Boehner's Ridicule Not Exclusive to Reporters

House Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio) is known to poke at reporters during pressers. Most recently he got on NBC Luke Russert’s case for being loud. But he has ridiculed them for far worse — shoes, hair, ties.

But in the WaPo Magazine cover story Sunday, we see that reporters aren’t the only ones who endure jabs from Boehner. He takes his dry wit out on colleagues too, razzing at least one for being overweight and others vying for his job.

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