‘They Were Clearly Hiding Him’: Ted Cruz Says He Did Not Speak To Joe Biden A ‘Single Time’ During His Term
Republican Texas Sen. Ted Cruz said Friday that former President Joe Biden did not speak with him a “single time” during his term in the Oval Office. New details have emerged about White House aides’ attempts to hide…
Republican Texas Sen. Ted Cruz said Friday that former President Joe Biden did not speak with him a “single time” during his term in the Oval Office.
New details have emerged about White House aides’ attempts to hide Biden’s declining health by keeping him in the dark from the public and notable elites in Washington, D.C., Axios reported, citing excerpts of the soon-to-be released book, “Original Sin.” Cruz said during the latest “Verdict with Ted Cruz” that himself and many other Republican senators did not speak to Biden throughout his entire presidency, which he pointed out is highly unusual.
“So look, in four years of the Biden presidency, I’m in the Senate the whole time. How many times do you think I spoke with Joe Biden while he was president?” Cruz asked his co-host Ben Ferguson. “Zero … not a single time and that is bizarre.”
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The Texas senator said it is commonplace for the president to work with members of the House and Senate in both parties. He stated that he had spoken with former President Barack Obama on several occasions while he served his two terms.
“And by the way, when I say I didn’t speak with for four years, that was true of virtually every Republican senator,” Cruz continued. “The Democrats talked to him a little more, so they talked to him a little more. When the Senate’s in session, the Republicans have lunch together every Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday and so we talk at lunch. It’s a working lunch and it’s very productive. We would sit at lunch and talk about how weird it was that none of us had spoken to Biden, had been to the White House to see him. And they all knew him, they were clearly hiding him.”
Republican Louisiana Sen. John Kennedy, who did see Biden in person, told Cruz that when Biden invited him to the White House, he began telling stories that happened several decades ago. White House staff reportedly panicked and attempted to rush Biden out the door, though the then-president did not listen and continued telling stories for 30 minutes.