{"id":2361609,"date":"2024-10-30T12:50:01","date_gmt":"2024-10-30T16:50:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/ted-cruz-they-think-you-are-a-racist-piece-of-garbage-washington-examiner\/"},"modified":"2024-10-30T12:52:10","modified_gmt":"2024-10-30T16:52:10","slug":"ted-cruz-they-think-you-are-a-racist-piece-of-garbage-washington-examiner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/ted-cruz-they-think-you-are-a-racist-piece-of-garbage-washington-examiner\/","title":{"rendered":"Ted Cruz: \u2018They think you are a racist piece of garbage\u2019 &#8211; Washington Examiner"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">28<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fted-cruz-they-think-you-are-a-racist-piece-of-garbage-washington-examiner%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2361609&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>In \u2063a recent podcast, \u200bSenator Ted Cruz criticized President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris for their <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/obama-says-trump-fanned-those-flames-in-discussion-on-rising-anti-semitism\/\" title=\"Obama Says Trump \u2018Fanned Those Flames\u2019 In Discussion On Rising Anti-Semitism\">negative remarks<\/a> about voters, particularly those\u200c who support former President Donald Trump. \u200bCruz accused \u2062them of viewing these voters as &#8220;a\u2062 racist piece \u2062of garbage,&#8221; \u200creiterating that such insults could backfire\u200d politically. His comments\u2062 were \u200bsparked by Biden&#8217;s labeling of Trump \u2064supporters during a \u200bZoom\u200c call, in which Biden referred to them as &#8220;garbage&#8221;\u200c in \u2064connection with a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/supreme-court-to-decide-if-insult-against-trump-can-be-trademarked\/\" title=\"Supreme Court to rule on trademarking insult against Trump.\">crude joke made<\/a> at\u2062 a Trump rally. Cruz argued that \u200dit is harmful \u2063for \u200dDemocrats to demonize\u2063 a significant\u2063 portion \u2062of the \u200bAmerican electorate, suggesting that it \u200bis not \u200ca sound\u200d strategy in campaigning to insult \u2062potential voters outright. The <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\">situation reflects ongoing tensions<\/a> in the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/four-dangerous-new-democrat-bills-that-you-probably-havent-heard-of\/\" title=\"Four Dangerous New Democrat Bills That You Probably Haven\u2019t Heard Of\">political landscape<\/a> as both \u2062parties prepare for\u200b upcoming elections.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">Ted Cruz: &lsquo;They think you are a racist piece of garbage&rsquo;<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_1868660\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>Sen. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/ted-cruz\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Ted Cruz<\/a> (R-TX) on Wednesday ripped President Joe Biden, Vice President Kamala Harris, and Democrats for finally admitting what they think about voters who appear ready to put former President Donald Trump back in the White House.<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>&ldquo;They think you are a racist <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/opinion\/3208856\/of-course-biden-called-trump-supporters-garbage\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">piece of garbage<\/a>,&rdquo; said Cruz on his podcast <a href=\"https:\/\/podcasts.apple.com\/us\/podcast\/verdict-with-ted-cruz\/id1495601614\" title=\"\"><em>The Verdict<\/em><\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Cruz, who is leading in his reelection race, was sparked by Biden&rsquo;s comments on Tuesday that Trump supporters are &ldquo;garbage,&rdquo; and he wrapped in other recent smears on Republicans, independents, and moderate Democrats who are supporting Trump in his race with Harris.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Biden Calls us &ldquo;Garbage,&rdquo; Kamala Craters, &amp; Trump Fights for Victims&#8217; Families. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/benfergusonshow?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@benfergusonshow<\/a> and I go over the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/cnns-stelter-dunks-on-fired-chris-cuomo-caused-so-many-headaches-cnn-staffers-were-very-unhappy\/\" title=\"CNN\u2019s Stelter Dunks On Fired Chris Cuomo: Caused \u2018So Many Headaches,\u2019 CNN Staffers Were \u2018Very Unhappy\u2019\">latest breaking news<\/a> on Verdict. Don&rsquo;t miss it!<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/JPMSGGDl51\">https:\/\/t.co\/JPMSGGDl51<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Ted Cruz (@tedcruz) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/tedcruz\/status\/1851620218851749956?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 30, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p> <script data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/cdn-cgi\/scripts\/5c5dd728\/cloudflare-static\/email-decode.min.js\"><\/script><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>    <\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;It&rsquo;s one thing to try to demonize Donald Trump. It&rsquo;s another thing in a much stupider thing, to try to demonize America, to try to demonize half the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/voting\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">voters<\/a> in America,&rdquo; Cruz said on the podcast he records with co-host Ben Ferguson.