In Campaign Finance Flap, Ted Cruz's Lawyers Compare Him to Rosa Parks

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Ted Cruz, whose mere presence screams "civil rights icon" Gage Skidmore


It took a little digging through federal court documents and a helpful tweet pointing us in the right direction, but the Observer had the distinct pleasure of witnessing the origin story of Texas' newest civil rights icon Monday. Turns out, he's been sitting right in front of us the whole time. His name is Sen. Ted Cruz, and he's just like Rosa Parks.

At least that's what the Houston native's Friday court filing in his ongoing campaign finance lawsuit would have us believe.

Broken down to its simplest terms, Cruz's suit challenges a federal law that bans candidates from raising more than $250,000 after an election to repay loans given to an election campaign by the candidate running. The law is intended to do two things: to prevent very wealthy candidates from loaning their campaign exorbitant sums, only to be paid back piecemeal months, years and decades after the election, and to stop what are essentially large cash transfers between donors and candidates.

According to Cruz, who loaned and took out loans worth $260,000 for his 2018 Senate campaign, his being unable to get that last $10,000 back is the equivalent to Parks being forced to sit at the back of the bus.

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