Cruz calls Ocasio-Cortez ‘parasite sucking on the taxpayer’ over billionaire remarks
Cruz said Ocasio-Cortez is a parasite and warned Republicans that radical extremists could take control of Congress.
- On Monday, Senator Ted Cruz called Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez a "parasite sucking on the taxpayer" during a Fox News appearance with Sean Hannity, warning that electing "radical extremists" threatens the country.
- Cruz reacted to Ocasio-Cortez's argument last week that the American Revolution was against "modern-day robber barons," defending her claim that billionaires cannot "earn" wealth without others' suffering.
- Defending capitalism, Cruz claimed the revolution was funded by free enterprise capitalists like George Washington, worth about $600 million, and credited Henry Ford with creating the American middle class.
- Critics noted the irony of the "parasite" label, as Ocasio-Cortez earns an annual salary of $174,000, exactly the same as Cruz himself.
- The GOP has reacted by piling more than $300 million into their campaign war chest, while Trump threatened to deploy an "Election Integrity Army" to oversee ballot counting in every state.
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Cruz calls Ocasio-Cortez ‘parasite sucking on the taxpayer’ over billionaire remarks
Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) on Monday called progressive firebrand Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) a “parasite sucking on the taxpayer” after she claimed that Americans “can’t earn” to become billionaires. “I recognize for her –– given that she was a bartender –– that is probably true, and there is no disrespect to bartenders,” Cruz told Fox…
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Ted Cruz criticized online for his comments on Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez
Senator Ted Cruz (R-TX) faced ridicule from political analysts after accidentally criticizing himself during a Fox News interview with Sean Hannity Monday. While discussing the midterm elections, Cruz attacked Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY), or AOC's, policies on entrepreneurship, alleging AOC said it's impossible to earn a billion dollars. "Which, look, I recognize for her, given she was a bartender, that is probably true. No di…
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