- Sen. Ted Cruz joked with Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez about her reaction to the Capitol uprising.
- Cruz said: “Especially now, left, they are shrill. They are angry.”
- While speaking at CPAC, he also turned to Senator Bernie Sanders for wearing gloves.
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Senator Ted Cruz on Friday mocked New York Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, who raised millions for his voters in Texas, for her response to the January 6 riots.
“We are together in dark times,” Cruz told the crowd at the CPAC in Orlando on Friday.
Cruz’s CPAC address was billed as a discussion of the “Charter of Rights, Freedom and Cancellation Culture.” On stage, Cruz also targeted Senator Bernie Sanders for wearing gloves during the inauguration of President Joe Biden.
He said: ‘We are together in a time where hard left, where the Socialists control the levers of government, where they control the White House, where they control every executive, where they control both houses of Congress. for and AOC tells us that she was killed. ‘
Cruz appears to be referring to remarks Ocasio-Cortez made following the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol. The congresswoman said on Instagram Live: “I thought I was going to die.”
Ocasio-Cortez is asking for colleagues who they say encouraged the uprising, including Cruz and Senator Josh Hawley.
She told Cruz, “You had me killed almost three weeks ago.”
Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee, rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and rep. Sylvia Garcia picks up boxes at their workstation at the Houston Food Bank.
Elizabeth Conley / Houston Chronicle / Pool via Reuters
The political rivalry between Cruz and Ocasio-Cortez intensified this month when a winter storm knocked out millions in Texas.
During the storm, Cruz flew with his family to Cancun. He returned a day later amid growing criticism.
Ocasio-Cortez has raised millions for Texans suffering from the storms. She flew to Houston to work with representatives Sheila Jackson Lee and Sylvia Garcia at the Food Bank in Houston.
Cruz spoke in Orlando on Friday, urging Americans to “have fun.”
“Just relieved,” he said. “Especially now, the left, they are shrill, they are angry. How many leftists are needed to screw in a light bulb? This is not funny. God bless, who wants to be around these people?”