Sen. Tex Cruz (R-TX) on Wednesday claimed that Democrats are trying to provoke a government shutdown by refusing to pass a spending bill by midnight Friday to keep the lights on.
“I think Chuck Schumer and the Democrats want a shutdown, I think they’re trying to provoke a fight,” Cruz said on “Fox and Friends,” referring to Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY).
He said Senate Democrats are “terrified” of “a radical left base.”
“Schumer’s just trying to put more and more unreasonable demands, trying to force a shutdown to appease those who want total resistance, total opposition, who don’t want the Trump administration to succeed,” Cruz claimed.
.@tedcruz: Schumer doesn't care about the border wall. It's his radical left base that has him terrified if he doesn't oppose everything. pic.twitter.com/E9wWJtTmib
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“I think they’re trying to provoke a fight,””
How? Are they wearing tutus?
Call me when a Democrat shuts down the government to read Green Eggs and Ham. lyin’ Ted.
Translation: GOP is having problems passing a spending bill to keep the lights on so they’ll keep lurching from CR to CR in the indefinite future. Dems made us do this.
Oh, the irony, Carnival Cruz, the irony…
Still the most punchable face in Washington.