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Sen. Ted Cruz launched into a fake filibuster
Tuesday on the Senate floor to block a piece of House legislation that
he himself supports. MSNBC’s Lawrence O’Donnell called Cruz’s actions
“the single stupidest legislative strategy in the history of the United
States Senate.”
In the Rewrite Tuesday, O’Donnell wondered why the Washington media resist calling Cruz “stupid,” despite the many erroneous things he says.
“Ted Cruz says things that are profoundly wrong all day long, and the
Washington media does not hold it against him because they all believe
that he is smart enough to know the truth and understand the truth but
that he is simply lying about it,” O’Donnell said. “And the Washington
media actually respects lying, respects political lying. They believe it
is part of the game, because they believe governing–the thing they are
supposed to be covering as reporters–is a game.”
O’Donnell argued that Cruz’s stellar resume as a graduate of
Princeton University and Harvard Law School serves as “academic armor”
to blind the media.
“Many people think that because Ted Cruz was a good law student or a
good lawyer he is therefore smart, smart at everything he does. They are
wrong,” he said. “Being a good law student does not mean that you are a
smart parent, for example. Or a smart driver, or a smart eater. Or a
smart senator. Law school performance is a predictor of
nothing–including your potential ability as a lawyer. And there are many
high functioning lawyers who are absolutely terrible at everything else
they do.”
The only real way to judge Cruz’s legislative intelligence is by his
action as senator. By that measure, O’Donnell said Cruz is “the
stupidest guy in the building.”
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