Cruz calls Ocasio-Cortez 'parasite sucking on the taxpayer' over billionaire remarks

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• The HillCenter·1h ago

  Cruz calls Ocasio-Cortez 'parasite sucking on the taxpayer' over billionaire remarks

  Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) on Monday called progressive firebrand Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) a "parasite sucking on the taxpayer" after she claimed that Americans "can't earn" to become billionaires. "I recognize for her –– given that she was a bartender –– that is probably true, and there is no disrespect to bartenders," Cruz told Fox...

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