F. Kennedy.

US Rep. Hale Boggs (D-LA) expresses confidence in newly inaugurated President Lyndon Johnson, following the assassination of John F. Kennedy. Boggs expresses sorrow about the death of John F. Kennedy.

Former Vice President Richard Nixon speaks to reporters about President Kennedy’s assassination.

Six days later, Ford and Boggs was invited to join the commission under the chairmanship of Earl Warren.”

From Helmer Reenberg

Representative Ford and Representative Boggs, basically giving their feelings about how they felt about the JFK assassination and how they felt about the incoming President Lyndon Johnson who was President Kennedy’s Vice President.

Representative Ford basically saying that President Johnson was going to get what is called a honeymoon period in American politics. That House Republicans at least were going to see what the new President has in mind for the country and how he plans on moving forward. And that House Republicans were ready to help President Johnson at least in the beginning with anything that they can.

And House Republicans helped President Johnson quite a bit in the 88th Congress with tax cuts and the 1964 Civil Rights Act.