Boehner Throws Shade At Ted Cruz And Slams GOP's 'False Prophets'
.. as Boehner would like to exorcise unrealistic and damaging expectations from Ted Cruz and the rest of his hyperventilating Tea Party buddies ..
BySara Jerde Published September 27, 2015, 3:00 PM EDT
House Speaker John Boehner slammed fellow Republicans Sunday, calling them false prophets for unrealistic expectations for Congress, and reminded everyone that he once called Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) a "jackass."
Boehner told CBS "Face the Nation" host John Dickerson that some Republicans had "unrealistic" expectations for how quickly things could be done in Congress because of the way the country's founding fathers designed the system.
"They wanted this long, slow process," Boehner said. "And so change comes slowly, and obviously too slowly for some."
Dickerson asked Boehner if they were unrealistic about what could be accomplished in government.
"Absolutely they're unrealistic," Boehner said. "But the Bible says, beware of false prophets. And there are people out there spreading noise about how much can get done."
Dickerson asked if he considered Cruz, a Republican presidential candidate, a "false prophet."
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