Contradicting his entire career, Ted Cruz claims to be a champion for unions
Following up his role in inciting the insurrection at the U.S. Capitol by rejecting votes from states that went for President Joe Biden, Senator Ted Cruz has been attempting to pivot in a new direction: championing the working class and unions. That’s a big surprise for unions in Texas that have witnessed firsthand the junior senator’s antagonism for labor rights and policies that actually support the working class.
When the Biden administration announced an executive order revoking a permit for the Keystone XL pipeline, many Texas Republicans, including Cruz, lamented it would cost thousands of jobs, especially union jobs. In a Senate confirmation hearing for Pete Buttigieg, Cruz specifically said ending the Keystone XL pipeline permit would cost the country 11,000 jobs. The Washington Post fact-checked that figure (which Cruz actually linked to his Twitter account), and noted that almost all the jobs were temporary.
Cruz is vehemently opposed to strengthening the green energy economy, which many experts believe would actually create more sustainable, high-paying jobs than the oil and gas sector. When President Biden announced in an executive order that the United States would re-enter the Paris Agreement on Climate Change. Cruz criticized the White House for caring more about the citizens of Paris than Pittsburgh, which he was roundly roasted for.
Cruz also blasted a recent White House press briefing with climate czar John Kerry, who was speaking about the potential new jobs that oil and gas workers could transition into. Cruz compared Kerry to Marie Antoinette saying he was “rich” and “out-of-touch.” He even invoked the oft-cited (and likely false) phrase from Antoinette “let them eat cake.”
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