Ted Cruz

Cruz Says Obama Was a ‘Russian Bootlicker’

August 5, 2018 at 1:28 pm EDT By Taegan Goddard Leave a Comment

Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) “used a protester’s outburst Saturday to riff on how unhinged the left is, how the display of anger was evidence of the tough race he faces against Rep. Beto O’Rourke in the fall, and how it was really President Obama who colluded with Russia,” the Austin American Statesman reports.

Said Cruz: “It seems to me the very definition of cowardice is standing up and screaming like a child and being afraid to engage in any substance, not knowing any substance, which is why you’re afraid to engage in any substance, and just yelling, ‘Russia, Russia, Russia,’ which is what I guess the fever swamps of the left have told him.”

He added: “The irony of course is that eight years of Obama were eight years of absolute appeasement. We saw eight years of bootlicking for Vladimir Putin.”

Cruz Urges Vote Against Republican In Illinois

June 30, 2018 at 1:25 pm EDT By Taegan Goddard Leave a Comment

Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) “made known his distaste for a Republican congressional candidate who is a Holocaust denier — so much so that he encouraged people in that district to vote for the Democrat,” the Daily Beast reports.

Said Cruz: “This is horrific. An avowed Nazi running for Congress.”

He added: “To the good people of Illinois, you have two reasonable choices: write in another candidate, or vote for the Democrat. This bigoted fool should receive ZERO votes.”

Cruz Won’t Comment on Trump’s Pardon Claims

June 4, 2018 at 7:49 pm EDT By Taegan Goddard Leave a Comment

Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) was asked if he agreed with President Trump’s assertion that a president can pardon himself.

The audio shows Cruz was silent for 18 seconds before saying it’s not a constitutional area he’s studied.

Cruz Was Behind D’Souza Pardon

May 31, 2018 at 3:27 pm EDT By Taegan Goddard Leave a Comment

Dinesh D’Souza told the Daily Caller that Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) was the major impetus behind his pardon by President Trump.

“D’Souza noted that he and his wife had dinner with Cruz approximately a month ago. At the dinner, the senator made clear he would push for a pardon during his conversations with President Donald Trump. D’Souza said he then received a call in recent days from Cruz, who told him Trump was very receptive to the pardon and that action could be coming imminently.”

Democrats See a Chance at Beating Ted Cruz

March 6, 2018 at 5:32 pm EDT By Taegan Goddard Leave a Comment

“Voters in Texas on Tuesday are setting up a showdown that Democrats hope will lead to their first victory in a statewide election there since 1994, with Rep. Beto O’Rourke vying to compete for the Senate seat of Republican Ted Cruz,” the Washington Post reports.

“It’s a daunting task for O’Rourke, 45, a three-term congressman. But there are signs he could at least keep November’s election close, including an impressive early-vote turnout among Democrats for Tuesday’s primaries, robust fundraising reports and polls showing declines in popularity for Cruz and President Trump. Neither O’Rourke nor Cruz is facing serious competition in Tuesday’s primaries.”

Cruz Warns Republicans of Coming Bloodbath

October 14, 2017 at 8:49 am EDT By Taegan Goddard Leave a Comment

Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) warned that Republicans could face a “Watergate-level blowout” in the midterm elections if they don’t make major legislative strides on taxes and health care, the Washington Post reports.

Said Cruz: “If tax reform crashes and burns, if on Obamacare, nothing happens, we could face a bloodbath.”

Cruz Not Ready to Support Latest GOP Health Bill

September 24, 2017 at 12:16 pm EDT By Taegan Goddard Leave a Comment

Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) told the Texas Tribune that he’s not ready to vote for the Graham-Cassidy health care bill which would repeal the Affordable Care Act.

Said Cruz: “Right now they don’t have my vote, and I don’t think they have Mike Lee’s either.”

Cruz Insists He Did Not ‘Like’ Porn Video

September 13, 2017 at 5:58 pm EDT By Taegan Goddard Leave a Comment

Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) denied that he was the one who liked a pornographic video from his Twitter account, CNN reports.

Said Cruz: “It was not me,” while calling the mishap “an honest mistake” by a staffer in his office.

Cruz No Longer ‘Likes’ Pornographic Post

September 12, 2017 at 8:33 am EDT By Taegan Goddard Leave a Comment

A spokeswoman for Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) announced that a “like” on a pornographic post on the Texas lawmaker’s Twitter account has been undone and reported to the social media site, Politico reports.

The Verge: “t’s unclear if Cruz liked the video himself, or if it was the late-night work of an aid that manages his social media presence. Nevertheless, Ted Cruz quickly became a trending topic and the butt of a raging internet joke machine. The last time Cruz reached this level of popularity on Twitter was when the internet wondered aloud if Cruz was the unidentified Zodiac Killer.”

