--- title: Ted Cruz Ties John Boehner to Donald Trump in Harsh Rebuke description: Ted Cruz responded pointedly on Thursday to former House Speaker John Boehner's comments that Cruz was "lucifer in the flesh" canonical: https://time.com/4311228/ted-cruz-john-boehner-donald-trump/ author: Sam Frizell article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2016-04-28T17:31:38.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-10-05T08:50:21.206Z article:section: Politics og:title: Ted Cruz Ties John Boehner to Donald Trump in Harsh Rebuke og:description: Ted Cruz responded pointedly on Thursday to former House Speaker John Boehner's comments that Cruz was "lucifer in the flesh" og:url: https://time.com/4311228/ted-cruz-john-boehner-donald-trump/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt48399d18f7ff3b2c/69888a378e060180d6464f28/timepol-ted-cruz-republican-gop-democratic-presidential-candidate-primary-voting-08.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 3000 og:image:height: 1688 og:image:alt: TIMEPOL Ted Cruz og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Ted Cruz Ties John Boehner to Donald Trump in Harsh Rebuke twitter:description: Ted Cruz responded pointedly on Thursday to former House Speaker John Boehner's comments that Cruz was "lucifer in the flesh" twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt48399d18f7ff3b2c/69888a378e060180d6464f28/timepol-ted-cruz-republican-gop-democratic-presidential-candidate-primary-voting-08.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Ted Cruz Ties John Boehner to Donald Trump in Harsh Rebuke > Sponsored content. 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Ted Cruz [responded pointedly](http://www.cnn.com/2016/04/28/politics/john-boehner-ted-cruz-lucifer-stanford/) on Thursday to former House Speaker John Boehner’s comments that Cruz was “[lucifer in the flesh](http://time.com/4310768/john-boehner-ted-cruz-lucifer-in-the-flesh/?xid=homepage),” saying that Boehner had “allowed his inner Trump to come out.” “The interesting thing is I’ve never worked with John Boehner, I don’t know the man,” Cruz told reporters, in remarks reported by [CNN](http://www.cnn.com/2016/04/28/politics/john-boehner-ted-cruz-lucifer-stanford/). “Indeed, during the government shut down, I reached out to John Boehner, to work with him to get something meaningful done. He said, ‘I have no interest in talking to you.'” “When John Boehner calls me Lucifer, he is directing it at you. What Boehner is angry at is me standing with the American people,” Cruz continued. Boehner and Cruz clashed repeatedly since the Texas senator took his seat in 2013, fighting over how to challenge Obamacare and the government shutdown. The Texas senator also tweeted a response to Boehner, who said on Wednesday night at Stanford University he was a “texting buddy” of Donald Trump’s. > [](https://twitter.com/tedcruz/status/725692012129849345) Cruz is widely disliked on Capitol Hill, where he is known for railing publicly against his Senate colleagues and fellow Republicans. ## Transcript John Boehner had some interesting comments last night, he actually didn't abbreviate what he said, it was a little bit more expressive. He allowed his inner Trump to come out. John Boehner and his remarks describe Donald Trump as his texting and golfing buddy. So if you want someone that's a texting and golfing buddy, if you're happy with John Boehner as Speaker of the House and you want a president like John Boehner, Donald Trump's your man. When John Boehner calls me lucifer he's not directing that at me. He's directing that at you. What Boehner is angry with me for is not anything I've ever said to him. I haven't said much of anything to him. 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