Sen. Ted Cruz told Andrea Tantaros today that the next 60 days will be crucial to defunding Obamacare.
Tantaros opened her interview with the Texas Republican with a question about New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie’s recent criticisms of Sen. Rand Paul. Christie recently said that the libertarian principles that Paul and some other Republicans stand for are “esoteric” and even “dangerous.” Christie’s comments come in the context of the debate over the National Security Agency’s widespread surveillance of Americans’ phone and online communications, and have been widely interpreted as an opening salvo in the 2016 GOP presidential primary.
Tantaros asked Cruz “So Chris Christie is attacking your friend — are you gonna take that, senator?”
“Well, Gov. Christie is certainly entitled to his opinions and he does not seem shy about sharing those,” Cruz replied. “What I can tell you is that I think the principles of liberty are the foundation of this country.” Cruz cited the Declaration of Independence. “Frankly, one of the reasons for the deep frustration that so many Americans have with career politicians both Republican and Democrat, is they’ve lost sight of liberty. They’ve lost sight of the free market principles of our Constitution. And I think there’s an incredible hunger to get back to the principles that made this nation strong.”
Tantaros asked Cruz if he thinks Christie is wrong. Cruz reiterated that Christie is entitled to his opinions and will continue sharing them. He added that most people don’t care about squabbles between politicians, but about how to turn the country around.
Turning to the subject of Obamacare, Tantaros asked Cruz if it can be stopped.
“I believe that we have a moment, in the next 60 days
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