Ted Cruz Clashes With Health Care Protesters At July 4 Celebration
Source: Talking Points Memo
At a rally and parade in the border town of McAllen, Texas on Independence Day, Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) clashed with a group of protesters who booed, heckled, and attempted to question him about his support for a bill that would repeal the Affordable Care Act.
According to a reporter with the Texas Tribune, Cruz attempted to work the crowd and shake hands while avoiding the protesters, who held up signs reading Were pissed, No Medicaid cuts and No transfer of wealth 4 our healtha reference to the massive tax cuts for the wealthy in the Senate GOPs health care bill. Other protesters held signs attacking Cruz for his positions on immigration and climate change.
Read more: http://talkingpointsmemo.com/dc/ted-cruz-july-4-protest-health-care
Hey asshole, yes you Cruz, your a fucking asshole
Plucketeer
(12,882 posts)We ALL need to get right in the faces of these elected bandits and shame them out of town!
Chickensoup
(650 posts)To defend his wife and his father
From insults and lies he becomes a man
Who lost all credibility to be a leader
Shame on you Cruz.
FIND ANOTHER JOB.
Sneederbunk
(14,289 posts)dembotoz
(16,799 posts)If something passes it will get worse.
I am sure they know that
Question is what steps will they take
Matthew28
(1,796 posts)where most of the nation is sick, dying or poor as hell. The guy is one of the most evil of the entire hive of republicans in congress.
red dog 1
(27,792 posts)..and the bartender says: "How are you, Senator Cruz?"
thecrow
(5,519 posts)oh I think you know the answer!
Good one, red dog 1 !
red dog 1
(27,792 posts)Blue Idaho
(5,045 posts)mountain grammy
(26,614 posts)ProudMNDemocrat
(16,783 posts)Rafael Eduardo "Ted" Cruz is up for re-election in 2018. Whomever the Democratic Party candidate is, and I hope it is one of the Castro brothers, drives it home that Cruz has been only in this for himself.
Cruz needs to find another job, like reading Dr. Seuss to Pre-Schoolers.
riversedge
(70,185 posts)....Cruz, who is running for reelection and fending off a challenge from Rep. Beto ORourke (D-TX), acknowledged the loud protest when he took the podium to speak Tuesday morning.
I will say you have a right to speak, and I will always defend your right, he said, according to the Texas Tribune. He ended his speech, however, with a dig at the protesters, calling them our friends who are so energized today that they believe that yelling is a wonderful thing to do. When later asked by a reporter about the demonstrators, he dismissed them as a small group of people on the left who right now are very angry.
Cruz wrapped up his appearance by riding through the streets of McAllen in a vintage convertible.
guss
(239 posts)The 3 top Threats to the American people right now!
Mitch McConnel
Paul Ryan
Ted Cruz
I Would put Trump, Bannon, and Puton but..
the Top three are the ones enabling those Grifters