The Ted Cruz, Van Jones Face-Off You’ve Been Waiting for: ‘Van, I Know You Desperately Want to Change the Topic From Obamacare… "Noted progressive activist and former Obama administration czar Van Jones went head-to-head with Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) on CNN’s “Crossfire” Thursday night as the pair battled over Obamacare and the Republican party.
Jones began by noting that polling shows the GOP is extremely unpopular, which he attributed to Cruz’s “leadership” and his plan to defund Obamacare.
“Do you feel like you owe your party an apology? Listen, you have people who believed in you, they believed that you were somehow going to be able to defund Obamacare, they believed the strategy of shutdown might have a chance,” Jones said. “They followed you into a ditch. And now, there’s obviously there’s no chance Obamacare will be defunded and we’re on the brink of a horrific default.”
“Do you think that in the reflection of your own heart, you might say, ‘You know what? I’m a new kid here, I think I owe you an apology?’” he added........................