During the publicity tour for his new book, On the House: A Washington Memoir, former House Majority Leader John Boehner brags about pulling no punches, even among his former political allies.

The longtime Republican stalwart writes that his party has been hijacked by “whack jobs.” In interviews, he’s called the Tea Party “crazy” and comprised of “knuckleheads.” He’s threatened to beat up “jerk” Ted Cruz. He called Jim Jordan a “political terrorist.”

Appearing on The View, Boehner also took aim at Donald Trump, saying the former president’s embrace of election fraud conspiracy theories was “one of the sadder things I’ve seen in the last 40 years in politics.”

So who did Boehner vote for in 2020? Trump.

In an interview with Time Magazine, Boehner explained:

I voted for Donald Trump. I thought that his policies, by and large, mirrored the policies that I believed in. I thought the choices for the Supreme Court were top notch. At the end of the day, who gets nominated to the federal courts is really the most important thing a President does.

When asked if he regrets not being more active in pushing back against Trump’s Stop the Steal conspiracy theories, Boehner replied, “No. I’m retired. I try to stay out of the day-to-day rumble of politics. I really didn’t need to speak up.”

But in his book, according to excerpts in the New York Times, Boehner writes that Trump’s “refusal to accept the result of the election not only cost Republicans the Senate but led to mob violence. … It was painful to watch.”

“I’ll admit I wasn’t prepared for what came after the election,” Boehner’s book continues. “Trump refusing to accept the results and stoking the flames of conspiracy that turned into violence in the seat of our democracy, the building over which I once presided.”

In the interview with Time Magazine, Boehner is asked if he misses politics.

“No. No. No. No. No. No. No. No. No. No. No. No,” he replied. “Listen, I enjoyed my time, and I was never going to be one of those old guys walking around the halls of Congress who didn’t quite know where he was.”