Ted Cruz: Attacks on me are really ‘directed at the American people’ [View all]
Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) said recently that opponents who criticized him were really attacking all of the American people.
Ann Marie Murrell and Dr. Gina Loudon of the conservative website Politichicks caught up with Cruz at what they described as a top-secret dinner following his Friday appearance on NBCs Tonight Show.
We all asked, we begged for someone to stand up for us and then you stood up for us, Murrell told the senator. But then you were denigrated by both the left and the right. Does this make you want to chunk it in or does this make you want to fight harder for us?
Im encouraged, Cruz insisted. Im encouraged because I think all across the country, I think people are getting energized, theyre getting engaged, theyre speaking up. And we shouldnt be surprised. Changing the country isnt easy. And the establishment is going to fight back. In both parties, they dont want to change.
And so, the reason the nastier the attacks get I mean, theyre directed at all of us, they are directed at the American people, he continued. Because a lot of the folks in Washington dont want to be held accountable.
Regarding the possibility of a 2016 presidential run, Cruz warned that we dont have a long time to turn this country around.
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