John Boehner John Andrew BoehnerLongtime House parliamentarian to step down Five things we learned from this year's primaries Bad blood between Pelosi, Meadows complicates coronavirus talks MORE compared Ted Cruz Rafael (Ted) Edward CruzSenate Republicans face tough decision on replacing Ginsburg Cruz: Trump should nominate a Supreme Court justice next week Renewed focus on Trump's Supreme Court list after Ginsburg's death MORE to Satan. Rep. Pete King (R-N.Y.) says Boehner John Andrew BoehnerLongtime House parliamentarian to step down Five things we learned from this year's primaries Bad blood between Pelosi, Meadows complicates coronavirus talks MORE was being too kind.

King on Thursday echoed the former Speaker's assessment of the GOP presidential candidate as "Lucifer in the flesh."

"I fully agree with John Boehner, and maybe it gives Lucifer a bad name by comparing him to Ted Cruz," King said on CNN's "Wolf."

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Boehner reportedly ripped Cruz on Wednesday night at Stanford University, calling him a "miserable son of a bitch."

"He allowed his inner Trump to come out," Cruz fired back Thursday at Boehner.

King accused Cruz of having "perpetrated a fraud and a hoax" with his push in 2013 to defund ObamaCare, which eventually led a government shutdown.

He has previously expressed hatred for Cruz, saying he'd "take a cyanide if [Cruz] ever got the nomination."

King on Thursday, however, mentioned "one good decision" from Cruz, praising the Texas senator's pick of former Hewlett-Packard CEO Carly Fiorina as his running mate.