Ted Cruz seems to person this wont of getting himself into precarious situations. Pickles, if you will.
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Like leaving Texas — the authorities helium serves arsenic a legislator — for Cancún, Mexico, during a historical ice storm.
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Then doing it again. Going to Laguna Beach, California, conscionable arsenic different wintertime tempest was gearing up to deed Texas this past January.
And trying to joke astir the backlash...

Now, he's trying to speech severely astir Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez for...being a bartender.

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Big mistake. Big! HUGE!

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Recently, AOC made comments astir the American Revolution, arguing that the question was "against the billionaires of their time." Which, seemingly, had Mr. Cruz feeling immoderate benignant of way.

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He talked to his buddy Sean Hannity astir it, saying, "It was American escaped endeavor capitalists who invested successful seeking freedom, and, by the way, AOC besides said it is intolerable for anyone to gain a cardinal dollars."

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(Note: AOC did not accidental it was intolerable for anyone to marque a cardinal dollars. She said it was intolerable to gain a cardinal dollars without others suffering arsenic a result.)
Cruz continued, saying, "Which, look, I admit for her, fixed that she was a bartender, that is astir apt true."

"And there's nary disrespect to bartenders. Bartenders are an honorable profession. But she went from that to being a authorities worker and a parasite sucking connected the taxpayer," helium said.

OOOOOKAYYYYYYYY!

For context, AOC has spoken astatine magnitude astir her clip arsenic a bartender before, when, astatine 29, she became the youngest pistillate and Latina elected to Congress. After her father's abrupt passing and the 2008 fiscal crisis, Ocasio-Cortez says she "pulled other shifts" to "support her family."

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Obviously, radical were speedy to constituent retired that, by his definition, Cruz, who is besides a authorities employee, is simply a "parasite sucking connected the taxpayer," too. "Who wants to archer him?" 1 tweet reads.

"So AOC is simply a authorities worker and a paracite suck disconnected the taxpayers.. How agelong has Ted Cruz been successful authorities again? Has helium ever done thing different than grandstand connected Fox News and tally to Cancun?"

"Ted Cruz conscionable called himself a parasite sucking connected the taxpayer."

A newsman asked AOC astir Cruz's comments, and her effect was very, precise direct.

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"It's not a secret. The disdain that Ted Cruz has for radical who enactment working-class jobs," she started.

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The 36-year-old congressperson continued, "It's not a secret...what helium thinks of the waitresses, the enactment cooks. He thinks that we're little than him."

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"He thinks that due to the fact that helium has a Harvard grade and ne'er scrubbed a array that that makes him amended than idiosyncratic who's really had to enactment for a living," she added.

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"I deliberation it's comic that he's been taking a authorities paycheck for 23 years, but has the audacity to knock idiosyncratic who has travel from a household that had to enactment their mode up and gain their spot here. And, you know, if that's however helium feels, that's however helium feels. I don't instrumentality it personally," she finished.

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The lone mode I tin picture the effect online is BOOM! BLAMO! WHAM!

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You tin ticker the afloat clip here.
"WHACK HIM AGAIN," 1 idiosyncratic posted.

"She perfectly bodied him. Somewhere Cruz’s girl is softly liking the clip."

"Cruz is simply a loser and I’m gladsome she’s conscionable breezing past his bullshit with intelligence, class, and poise."

"She’s truthful good."

"Someone get a assemblage container for @tedcruz."

"TATTOO IT ON MY FUCKING SKULL."
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"In lawsuit anyone hasn’t done this successful a while, I conscionable wanted to accidental fuck you @tedcruz."


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