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Ted Cruz Just Really, REALLY Hates the American People.

And he said it on camera.

Lauren Elizabeth
4 min readAug 27, 2022
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When considering the corrupt cesspool that is Washington D.C., there are few politicians who have proven themselves to be easier than to thoroughly despise than Texas Senator Ted Cruz. Somehow he manages to be even more smarmy, smug, loathsome, disingenuous and universally despised than the rest, but for good reason. Well now, he’s decided to put his elitism and blatant disdain for the American people on camera on full display in an interview where he decided to share his thoughts on the Biden administration’s decision to cancel student loan debt. The Recount on Twitter shared a clip of him discussing how it could drive up turnout for the Democrats, where Cruz said:

“If you are that slacker barista who wasted seven years in college … if you can get off the bong for a minute … it could drive up turnout.”

Well, at least now his feelings towards American working people are certainly clear, right?

In college I worked part time at the mall while I was at school, and full time at Dunkin’ when I was home on my breaks. It was genuinely one of the most stressful, thankless jobs I have ever had. Whether it was dealing with our blatantly abusive…

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Lauren Elizabeth
Lauren Elizabeth

Written by Lauren Elizabeth

Lauren is a writer & leftist with analysis on topics related to politics & policy. She can be reached at LaurenMartinchek@gmail.com or Twitter @xlauren_mx

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