Ryan Sidesteps Boehner’s ‘Lucifer’ Jab At Cruz: I Still Want To Be Friends (VIDEO)

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House Speaker Paul Ryan (R-WI) on Thursday sidestepped directly responding to his predecessor’s claim that Republican presidential candidate Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) was “Lucifer in the flesh.”

Former House Speaker John Boehner (R-OH) said Wednesday during a talk at Stanford University that he got along with most people, but not Cruz. Boehner additionally called Cruz “a miserable son of a bitch.”

Ryan said he has a “much better relationship than that with Sen. Cruz” when asked to his respond to Boehner’s comments at his weekly press conference.

“Look, my job is to help unify our party, is to take all pieces of the conservative movement in the Republican Party and help stitch them together, especially after a primary,” Ryan said. “I have a very good relationship with both of these men and I’m going to keep it that way.”

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  1. “Look, my job is to help unify our party, is to take all pieces of the conservative movement in the Republican Party and help stitch them together, especially after a primary,” Ryan said. “I have a very good relationship with both of these men and I’m going to keep it that way.”

    sounds like the sorta statement one of Lucifer’s minions would make… :smiling_imp:

  2. The GOP is fractured and I hope like hell it gets worse.

    Fuck them.

  3. We can’t play this game anymore, but
    Can we still be friends?
    Things just can’t go on like before, but
    Can we still be friends?

  4. Look, the only persuasive tactic I’m capable of using is to say ‘look’ at the top of every sentence. Look, my abs are firm if my resolve isn’t…

  5. “Look, my job is to help unify our party, to take all pieces of the conservative movement in the
    Republican Party and help stitch them together; even the ones off Count Dracula’s cape.”

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