Then There Was the Time Ted Cruz Said, “We Need a Hundred More Like Jesse Helms in the Senate”
In a 2013 speech to the right wing Heritage Foundation, newly announced presidential candidate Ted Cruz sang the praises of Jesse Helms, the notoriously racist Senator from North Carolina. Cruz said Helms was the first politician to whom he ever donated money, and ended his fond reminiscences with the statement, “We need a hundred more like Jesse Helms in the US Senate.”
Remember, though — Ted Cruz can’t be a racist because his best friend in college was black.
If Ted Cruz is so racist why is his best friend, debate partner, college roommate and “brother” black? pic.twitter.com/qHPQpFBDfW
— Charles C. Johnson (@ChuckCJohnson) March 23, 2015