Former Republican House Speaker John Boehner, a notorious establishment figure in the party, briefly returned to politics with a harsh message.
And it was a direct shot fired at fellow Sen. Ted Cruz, R-T.X.
“… Ted Cruz, go f—k yourself,” Boehner said.
He purportedly made the impromptu remark while recording the audio for his upcoming book, “On the House: A Washington Memoir” — a tell-all that vows to spill the beans on “colorful tales from the halls of power, the smoke-filled rooms around the halls of power and his fabled tour bus.”
Boehner took to Twitter with a follow-up message of his own amid news of his reported comments.
“Poured myself a glass of something nice to read my audiobook,” he wrote on Twitter.
Poured myself a glass of something nice to read my audiobook. You can blame the wine for the expletives. #OnTheHouse #13Apr2021 pic.twitter.com/5uN709ipOs
— John Boehner (@SpeakerBoehner) February 25, 2021
“You can blame the wine for the expletives.”
The spokesman for Boehner, David Schnittger, confirmed that “there were some off-script moments during his recording of the audiobook.”
“He pretty much just let it fly, as he did when he was working on the book itself. He’s not really interested in being anything other than himself these days. That is kind of the spirit of the entire project.”
As for Cruz, it’s no secret that Boehner hates his guts.
In 2016 he infamously called the Texas senator “Lucifer in the flesh.”
“I have Democrat friends and Republican friends,” Boehner said. “I get along with almost everyone, but I have never worked with a more miserable son of a b**** in my life.”
Cruz has been hit by both sides after his alleged trip to Cancun, Mexico made headlines as Texas residents suffered through catastrophic weather conditions.
Perhaps Boehner’s comments had much to do with the controversy.
Or, as a figurehead of the Republican establishment, Boehner just felt like telling Cruz and his supporters off.
The Horn editorial team