Ted Cruz: It’s Obama’s Fault Republicans Left America Without A Surgeon General To Address Ebola
On CNN, host Candy Crowley on Sunday interviewed Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) and asked about how the sequester hurt funding for the Centers for Disease Control and how the National Rifle Association’s opposition to President Obama’s nominee for surgeon general, Dr. Vivek Murthy, also hurt the response to the Ebola virus.
“We haven’t had a Surgeon General — who is the nation’s leading public health official, at least the voice of it — for a year. Some Democrats and some Republicans had opposed the particular surgeon general the president had nominated. Do you think it would have helped,” Crowley remarked.
“Of course we should have a surgeon general in place,” Cruz said.. “And we don’t have one because President Obama, instead of nominating a health professional, he nominated someone who is an anti-gun activist.”
“And a doctor,” Crowley said.
Cruz said that while it’s true Murphy is a doctor, he’s also a “crusader against second amendment rights.”
The NRA, the nation’s largest gun rights lobby, has continually refused to allow any measures to implement gun sense laws even to the point of leaving this country without a surgeon general — but it’s Obama’s fault somehow.
Watch courtesy of CNN:
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fancypants October 19th, 2014 at 22:03
“Of course we should have a surgeon general in place,” Cruz said.. “And we don’t have one because President Obama, instead of nominating a health professional, he nominated someone who is an anti-gun activist.”
“And a doctor,” Crowley said.
Cruz said that while it’s true Murphy is a doctor, he’s also a “crusader against second amendment rights.”
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LOL cruz is a total moron !
bhil October 20th, 2014 at 10:05
Moron indeed but he knows who runs this country and they pay him well!
fancypants October 19th, 2014 at 22:03
“Of course we should have a surgeon general in place,” Cruz said.. “And we don’t have one because President Obama, instead of nominating a health professional, he nominated someone who is an anti-gun activist.”
“And a doctor,” Crowley said.
Cruz said that while it’s true Murphy is a doctor, he’s also a “crusader against second amendment rights.”
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LOL cruz is a total moron
bhil October 20th, 2014 at 10:05
Moron indeed but he knows who runs this country and they pay him well!
Chinese Democracy October 19th, 2014 at 22:34
its not like 33,000 deaths a year is unhealthy or anything
Chinese Democracy October 19th, 2014 at 22:34
its not like 33,000 deaths a year is unhealthy or anything
Jack E Raynbeau October 19th, 2014 at 23:45
Quarantine now. No flights out of Texas.
infectious_d October 20th, 2014 at 10:18
even though i’m from there, i agree…but first we need to verify that cruz is still here, plenty of people want to ‘cruz-ify’ him…and of course let’s not forget, it’s not makin’ him into a martyr, it’s a form of severe punishment, long overdue :D
Jack E Raynbeau October 19th, 2014 at 23:45
Quarantine now. No flights out of Texas.
infectious_d October 20th, 2014 at 10:18
even though i’m from there, i agree…but first we need to verify that cruz is still here, plenty of people want to ‘cruz-ify’ him…and of course let’s not forget, it’s not makin’ him into a martyr, it’s a form of severe punishment, long overdue :D
infectious_d October 20th, 2014 at 10:14
lol like having a Surgeon General would have done sh** to help…the dangers of ebola have been addressed quite some time ago, there isn’t much information to update people on, unless it’s mode of transmission changed, there’s nothing else to say other than “get to a hospital” :p
infectious_d October 20th, 2014 at 10:14
lol like having a Surgeon General would have done sh** to help…the dangers of ebola have been addressed quite some time ago, there isn’t much information to update people on, unless it’s mode of transmission changed, there’s nothing else to say other than “get to a hospital” :p
ave ngangel October 20th, 2014 at 20:22
Writing in theJournal of the American Medical Association in 1992, he called gun violence “a public-health emergency” and proposed that owning and operating a firearm carry with it the same restrictions as owning and operating a car. – C. Everett Koop, Reagan’s Surgeon General
Called gun-related violence “a public-health problem in addition to being a criminal-justice problem.” – Louis W. Sullivan, 41’s Sec. HHS, confirmed 98-1
“As Surgeon General, Dr. Murthy’s impressive track record of accomplishments as an innovative and well-respected thought leader in healthcare will prove invaluable to the American people…
The office of surgeon general requires a strong and thoughtful leader who can navigate political pressures to champion health promotion for the American People, and Dr, Murthy has proven his capabilities in that capacity. We need a Surgeon General who can connect with people across generations, cultures and political persuasions to empower Americans to take responsibility for and improve their health. I feel that Dr. Murthy meets all of these qualifications superbly. – David Satcher, Clinton and GWB Surgeon General, The Satcher Health Leadership Institute, 2/3/14
roooth October 21st, 2014 at 23:39
But the NRA doesn’t like him! And nothing else matters to asshole Republicans.
