Boehner confronted Reid after criticism from Senate floor

Former House Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio) said in an article published on Sunday that a profanity-laced confrontation with then-Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) outside the Oval Office in 2013 brought the two men closer together. 

“I walked right up to him and said, ‘Harry, you can go f— yourself. You ever listen to that shit that comes out of your mouth?’ ” Boehner told Politico, recounting his discussion with Reid after the Nevada Democrat blasted Boehner on the Senate floor. Then-Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) was also reportedly present during the confrontation.

“I thought McConnell was going to have a heart attack,” Boehner told Politico.

{mosads}But Reid told the news outlet that while Boehner’s words were harsh, the Republican clearly wanted a better relationship with Reid. 

“Then he said, ‘We’ve got to get along better,’ ” Reid recalled, according to Politico. 

“That’s one reason I like him. He’s not a phony. … He wanted me to know that he wanted us to get along. So that was his way of telling me,” Reid said.

Boehner, who announced his resignation in 2015, told the publication the two became “really good friends” after the episode.

Reid retired roughly over a year after Boehner, and has offered commentary on their “special relationship” in the past.