If Steny Hoyer was twice as smart, he’d still be stupid.

WASHINGTON — House Democratic Whip Steny Hoyer (D-Md.) said that former President Ronald Reagan would not be “comfortable” among the House Republican conference of today because House Republicans refuse to “compromise” on raising taxes. However, when Reagan famously cut taxes in 1981 against strong Democratic opposition in the Senate, a then-younger Rep. Steny Hoyer voted for those tax cuts.

“Reagan, of course, is somewhat out of style except theoretically nowadays,” said Hoyer at a press briefing on Tuesday at the Capitol. “Reagan would not have felt comfortable in my opinion in the Republican conference [because] he was prepared to sit down and work together.”

In citing Reagan, Hoyer criticized Republicans for wanting to pass a business tax cut while opposing the Buffett Rule, which would impose a 30 percent minimum income tax on people making more than $1 million per year.

“They rejected the Buffett Rule — which would say to the wealthiest among us, ‘pay your fair share’ — and at the same time give the wealthiest among us more,” Hoyer charged.