Ted Cruz Calls AOC a Parasite' for Collecting a Government Paycheck Like He Does

"Cruz outlined the stakes of the elections: The stakes are, do we hand over the Congress and the country to a bunch of radical extremists? You mentioned people like Elizabeth Warren and AOC. Let's take AOC this week AOC had this bizarre take on the history of America, and she said our revolution was a revolution against the billionaires. Basically, she retold it as a Marxist Revolution, and I don't know whether that is more ignorance or ideology, but it is both together."

"He went on to slam Ocasio-Cortez as a parasite sucking on the taxpayer and shut down her claims regarding the American Revolution, crediting the American free enterprise capitalists for it instead. And by the way, who was the American Revolution funded by? It was funded by people like Robert Morris, who was the wealthiest person in the colonies, it was funded by people like George Washington, who in modern terms was worth about $600 million, people like Thomas Jefferson."

"It was American free enterprise capitalists who invested in seeking freedom, and by the way, AOC also said it is impossible for anybody to earn a billion dollars. Which look, I recognize for her given that she was a bartender, that is probably true, and there is no disrespect to bartenders. Bartenders are an honorable profession. But she went from that to being a government employee and a parasite sucking on the taxpayer."

Ted Cruz criticized Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez for collecting a government paycheck and called her a parasite. He argued that the midterm elections determine whether Congress and the country will be handed to radical extremists. Cruz attacked her characterization of American history, saying she framed the American Revolution as a revolution against billionaires in a Marxist way. He contrasted that view with his claim that the Revolution was against totalitarian rule, taxation, and government control. Cruz credited wealthy colonial backers and prominent founders, including Robert Morris, George Washington, and Thomas Jefferson, and he argued that free enterprise capitalists funded the pursuit of freedom. He also mocked her claim that earning a billion dollars is impossible.

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