Cruz: I’m Trying To Ignore ‘The Politics’

Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, speaks to reporters as he leaves the floor of the Senate after skirmishing with Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., over the Affordable Care Act, popularly know as Obamacare, at the Cap... Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, speaks to reporters as he leaves the floor of the Senate after skirmishing with Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., over the Affordable Care Act, popularly know as Obamacare, at the Capitol in Washington, Monday, Sept. 23, 2013. The Republican-controlled House and the Democrat-controlled Senate are at an impasse after GOP conservatives approved legislation Friday in the House to keep the government running but at the cost of wiping out President Obama's signature health care law. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite) MORE LESS
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Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) on Sunday said that he has been trying to avoid the politics of Washington, D.C.

“This is a city where it’s all politics all the time, and I’m trying to do my best not to pay attention to the politics,” he said in an interview with ABC’s “This Week.” “I know that’s hard to believe, because no one in this town does that.”

Cruz said that his goal is not to make friends in Congress, but to serve Texans, regardless of how his fellow lawmakers view him.

“This is a time for people to step up and do the right thing, and that’s what I’m trying to do,” he said. “Nobody should be surprised, if you’re trying to change Washington that the Washington establishment pushes back.”

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