Psaki Mocks Ted Cruz — He Fires Back at the ‘Snarky Insults’
Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) is pushing back after White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki took aim at him. Psaki mocked Cruz for his claim that Southwest Airlines delays were due to vaccine mandates. She was asked at…
Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) is pushing back after White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki took aim at him.
Psaki mocked Cruz for his claim that Southwest Airlines delays were due to vaccine mandates.
She was asked at Tuesday’s press briefing, “What’s the White House response to those who say vaccine mandates have reduced the workforce and contributed to this problem?”
“Well I know world-renowned business, travel and health expert Sen. Ted Cruz has made that point,” the press secretary responded. “But I wouldn’t say that is widely acknowledged or echoed by business leaders who have implemented these mandates.”
Noting the “hubbub” about Southwest Airlines, Psaki later added, “We now know that some of those claims were absolutely false, and actually the issues were completely unrelated to vaccine mandates.”
See her remarks below:
Cruz fired back at Psaki for her remarks mentioning him.
“So now Biden is launching snarky insults from the press room,” Cruz tweeted.
He added, “Ok, Jen, I just spoke with a very credible senior source in aviation who told me the following: a few days ago, there was a ‘sick out’ of air traffic controllers in Jacksonville over vaccine mandates; As a result, out of 33 air traffic controllers ONLY THREE showed up to work; That resulted in cascading flight cancellations.”
The senator questioned Psaki, “True or False, Jen? Or do you just do petty insults ignore actual facts?”