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"That's probably because he got more comfortable in the job. "The calls came in less and less as his tenure went on," Boehner writes. John Boehner served as speaker of the United States House of Representatives for nearly five years (January 2011-October 2015), and represented the Eighth Congressional District of Ohio from 1991. “Don’t be shocked … if two weeks before the convention, here comes Joe Biden parachuting in and Barack Obama fanning the flames to make it all happen,” he said.Another quote is about Trump, who Boehner says called him "fairly often" when he first became president, though not as much later in his term. “‘Oh, I’m a woman, vote for me,’” he reportedly said.Īnd while Boehner believes Clinton will ultimately win the Democratic nomination, there could be more twists in store. On the Democratic side, Boehner called Bernie Sanders “a nice guy” and “the most honest politician” in the race despite disagreeing with the Vermont senator on virtually every issue.īut Boehner drew boos from the audience for suggesting Hillary Clinton is pandering to female voters. He also used the name Lucifer to describe his fellow party member during a Q&A last. 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. “I think John Boehner has made it crystal clear … if you want a president like John Boehner, Donald trump is your man.” This isnt Boehners first time likening Cruz to the devil. Former House Speaker John Boehner, a longtime critic who has likened Cruz to.

“He allowed his inner Trump to come out,” Cruz said later at a press conference in Indiana. Ted Cruz declared Thursday hes no servile puppy dog as he faced a torrent. Tell me again who will stand up to Washington? Trump, who’s Boehner’s "texting and golfing buddy,” or Carly & me? Speaking to reporters here before a rally, the Republican presidential hopeful lashed out at the Ohio Republican, with whom he clashed repeatedly when both were serving on Capitol Hill. “Trump, who’s Boehner’s ‘texting and golfing buddy,’ or Carly & me?” Ted Cruz fired back at former House speaker John Boehner on Thursday, accusing him of allowing his inner Trump to come out. “Tell me again who will stand up to Washington?” the Texas senator tweeted. The Ohio Republican, who retired from Congress last fall, said he would vote for whomever the party nominates for president - unless it’s Cruz.īoehner described the other two GOP hopefuls, Donald Trump and John Kasich, as his “friends.”īoehner said he has played golf with Trump for years and that they were “texting buddies.” His relationship with the Ohio governor, however, “requires more effort on my behalf than all my other friends … but he’s still my friend, and I love him.”Ĭruz, who introduced Carly Fiorina as his running mate on Wednesday, responded to Boehner’s barb on Twitter Thursday morning. I get along with almost everyone, but I have never worked with a more miserable son of a bitch in my life.” Former Speaker of the House John Boehner really, really, really hates Ted Cruz. “I have Democrat friends and Republican friends. “Lucifer in the flesh,” Boehner said during a talk hosted by Stanford University in Palo Alto, Calif., according to the Stanford Daily. 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.

(Photo: Yuri Gripas/Reuters/File)įormer House Speaker John Boehner offered a rather blunt assessment of Texas Sen.

John Boehner likened Ted Cruz to the devil on Wednesday. Former Speaker of the House John Boehner recently released On the House: A Washington Memoir. John Boehner thinks Ted Cruz is a real devil.