Ted Cruz Insists Role In Government Shutdown Wasn't A Mistake

Source: Huffington Post

Cruz ended the year insistent in a number of interviews that the government shutdown, which wounded the economy and put many temporarily out of work, was solely the fault of Democrats who refused to make changes to President Barack Obama's signature health care law as demanded by Republicans, including himself.

He said he has no regrets about the shutdown, even though many other GOP lawmakers have said the strategy he pushed -- which failed to defund Obamacare -- was the wrong one. Karl asked him about statements by House Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio), who has been increasingly critical of conservative groups that Boehner says helped drive the GOP into its unsuccessful stance during the shutdown.

“I can’t help what other people say," Cruz said.

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"I regret that Senate Republican leadership did not stand united with House Republicans during the fight to defund Obamacare," he told the Morning News. "That was a mistake, and it did real damage to the Republican Party."

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