Ted Cruz Calls Democrat a ‘Complete A**’ for Asking Senators To Wear Masks on Senate Floor

Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) is not happy that one of his fellow senators called on members of Congress to wear masks while they are in the U.S. Capitol.

In a tweet, Cruz called Sen. Sherrod Brown (D-Ohio) a “complete a**.”

During a speech on the floor of the Senate this week, Brown asked Sen. Dan Sullivan (R-Alaska) to wear a mask, saying, “I can’t tell you what to do.”

Sullivan shot back, “I don’t wear a mask when I’m speaking like most senators. I don’t need your instruction.”

Brown responded, “I know you don’t need my instruction. But there clearly isn’t much interest in this body in public health. We have a president who hasn’t shown up at the coronavirus task force meeting in months.”

He continued, “We have a majority leader who calls us back here… to vote for judge after judge after judge, exposing all the people who can’t say anything — I understand — the people in front of you, the presiding officer and expose all the staff here and the majority leader just doesn’t seem to care.”

In a tweet responding to Brown’s speech, Senator Cruz wrote, “This is idiotic. 👤Sherrod Brown is being a complete a**. He wears a mask to speak — when nobody is near him — as an ostentatious sign of fake virtue.”

He continued, “ was over 50 feet away, presiding. Last I checked 50 feet is more than 6 feet.”

The Senate has been been a petri dish for coronavirus over the past several months and Republican senators have been especially hard hit.