ADVERTISEMENT The Ohio Republican recently tweeted that he had been reading his book for the recording with "a glass of something nice" in-hand. "You can blame the wine for the expletives," the tweet continues. Poured myself a glass of something nice to read my audiobook. You can blame the wine for the expletives. #OnTheHouse#13Apr2021pic.twitter.com/5uN709ipOs— John Boehner (@SpeakerBoehner) February 25, 2021 The Hill has reached out to Cruz's office for comment. The Texas senator has famously clashed with members of his own party, and in 2016 his fellow Republican senator, Lindsey Graham Boehner and Cruz have clashed personally in the past as well, with the former House leader remarking that same year that Cruz was "Lucifer in the flesh” and a "miserable son of a bitch" during an address at Stanford University.