Sen. Ted Cruz joined Chris Cuomo’s CNN program Wednesday night in the hopes of discussing his new book and the battle over the late Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s Supreme Court vacancy. What the Texas senator got, instead, was dragged by Cuomo, who helpfully reminded Cruz that he is a man who remains very dedicated to Trump, despite the fact that the president called Cruz’s wife a fuggo not so long ago.
For nearly 20 minutes, the two men traded barbs, with Cruz ultimately coming out as the weakest link. When Cuomo mentioned Trump’s reluctance to disavow white supremacists during the first presidential debate, Cruz attributed it to partisan media bias, noting that Trump’s Democratic competitor, Joe Biden, gave a eulogy for Sen. Robert Bryd—a former and allegedly reformed Klansman—ten years ago.
“You’re really going to go with that?” Cuomo responded, deadpan. “I know you’re a master debater, and Professor Dershowitz tells me you were the smartest student he ever had at Harvard Law. You’re going to go with that weak-ass argument here?”
Cuomo pointed out that Trump has a long history of refusing to perform this very basic ask, during Charlottesville and even the early days of his presidential race.
“The old Ted Cruz—who [Trump] called Lyin’ Ted when he wasn’t insulting your wife and father—tweeted ‘Hey, you’re better than this, Mr. President,’” Cuomo said, referring to Cruz’s response to Trump’s reluctance to disavow an endorsement from David Duke—a former KKK grand wizard and unrepentant white supremacist—during the 2016 primary.
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