Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) made a complete ass of himself at a Senate hearing with Department of Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas.
Cruz began by berating Mayorkas:
“Mr. Secretary, I want to say to you right now — your behavior is disgraceful. And the deaths, the children assaulted, the children raped. They are at your feet, and if you had integrity, you’d resign.”
The Texas Republican added:
“And I will tell you, the men and women of the Border Patrol, they’ve never had a political leader undermine them. They despise you, Mr. Secretary, because you’re willing to let children be raped to follow political orders. This is a crisis. It’s a disgrace. You won’t even admit this human tragedy is a crisis.”
After Cruz had pitched his hissy fit for the cameras, committee chairman Sen. Richard Durbin (D-IL) asked Mayorkas if he had any response to Cruz. Mayorkas replied, “What the senator said was revolting. I’m not going to address it.”
Cruz couldn’t resist getting in the last word, “Your refusal to do your job is revolting.”
Sen. Alex Padilla (D-CA) then chided Cruz:
“I think it’s [disrespectful] to suggest or imply that the root causes of a broken immigration system are so simple that they can be answered in two-and-a-half seconds or less.”
