Report: Peter King Calls Ted Cruz a ‘Carnival Barker’ Who Shouldn’t Be President

GOP Rep. Peter King: Cruz a ‘Carnival Barker’ Who Shouldn’t Be President (Mediaite)

It didn’t take long after Ted Cruz‘s presidential announcement today for the Texas Republican to get some heat from his own party, with Peter King––on record as being not a big fan of Cruz––releasing a statement saying in no uncertain terms he’s unfit to be the next president.

In the statement, King says the GOP should “be able to find a more qualified candidate than Ted Cruz.”

He goes on to say, “Shutting down the federal government, reading Dr. Seuss on the Senate floor are the marks of a carnival barker, not the leader of the free world.”