Washington is "always a circus," but angry Democrats pushing to impeach President Donald Trump without having facts to back up their case makes it a three-ring circus "with all the clowns," Sen. Ted Cruz said Friday.
"Congressional Democrats are angry," the Texas Republican, who came in second place behind Trump in the race for the 2016 GOP nomination, told Fox News' "America's Newsroom." "They are angry about the 2016 election and ultimately they are angry at the voters. They are angry that the voters elected President (Donald) Trump. From day one they wanted to get this president out of office."
Because the Democrats are so angry, "they're not doing their job," said Cruz. "They're not actually interested in legislating. They're not actually interested in working together to produce more jobs and raise wages and expand more opportunity."
Cruz also said Friday that he thinks House Speaker Nancy Pelosi understands impeachment will e hard for her party.
"She's been trying to hold back the hordes," said Cruz. "Watching her kind of reminded me of a hostage video. Her extreme left is angry. They are marching in the streets with pitchforks and torches. That's not good for the American people."
Meanwhile, Cruz said he's read the transcript and whistleblower complaint about Trump's phone call with Ukraine's president, and he thinks Trump's requests were "perfectly legitimate and appropriate."
The president is asking another foreign leader to assist in investigating, number one, election interference in 2016," said Cruz. "The Democrats have been talking nonstop about Russian interference and I'm not sure why they somehow think Ukrainian interference should be examined."
Cruz and Trump fought a tough battle for the nomination, but the senator said Friday at the end of the day, he has a job to do representing 28 million Texans.
"The voters decided on Donald Trump as the president and my job is to fight for the people of Texas," said Cruz. "I've worked hand-in-hand with the president for the last two and a half years."
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