Ted Cruz Faceplants With Dumbest Defense Possible
September 10, 2022
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as posted by the channelTed Cruz continues to embarrass himself trying to backtrack his slacker barista comments on his podcast The Verdict with Michael Knowles. John Iadarola and Francesca Fiorentini break it down on The Damage Report.
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Is Someone Worried About Getting Spit In His Coffee? Ted Cruz Is Now Trying To Walk Back His ‘Slacker Barista’ Comment
"Add Starbucks to the growing list of eateries Ted Cruz might want to steer clear of in the future. Last week, the Texas senator voiced his disapproval of Joe Biden’s student loan forgiveness program by a**holishly suggesting on his podcast that it was just a way to buy votes from “that slacker barista who wasted seven years in college studying completely useless things, now has loans and can’t get a job.” He added further insult when he snarkily continued that if said slackers “can get off the bong for a minute and go down to the voting station — or just send in your mail-in ballot that Democrats have helpfully sent you — it could drive up turnout.”
The backlash to Cruz — a man who many believe once swallowed a booger on national TV in the middle of a debate — and his comments was immediate, and maybe the backwash, too.
Now, Cruz is desperately attempting to walk back his snobbish insults, and again using his podcast to do that. (That a senator has time to create a podcast should tell you something about both their priorities and workload.) Yet, once again, he came off as an insensitive, out-of-touch dick."
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