At the same time, the former speaker of the House gave a tip of the hat to Donald Trump, saying the two had been pals for years and he plans to vote for the. In 2016, he called the senator "Lucifer in the flesh" and told an audience that he'd "never worked with a more miserable son of a b- in my life. John Boehner cannonballed into the explosive race for the GOP presidential nomination on Wednesday as he blasted Ted Cruz as a 'miserable son of a b' and likened him to the devil. Michele Bachmann a "lunatic."īut Boehner, who served as speaker from 2011-2015, was overpowered by more right-wing forces in his party and is now out of step with a voter base that remains deeply loyal to Trump and more focused on culture wars than policy change.īoehner has repeatedly taken aim at Cruz since leaving office. Jim Jordan of Ohio a "political terrorist" and former Rep. Ted Cruz, even a few months’ time out of Congress has done little to lessen former House Speaker John Boehner’s contempt for his former Capitol Hill colleague. He criticizes multiple high-profile right-wing lawmakers, calling Rep. The Ohio Republican, who's also a sharp critic of former President Donald Trump, paints himself as an establishment Republican looking to find common ground with Democrats and get things done on policy. In a tweet responding to Boehner's criticism last week, Cruz called the former Speaker "the Swamp" and said he's proud to receive his "drunken, bloviated scorn." In the audiobook of his memoir, Boehner added an unscripted, "PS, Ted Cruz, go f- yourself." He added, "As I say in the book, there's nothing worse than a reckless jackass who thinks he's smarter than everybody else."īoehner writes that Cruz was the "head lunatic" leading "the chaos caucus in the House" of Tea Party members and right-wingers more focused on appearing on right-wing media and escalating "outrage" news cycles to drive campaign donations than passing legislation in Washington. "And that's probably why I zeroed in on him - probably the only person in this book - in the way that I did." John Boehner, the famously blunt ex-House speaker, left no doubt hes not a fan of fellow Republican Ted Cruz, leaping off the sidelines of the presidential race Wednesday night to unleash a. "This guy wasn't even a member of the United States House of Representatives, he was a member of the Senate, stirring up some of the crazies in my own caucus to cause all kinds of problems," Boehner said of Cruz during a Monday morning interview. Ted Cruz, a Texas Republican, on Monday.īoehner told CBS News that he singled Cruz out, calling him "dangerous" and a "reckless a-hole," in his forthcoming book, "On the House: A Washington Memoir," because Cruz had amplified divisions within the GOP House caucus. See more stories on Insider's business page.įormer Republican House Speaker John Boehner doubled down on his criticism of Sen. The former speaker even added in the audiobook of his memoir: "PS, Ted Cruz, go f- yourself." Ted Cruz on Monday.īoehner said he "zeroed in" on Cruz because the senator was "stirring up some of the crazies in my own caucus." "So if you want someone that's a texting and golfing buddy - if you're happy with John Boehner as speaker of the House and you want a president like John Boehner, Donald Trump is your man.Former GOP House Speaker John Boehner doubled down on his criticism of Sen. "John Boehner in his remarks described Donald Trump as his texting and golfing buddy," Cruz told reporters. Rather, the charge was leveled by someone with a bit more gravitas: former House Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio), who told students at Stanford University that the Texas Republican was 'Lucifer in the flesh' in addition to being 'a miserable son of a bitch.' Cruz brushed off the insults at a press conference on Thursday morning, seeming at times. What Boehner is angry with is if we promised to stop the debt that is bankrupting our kids and grandkids, let's actually do something meaningful to honor those commitments."Ĭruz then turned Boehner's comments into a primary election issue, painting his main opponent, Donald Trump, as near and dear to Boehner's heart.
"What Boehner is angry with is if we said we promised to stop amnesty, let's actually honor our promises and stop amnesty. Heidi Cruz, wife of GOP presidential hopeful Ted Cruz, shakes hands Thursday. "What Boehner is angry with is that conservatives said if we promised to repeal Obamacare, let's actually stand up and repeal Obamacare," Cruz said. John Boehner, in an interview Wednesday, compare Cruz to the devil himself. Cruz, in his comments to reporters, later lamented how unproductive Congress had been under Boehner's leadership, ticking off a number of conservative policy positions that were never passed while Boehner was House speaker.
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