MSNBC Host: Sens. Cruz, Paul, Lee Are ‘Terrorists’

Chris Matthews said the conservative senators’ attempts to defund ObamaCare are terrorizing America

Chris Matthews Calls Ted Cruz A 'Political Terrorist' (The Huffington Post)

MSNBC host Chris Matthews called Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) a "political terrorist" on Wednesday night's edition of "Hardball."

Cruz and a few other Tea Party senators have been trying to defund Obama's health care reform bill through a budget measure, though he admitted Wednesday that they do not currently have the votes to do so.

Matthews argued that Cruz has taken political obstruction to such destructive extremes that he deserves to be slapped with that label.

"I will say he's a terrorist because what the guy has done basically says my goal is demolition -- blow up health care, blow up the continuing resolution, bring the government to a standstill and then make us forfeit on the national debt," Matthews said.

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