Insurers Say Cruz Proposal Is ‘Unworkable’

July 15, 2017 at 7:47 am EDT By Taegan Goddard Leave a Comment

David Nather: “Two major health insurance trade groups launched an unusually direct attack on Sen. Ted Cruz’s insurance deregulation proposal tonight, warning Senate Republicans that it would damage the protections for people with pre-existing conditions — the one thing they promised not to do in repealing and replacing the Affordable Care Act.”

From the letter to Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell: “It is simply unworkable in any form and would undermine protections for those with pre-existing medical conditions, increase premiums and lead to widespread terminations of coverage for people currently enrolled in the individual market.”

Grassley Says Cruz Amendment May Be ‘Subterfuge’

July 7, 2017 at 4:18 pm EDT By Taegan Goddard Leave a Comment

Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-IA) told Iowa Public Radio that he probably won’t support an amendment by Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) to the Senate’s Obamacare repeal bill.

“Cruz proposes allowing insurance companies to sell two types of healthcare policies, one that is compliant with the Affordable Care Act and one that is not. Grassley says he’s concerned how Cruz’s amendment might affect people with pre-existing conditions.”

Said Grassley: “There’s a real feeling that that’s subterfuge to get around pre-existing conditions. If it is subterfuge and it has the effect of annihilating the pre-existing condition requirement that we have in the existing bill, than obviously I would object to that.”

Cruz Backs ‘Clean Repeal’ of Obamacare

July 6, 2017 at 11:12 pm EDT By Taegan Goddard Leave a Comment

Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) said “that he agrees with President Trump: If Republican senators are unable to pass a bill to repeal and replace key parts of the Affordable Care Act, the Senate should vote on a narrower bill to simply repeal the law and work on a replacement later,” the Washington Post reports.

Said Cruz: “If we cannot bring the conference together and agree on repeal legislation, then I think President Trump’s absolutely right that we should pass a clean repeal.”

Cruz said such a repeal should be delayed “either a year or two years” to give lawmakers time to work on a replacement.

Senate Republicans Ask for Two CBO Scores

July 1, 2017 at 4:50 pm EDT By Taegan Goddard Leave a Comment

Caitlin Owens: “Senate Republicans have asked the Congressional Budget Office to analyze Sen. Ted Cruz’s proposal for further health insurance deregulation, and they’ve asked for one estimate of a health care bill that includes his changes and one that doesn’t.”

“That would give Republicans a better idea of the impact of his proposal, which would let insurers sell health plans that don’t meet Affordable Care Act standards — including, potentially, waiving the pre-existing condition rules — as long as they also sell plans that comply with all of the ACA insurance regulations.”

Cruz and Lee Now Play an Inside Game

July 1, 2017 at 12:06 pm EDT By Taegan Goddard Leave a Comment

“Four years ago, Mike Lee and Ted Cruz launched an all-out media blitz to stop Obamacare implementation that culminated in a 16-day government shutdown. Now the conservative senators are still pressuring GOP leaders to go further than their colleagues in gutting the law, but they’re making their push through quiet backroom conversations instead,” Politico reports.

“It’s a shift for the Senate GOP’s two leading agitators, who are trying to build consensus in their own unique, hard-line way. And where they end up will ultimately determine whether Republicans are able to pass a bill.”

“If Lee and Cruz are able to help craft a compromise that can win 50 Republican votes, their support will go far in easing concerns from other conservatives who still deride the bill as Obamacare-lite. Yet the firm positions of Cruz (R-Texas) and Lee (R-Utah) are still imperiling the Senate Republicans’ repeal effort by pushing the party more to the right than many more centrist lawmakers would like to go.”

From Lucifer to Dealmaker

June 12, 2017 at 8:44 am EDT By Taegan Goddard Leave a Comment

Bloomberg: “Ted Cruz is trying a radically new role: dealmaker.”

“The first-term senator from Texas is seeking to unite warring wings of the Republican Party around an effort to kill Obamacare and is showing a new willingness to compromise with colleagues to devise a replacement plan.”

“It’s a significant departure for the formerly obstructionist Cruz, who lost the Republican presidential contest to Donald Trump and has long had icy relations with other lawmakers. Cruz once called Majority Leader Mitch McConnell a liar on the Senate floor, and former Republican House Speaker John Boehner once called Cruz ‘Lucifer in the flesh’ and the most ‘miserable son of a bitch’ he had ever worked with. His most notable legislative accomplishment so far has been to help force a shutdown of the government for 16 days in 2013 in an unsuccessful effort to strip funding from Obamacare.”

Cruz Failed to Disclose Loans from Goldman Sachs

May 26, 2017 at 9:39 am EDT By Taegan Goddard Leave a Comment

Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) “improperly accounted for loans he received from Goldman Sachs Group Inc. and Citigroup Inc. during his 2012 campaign, saying the funds were his own personal contributions to the Senate race,” Bloomberg reports.

“The finding, released on the FEC website, marked a rare instance of agreement among the agency’s five commissioners, who voted unanimously that the $1.1 million of loans from the banks should have been disclosed to voters.”