Ted Cruz puts copy of John Boehner’s book in fireplace after ex-Speaker dubbed him ‘Lucifer in the flesh’

Ted Cruz puts copy of John Boehner’s book in fireplace after ex-Speaker dubbed him ‘Lucifer in the flesh’ (The Independentlink): Ted Cruz threw a copy of John Boehner’s new book in his fireplace after the ex-Speaker dubbed him “Lucifer in the flesh.” It is the latest episode in a long-running war of words between Mr Cruz and Mr Boehner, who has been a fierce critic of Donald Trump and the MAGA overthrow of the GOP.

The senator from Texas took to Twitter to say that “some smart ass” had dropped off a signed copy of Mr Boehner’s new book at his office.

In his forthcoming book, On the House: A Washington Memoir, Mr Boehner calls Mr Cruz“dangerous” and a “reckless a**hole”, because he thinks the senator has amplified divisions in the GOPHouse caucus.

And in the audiobook version of his memoir, the Ohio Republican even improvised an extra insult for him:”PS, Ted Cruz, go f*** yourself.”

“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,” Mr Boehner said of Mr Cruz in a CBS interview.

And the feelings of contempt are clearly mutual between the two men. “I filed it in the appropriate place,” tweeted Mr Cruz with a picture of the book ready to be set alight.  

It is not the first time that Mr Boehner has taken a public shot at Mr Cruz.

In 2016 – and in recent interviews to promote his book – he called Mr Cruz“Lucifer in the flesh” and told an audience that he’d “never worked with a more miserable son of a b**** in my life.”

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