Why The GOP Followed Ted Cruz to the Cliff

He can't be the Anti-Christ, he's not likable enough. But good LORD
this man takes a creepy picture. Image from ThinkProgress

Oh Papa Tooney. We've got a Looney. Ted Cruz and his followers are apocalyptic nuts. I mean, that's not entirely a surprise, but to see it all laid out like this. . .

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Read This One Document If You Want To Understand Why Republicans Followed Ted Cruz Off A Cliff

“These are extraordinary times,” Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) told the Values Voters Summit on Friday morning, and “the challenges facing this country are unlike any we have every seen.” He was speaking to a relatively small group of religious conservatives, but he might as well have been speaking for the two dominant wings of the Republican Party base. Indeed, understanding the siege mentality that’s captured both of these wings of the GOP is the key to understanding Cruz’s success in shutting down the government. . .

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