Cruz shrugs off Boehner’s ‘drunken, bloviated scorn’ after former House speaker called him a ‘jerk’

His tweet was in response to a teaser clip of Boehner’s Sunday interview with CBS, where the former House speaker said he doesn’t like to “beat anyone up” but went on to say Cruz is a “jerk” and accused him of “making a lot of noise” but not being very productive in Congress.

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“I don’t beat anybody up — it’s not really my style, except for that jerk,” he said. “Perfect symbol, you know, of getting elected, making a lot of noise, draw a lot of attention to yourself, raise a lot of money, which means you’re gonna go make more noise, raise more money — it’s really unfortunate.”

The comments come as Boehner is on a media tour promoting his new book, On The House: A Washington Memoir. The book is set for release next week.

The two Republicans have sparred in the past, including in February after reports surfaced that Boehner told Cruz to go “go f— yourself” while recording his audiobook.

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“You know yesterday, John Boehner made some news,” Cruz said at the Conservative Political Action Conference. “He suggested that I do something that is anatomically impossible. To which my response was: Who’s John Boehner?”

That same month, Boehner tweeted a photo of himself with a glass of wine, captioned: “Poured myself a glass of something nice to read my audiobook. You can blame the wine for the expletives.”