Lincoln Project Co-Founder Schmidt: Cruz Is a Historically Despicable Person and the Most Irresponsible U.S. Senator in History

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SCHMIDT: “Well, this is a historically despicable person, Nicolle. He ranks right up there with Joe McCarthy. He’s a demagogue. He’s a liar. He is as irresponsible United States senator as there has ever been in the history of the United States. He arrived in the Senate and has been a vandal towards our institutions and towards the idea of the truth and delivering it to the American people. So, again, it’s all nonsense that he is spouting out of his mouth. Again, we have a real-life autocratic movement in this country. Two elements in order to sustain one are the cynicism of its elites. Men like Ted Cruz, who’ve had every advantage, every opportunity, graduate of the most elite institutions in the country, like Harvard Law School, who believe they can ride the Trump tiger, that they can play its supporters for fools, that they can benefit and accrue power to themselves. So, when you look at somebody like Ted Cruz, you know he’s lying. Everybody knows he’s lying. Ted Cruz knows he’s lying.”