What kind of leader speaks like this? It’s obvious that there’s lots of frustration within the RINO delegation of the Republican party. The heat’s on these guys and they don’t like it. Ted Cruz should feel honored to be called a “jackass” by none other than Speaker of the House John Boehner. 

Speaker of the House John Boehner stunned audience members Wednesday evening at a Colorado fundraiser by referring to Republican presidential candidate Ted Cruz as a “jackass”.

At a Steamboat Springs event for GOP Rep. Scott Tipton, the Ohio Republican quipped that he likes how Cruz’s presidential campaign keeps “that jackass” out of Washington, and from telling Boehner how to do his job.

That remark rubbed some attendees the wrong way.

“I don’t think it’s terribly speaker-like, and I think it kind of goes against everything that Reagan ever said about disparaging Republicans,” said Ed MacArthur, the president of Native Excavating, who attended the fundraiser.

Read more: Daily Caller

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