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unhappycamper

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Mon Oct 20, 2014, 06:35 AM Oct 2014

Ted Cruz: Obama’s surgeon general pick isn’t a ‘health professional’ because he’s ‘anti-gun’

http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2014/10/ted-cruz-obamas-surgeon-general-pick-isnt-a-health-professional-because-hes-anti-gun/

Ted Cruz: Obama’s surgeon general pick isn’t a ‘health professional’ because he’s ‘anti-gun’
David Edwards
19 Oct 2014 at 11:07 ET

Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) on Sunday accused President Barack Obama’s pick for surgeon general of not being a “health care professional” because the doctor had backed a ban on military-style assault rifles.

During an interview on CNN, host Candy Crowley pointed out that the surgeon general should “voice” of public health during the Ebola crisis, but Republicans in the Senate had blocked the appointment of Dr. Vivek Murthy.

“Of course we should have a surgeon general in place,” Cruz told Crowley. “And we don’t have one because President Obama, instead of nominating a health professional, he nominated someone who is an anti-gun activist.”

“And a doctor,” Crowley pointed out. “That’s a health professional.”

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Cnn video at link.
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Ted Cruz: Obama’s surgeon general pick isn’t a ‘health professional’ because he’s ‘anti-gun’ (Original Post) unhappycamper Oct 2014 OP
Because gun-shot victims Turbineguy Oct 2014 #1
What do guns have to do with Ebola? liberal N proud Oct 2014 #2
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