Face it, if anything could get through to the gun nuts, the thousands of children who are shot each year should do it, especially when we keep having to bury our children who die because of gun shots wounds.
The fact that even the deaths of thousands of Americans every single year cannot reach the gun nuts is all you need to know about what malignant sociopaths they are.
Think about it – if any foreign terrorists slaughtered thousands of Americans every single year, we’d be at war with them, wouldn’t we? But when it’s ignorant douchebag white bigots who decide they have the right to kill the rest of us we’re all supposed to shut up and pretend we don’t see it or the NRA will get pissy. And NRA big mouth, Wayne LaPierre, is a man who is willing to get very pissy for that million dollars plus he gets paid to keep politicians quiet about the deaths of our children.
More American children will die from gunshot wounds this year than they will from ISIS OR Ebola – but there will be no hysteria from Republicans to do anything about the biggest threat our kids face – not Ebola, not ISIS, nope, the NRA is a far more deadly threat to Americans – and Congress is aiding and abetting them, no matter how many Americans are shot..
ISIS is less of a threat to the average American school student than the NRA.
ave ngangel October 20th, 2014 at 20:22
Writing in theJournal of the American Medical Association in 1992, he called gun violence “a public-health emergency” and proposed that owning and operating a firearm carry with it the same restrictions as owning and operating a car. – C. Everett Koop, Reagan’s Surgeon General
Called gun-related violence “a public-health problem in addition to being a criminal-justice problem.” – Louis W. Sullivan, 41’s Sec. HHS, confirmed 98-1
“As Surgeon General, Dr. Murthy’s impressive track record of accomplishments as an innovative and well-respected thought leader in healthcare will prove invaluable to the American people…
The office of surgeon general requires a strong and thoughtful leader who can navigate political pressures to champion health promotion for the American People, and Dr, Murthy has proven his capabilities in that capacity. We need a Surgeon General who can connect with people across generations, cultures and political persuasions to empower Americans to take responsibility for and improve their health. I feel that Dr. Murthy meets all of these qualifications superbly. – David Satcher, Clinton and GWB Surgeon General, The Satcher Health Leadership Institute, 2/3/14
roooth October 21st, 2014 at 23:39
But the NRA doesn’t like him! And nothing else matters to asshole Republicans.
Face it, if anything could get through to the gun nuts, the thousands of children who are shot each year should do it, especially when we keep having to bury our children who die because of gun shots wounds.
The fact that even the deaths of thousands of Americans every single year cannot reach the gun nuts is all you need to know about what malignant sociopaths they are.
Think about it – if any foreign terrorists slaughtered thousands of Americans every single year, we’d be at war with them, wouldn’t we? But when it’s ignorant douchebag white bigots who decide they have the right to kill the rest of us we’re all supposed to shut up and pretend we don’t see it or the NRA will get pissy. And NRA big mouth, Wayne LaPierre, is a man who is willing to get very pissy for that million dollars plus he gets paid to keep politicians quiet about the deaths of our children.
More American children will die from gunshot wounds this year than they will from ISIS OR Ebola – but there will be no hysteria from Republicans to do anything about the biggest threat our kids face – not Ebola, not ISIS, nope, the NRA is a far more deadly threat to Americans – and Congress is aiding and abetting them, no matter how many Americans are shot..
ISIS is less of a threat to the average American school student than the NRA.
Warman1138 October 23rd, 2014 at 20:02
Cruz reminds me of a bully tripping somebody then bitching at them for being clumsy….and people actually elected him…..amazing.
Warman1138 October 23rd, 2014 at 20:02
Cruz reminds me of a bully tripping somebody then bitching at them for being clumsy….and people actually elected him…..amazing.