Posted on 03/25/2015 10:14:04 AM PDT by Kaslin
Yesterday Texas Senator and GOP presidential candidate Ted Cruz announced he was signing his family up for Obamacare. As required by law, he has to. Just like millions of other Americans, the choice is get insurance coverage or be fined for not having it.
"We'll be getting new health insurance and we'll presumably do it through my job with the Senate, and so we'll be on the federal exchange with millions of others," Cruz said in an interview with CNN Tuesday.
Cruz and his family currently have health insurance coverage through his wife’s employer, Goldman Sachs. Cruz's wife, Heidi, is a managing director at the company and will take a leave of absence to campaign for her husband, causing her family to lose their healthcare coverage, according to CNN.
Naturally because of Cruz' extensive work to repeal Obamacare during his time in the Senate, which included a 21-hour filibuster about the legislation, the media and its liberal think tank counterparts are freaking out and calling Cruz a hypocrite.
Breaking: @BarackObama nominates @tedcruz to head the #IRS. Cruz accepts. "Guy's gotta work."— Ron Fournier (@ron_fournier) March 25, 2015
It's "Mitt Romney put his dog on the top of the car, what a terrible person," all over again.
Meanwhile, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton may have broken federal records laws in an effort to evade transparency with the American people after doing all of her official business from a private email server and the press thinks it's hilarious.
Ted Cruz follows law by signing up for Ocare: Media freaks. Hillary Clinton evades federal records laws: Media literally laughs with her.— Katie Pavlich (@KatiePavlich) March 24, 2015
I'm no Ted Cruz fanboi, but this argument that a Presidential candidate should be mocked for following the law is tendentious and silly.— Rick Wilson (@TheRickWilson) March 24, 2015
I really think this move by Ted is beyond their intellectual capacity. Fascinating to watch.
Media would have also freaked out had he not complied or had he done nothing at all.
“Ted Cruz does nothing, media freaks out!”
The Leftoid media hasn’t had this much fun since they pummeled Sarah Palin and her children.
Obama is NOT SIGNED UP for Obama-Care..
“Ted Cruz breathes, media freaks out!”
Brilliant! He must do it by law. And he can show how pathetic O’care is by posting a diary of his daily experiences with this idiotic legislation.
I actually saw two reports on this on our LOCAL tv news...all publicity isn’t necessarily good publicity...and now the call for means testing SocSec.
I think he needs to change the discussion pretty quick.
Obama is NOT SIGNED UP for Obama-Care..
Actually THAT would be a ZINGER for Cruz to speak..
EVRYWHERE.. whenever he gets a chance to speak it..
Obama has much much better health care than OBAMACARE..
Yeah. He’s several steps ahead of them and they aren’t smart enough to figure it out.
Doesn’t the first family have their own WH physician from the military? I think this goes way back in history.
I think that was rather brilliant on his part. By doing that, he is mocking the law.
How many Congressmen are signed up for ObamaCare besides Ted?
Congress also has a physician.
Zhudi Jasser used to be the official congressional physician.
Did not know that.
Bet he’s got stories to tell....but doesn’t.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brian_Monahan
Zhudi Jasser was JD Hayworth’s personal physician last I knew. Jasser is one of the few muslims I trust.
I think Cruz should not have refused to take the subsidy.
When the media has a cow about the rich guy taking tax payer money to pay for his insurance,tell them yeah that’s Obamacare folks,Americans struggling to pay increased premiums under this monstrosity are paying for mine and millions of other people in my income bracket.
So until Obamacare is repealed they will continue to pay for theirs and the rich
Doesn’t the first family have their own WH physician from the military? I think this goes way back in history.
Physician’S, Chef’S, Chauffeur’s, Gardner’S, Policemen, Maid’S, Pilot’S, GoFer’S, Journalist’S, Lobbyist’S, HITmen, Goon’S, and other Bitchs..
Hey, Mooch is just “getting by” with her 26 aides.
Doin’ the bare minimum.
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