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Ted Cruz Adviser’s ‘Bad Joke’: Blaming Ebola On Obamacare

U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, speaks during The Family Leadership Summit, Saturday, Aug. 9, 2014, in Ames, Iowa. The calendar says Iowa's presidential caucuses are more than a year away. But it's never too early for p... U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, speaks during The Family Leadership Summit, Saturday, Aug. 9, 2014, in Ames, Iowa. The calendar says Iowa's presidential caucuses are more than a year away. But it's never too early for potential GOP presidential candidates in 2016 to court social conservatives in the early-voting state. (AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall) MORE LESS
By Catherine Thompson
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October 24, 2014 7:48 a.m.
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A senior adviser to Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) tweeted and then deleted a “bad joke” Thursday night that appeared to blame Ebola on Obamacare.

On the heels of the news that a doctor who recently had been working in Guinea tested positive for Ebola in New York City, Cruz’s deputy chief of staff, Nick Muzin, tweeted “Before Obamacare, there had never been a confirmed case of Ebola in the U.S.”

Muzin later deleted the tweet and called it a “bad joke.”

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Catherine Thompson (@kt_thomps)  Catherine Thompson is a senior editor for Talking Points Memo in New York City. She came to the site in 2013 and reported on national affairs. Previously, she worked as a research assistant to investigative reporter Wayne Barrett. She can be reached at catherine@talkingpointsmemo.com.
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