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Now, they believe it. They believe that we&rsquo;re garbage. They believe we&rsquo;re deplorables. But they try to suppress that instinct, because they recognize that some of their voters, some of the voters they&rsquo;re trying to presumably earn their votes. And you know, it&rsquo;s typically a bad strategy in campaigning to say, &lsquo;Hey, you piece of garbage, vote for me.&rsquo;&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Biden <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/presidential\/3208875\/four-times-biden-undermined-harris-campaign-trail\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">roiled the campaign<\/a> by injecting himself with the nasty comment when talking about a comment made by a crude comic early in Trump&rsquo;s hourslong rally Sunday at Madison Square Garden.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking on a Zoom call with a liberal nonprofit group, he said, &ldquo;Donald Trump has no character. He doesn&rsquo;t give a damn about the Latino community &hellip; just the other day, a speaker at his rally called Puerto Rico a floating island of garbage? &hellip; The only garbage I see floating out there is his supporters.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">BREAKING: Biden refers to millions of President Trump&#8217;s supporters as &#8220;garbage.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Does Kamala disavow? <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Zx4g3NOU9L\">pic.twitter.com\/Zx4g3NOU9L<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Trump War Room (@TrumpWarRoom) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TrumpWarRoom\/status\/1851422555153821937?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 30, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>    <\/p>\n<p>The comment detracted from a Harris event held at the Ellipse in Washington, D.C, to call for unity in America.<\/p>\n<p>Cruz cited Hillary Rodham Clinton and former President Barack Obama, who, during their presidential campaigns, also smeared voters who didn&rsquo;t support them.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/washington-secrets\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">SEE THE LATEST POLITICAL NEWS AND BUZZ FROM WASHINGTON SECRETS<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;You remember Barack Obama saying that Americans are bitter and angry and clinging to their God and their guns. I mean, this is what they think. It&rsquo;s what Obama thinks, it&rsquo;s what Hillary thinks. It&rsquo;s what Joe Biden thinks. It&rsquo;s definitely what Kamala thinks,&rdquo; Cruz said. &ldquo;They look down on you, and if you believe, you know if, if you&rsquo;re tired of paying higher prices at the grocery store, more for your every bill, if you&rsquo;re tired of paying more for gasoline, if you actually don&rsquo;t want Venezuelan gang members moving next door to your house and threatening your kids. You know what they think? They think you are a racist piece of garbage and you&rsquo;re deplorable. I mean, the arrogance, and they live in their gilded cages.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;It really is a viciousness,&rdquo; he added.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p> <script>!function(){var g=window;g.googletag=g.googletag||{},g.googletag.cmd=g.googletag.cmd||[],g.googletag.cmd.push(function(){g.googletag.pubads().setTargeting(\"has-featured-video\",\"true\")})}();<\/script><script>var _bp=_bp||[];_bp.push({\"div\":\"Brid_1868660\",\"obj\":{\"id\":\"27789\",\"width\":\"1280\",\"height\":\"720\",\"stickyDirection\":\"below\",\"video\":\"1868660\"}});<\/script><script defer src=\"https:\/\/services.brid.tv\/player\/build\/brid.min.js\"><\/script><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ted Cruz: \u2018They view you as a racist piece of trash\u2019 Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) criticized President Joe Biden, Vice President Kamala Harris, and Democrats for revealing their true feelings about voters inclined to support former President Donald Trump again. \u201cThey see you as a racist piece of trash,\u201d Cruz stated on his podcast<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2647,"featured_media":2361610,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Joe-Biden-Philly-Harris.webp","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[6733,5894,5243,32090,32076],"class_list":["post-2361609","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-controversy","tag-politics","tag-racism","tag-ted-cruz","tag-washington-examiner"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Joe-Biden-Philly-Harris.webp","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2361609","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2647"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2361609"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2361609\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2361610"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2361609"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2361609"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2361609"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}