Former House Speaker John Boehner
John Andrew BoehnerHarry Reid reacts to Boehner book excerpt: 'We didn't mince words' Cruz on Boehner: 'I wear with pride his drunken, bloviated scorn' Boehner on Clinton impeachment: 'I regret that I didn't fight against it' MORE (R-Ohio) said former President Trump
Donald TrumpHarry Reid reacts to Boehner book excerpt: 'We didn't mince words' Man arrested for allegedly threatening to stab undercover Asian officer in NYC Trump says GOP will take White House in 2024 in prepared speech MORE “stepped all over their loyalty” when he peddled claims of voter fraud to his followers in the months following the 2020 election.
In an interview days before the release of his memoir, “On the House: A Washington Memoir,” BoehnerJohn Andrew BoehnerHarry Reid reacts to Boehner book excerpt: 'We didn't mince words' Cruz on Boehner: 'I wear with pride his drunken, bloviated scorn' Boehner on Clinton impeachment: 'I regret that I didn't fight against it' MORE told USA Today that he decided to speak out after the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol to hold Trump responsible for his part in the insurrection.
"I don't think it was just about him showing up at a rally on Jan. 6th," Boehner told USA Today. "The comments that were made all summer about the election was going to be stolen from him, all the follow-up noise that occurred after the election – I kept looking for the facts."
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"What struck me, especially after the election, was, here's all these people loyal to Donald Trump, and he abused them," Boehner added. "He stepped all over their loyalty to him by continuing to say things that just weren't true."
Days after the insurrection Boehner tweeted a condemnation of the attack and denounced the Republican Party, and he sent an emotional email to an informal group of friends, allies and former aides, which he refers to as "Boehnerland."
I once said the party of Lincoln and Reagan is off taking a nap. The nap has become a nightmare for our nation. The GOP must awaken. The invasion of our Capitol by a mob, incited by lies from some entrusted with power, is a disgrace to all who sacrificed to build our Republic.
— John Boehner (@SpeakerBoehner) January 7, 2021
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In December, then Attorney General Bill Barr said that the Department of Justice had uncovered no evidence of widespread voter fraud that would change the outcome of the election. Dozens of courts have also shot down lawsuits alleging the election wasn't legitimate.
In his book, Boehner also recalls the first time he met Trump: over a game of golf during a fundraising tour with two insurance executives at Trump National Golf Club in Westchester, New York, USA Today reported.
Boehner, who at the time was the House minority leader, said he was informed “out of nowhere” that Trump would be the group’s fourth.
"He was very friendly, but in an in-your-face, this-is-how-they-talk-in-New-York kind of way that I was not used to at all," Boehner recalled, according to USA Today.
"Direct, loud, intense," he added.
He writes that a young aide to Boehner embarrassed Trump by giving him the wrong name for one of the insurance executives, prompting Trump to dress him down in an expletive-laced tirade which Boehner called “dark.”
Boehner recalls Trump calling the aide an “idiot.”
"This was more than New York bluster," Boehner wrote, according to USA Today. "This was real anger, over something very, very small. We had no idea then what that anger would do to our country."
Boehner also writes about calls Trump made early in his presidency to the former House Speaker for advice. Among other things, USA Today reported, Boehner advised Trump to stop tweeting.
When considering how history would judge the 45th president, Boehner writes “Well, I don’t think very well.”
The comments from Boehner come days before the release of his memoir, where the former House Speaker offers his commentary on a number of Washington power players.
In the book, Boehner calls Sen. Ted Cruz
Rafael (Ted) Edward CruzHarry Reid reacts to Boehner book excerpt: 'We didn't mince words' GOP lawmakers block Biden assistance to Palestinians Cruz on Boehner: 'I wear with pride his drunken, bloviated scorn' MORE (R-Texas) a “reckless asshole” and former Rep. Michele Bachmann
Michele Marie Bachmann MSNBC host: Boehner going after GOP 'crazies' now is 'too little too late' Boehner on Bachmann: Right-wing media made 'people who used to be fringe characters into powerful media stars' Evangelicals shouldn't be defending Trump in tiff over editorial MORE (R-Minn.) a “lunatic,” and he says conservative pundits like Sean Hannity
Sean Patrick HannityCruz on Boehner: 'I wear with pride his drunken, bloviated scorn' MSNBC host: Boehner going after GOP 'crazies' now is 'too little too late' Sean Hannity responds to former Speaker Boehner: 'What's up with all the crying John?' MORE and Rush Limbaugh are residents of “Looneyville.”
Boehner also called the claim of election fraud pushed by Trump a “bullshit” lie, and said he incited the “bloody insurrection” in January “for nothing more than selfish reasons.”
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