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Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) declared at the Conservative Political Action Conference on Thursday that his mission is to bring a "disruptive app" to politics, like the crowd-sourced company Uber did for the taxi industry.
"What I'm trying to do more than anything else is to bring a disruptive app to politics," Cruz said, comparing himself to Uber.
The theme of "disrupting" Washington came up frequently during Cruz's speech. He said that included challenging not only Democrats but the "career politicians" in the Republican leadership.
If you had a candidate who stood up against Democrats, thats great when have you been willing to stand up against Republicans? he asked.
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Guy Whitey Corngood
(26,505 posts)KamaAina
(78,249 posts)Initech
(100,101 posts)Congress is doing a perfectly good job of disrupting the political process without an app.
onehandle
(51,122 posts)You're already there, Canadian.
Enrique
(27,461 posts)i think Cruz has Canadian values, not American values.
NRaleighLiberal
(60,019 posts)C_U_L8R
(45,020 posts)Fleecing customers at every opportunity. Yeah Uber and Cruz were made for each other.