/ Source: MSNBC TV
Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) is worried about Democrats "poisoning the atmosphere of the Senate." No, seriously.
HUNT: Will it complicate passing budgets or debt ceilings or anything? CRUZ: Of course it will. I mean, it will poison the atmosphere of the Senate.
I should note that I’ve only seen the transcript, and therefore have no idea whether the right-wing Texan was able to say this with a straight face.
Either way, let’s not forget that this is the same Ted Cruz who helped oversee his party’s government-shutdown strategy. Cruz has repeatedly drawn the ire of his own Republican colleagues who’ve been the targets of his extremist tactics. Cruz won’t endorse his own Senate allies. A “remarkable number” of lawmakers in both parties have come forward “to say that they think Cruz is kind of a jerk.”
He’s the guy who wants to talk about poisoning the atmosphere of the Senate? Maybe someone else can take the lead on defending institutional comity?
