“Is there something about the left — and I am going to put the media in this category — that is obsessed with sex?”
— Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX), quoted by the Texas Tribune, when asked about gay rights.
“Is there something about the left — and I am going to put the media in this category — that is obsessed with sex?”
— Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX), quoted by the Texas Tribune, when asked about gay rights.
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