Look Out Lucifer! Boehner Plans to Roast Enemies and Settle Scores at WH Correspondents' Dinner
Source: The London Daily Mail 13:15 EST, 30 April 2016 |
Ted Cruz isn't going to have the last word in his feud with former House Speaker John Boehner, as the lawmaker who branded Cruz 'Lucifer in the flesh' is set to have some fun before all of political Washington at the White House Correspondents Dinner, MailOnline.com has learned.
Boehner is still seething over Cruz – having branded him 'Lucifer in the Flesh' during a Stanford University speech this week.
Boehner repeated his 'son of a bitch' characterization when the DailyMail spoke to him at a low-key DC waterfront watering hole just as most of DC was heading to glitzy lobbyist-subsidized parties.
'After he got elected, he never spoke to me a single time,' Boehner fumed – suggesting it was Cruz who was in bad form by not approaching the senior lawmaker with whom he had worked before.
Cruz put it differently on Thursday, when he said: 'I've never worked with John Boehner… I've never known the man' as a way of fending off Boehner's searing attack.
Boehner did a video taping on Friday, suggesting he may play into some kind of a sketch Saturday night, but would only hint at what might be in store.
'Before the weekend, there'll be some news,' he said cryptically, after taking time to meet a group of young teachers at Jefferson Academy high school in DC.
Boehner has also clashed repeatedly with Tea Party conservative members of the GOP-controlled House who favored no-holds-barred tactics including shutting down the government if necessary to meet their goals, so it's unclear exactly who might get branded in his routine.
President Obama is set to speak at the dinner, while Larry Wilmore is delivering the traditional stand-up comedy routine.
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