These are some things Cruz brought to the table a while back....
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Well, in honor of Cruz’s announcement, I thought we’d look back at 10 of the most absurd things the Texas senator has said or done since he was elected in 2012. While there are more than 10, I picked that number for the sake of all of our time. So, in no particular order, let’s get started!
10. He recently
publicly pushed for the repeal of a federal law that doesn’t exist.
9. While trying to bash President Obama and Hillary Clinton, he managed to not only point out just how terrible George W. Bush’s policies were for our economy, but he essentially proved that trickle-down economics is disastrous for our economy.
8. During the net neutrality debate, Cruz was proud to
show off the fact that he clearly has no idea what the term actually means.
7. As the Ebola “scare” raged on last year, Cruz publicly denounced the information the CDC was giving Americans about the virus (information that turned out to be
100 percent correct)…
because it was too complex for him to understand.
6. We can’t forget
the time he was booed off stage at a Christian event.
5. After building a large part of his political career on opposing the Affordable Care Act,
he was asked what his alternative would be if the law were to be repealed – then proceeded to look like a fool trying to dodge the question, never once offering any sort of alternative.
4. During a recent speech his fear-mongering was so ridiculous that
it startled a poor little girl in the audience, whose mother then lied to her to ease her fears.
3. Just a few weeks after our government shutdown ended, Cruz tried to claim at an event that he never wanted a shutdown –
and the audience erupted into laughter.
2. A couple of weeks ago he gave one of his usual speeches loaded with “applause points” -
that were met with absolute silence.
1. He proudly proclaimed that we needed “100 more senators like Jesse Helms” – a racist who opposed the Civil Rights Act; supported apartheid in South Africa; frequently tried to block the appointment of African-American judges; and used a filibuster to try to prevent naming a federal holiday after Martin Luther King.
I’d be remiss if I didn’t mention his infamous moment on the Senate floor when he
twisted the meaning of Dr. Seuss’s classic
Green Eggs and Ham to suit his anti-Obamacare agenda – that embarrassing moment stands in a league of its own.
http://www.forwardprogressives.com/top-10-most-embarrassing-ted-cruz-moments/
