Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) took CNBC debate panelists to task for their liberal bias: “The questions that have been asked so far at this debate illustrate why the American people don’t trust the media....The contrast with the Democratic debate, where every thought and question from the media was, which of you is more handsome and why?...And nobody watching at home believes that any of the moderators has any intention of voting in a Republican primary.”
Here's the video and transcript:
CNBC
Republican Presidential Debate
Oct. 28, 2015;
CARL QUINTANILLA: Sen. Cruz, congressional Republicans, Democrats, and the White House are about to strike a compromise that would raise the debt limit, prevent a government shutdown, and calm financial markets that fear of [sic] another Washington-created crisis is on the way.
Does your opposition to it show that you're not the kind of problem-solver that American voters want?
Sen. TED CRUZ (R-Texas): You know, let me say something at the outset. The questions that have been asked so far at this debate illustrate why the American people don't trust the media.
[audience applause]
This is not a cage match. And, you look at the questions. Donald Trump, are you a comic book villain? Ben Carson, can you do math? John Kasich, will you insult two people over here. Marco Rubio, why don't you resign? Jeb Bush, why have your numbers fallen? How about talking about the substantive issues –
[audience applause, cheers]
–people care about.
[audience applause, cheers]
QUINTANILLA: Do we get credit for this one?
CRUZ: And Carl, Carl, I'm not finished yet. The contrast with the Democratic debate, where every thought and question from the media was, which of you is more handsome and why?
QU INTANILLA, holding up index card: So, this is the question about the debt limit, which, you have 30 seconds left to answer should you choose to do so.
CRUZ: Let me be clear. The men and women on this stage have more ideas, more experience, more common sense, than every participant in the Democratic debate. That debate reflected a debate between the Bolsheviks and the Mensheviks.
And nobody watching at home believes that any of the moderators has any intention of voting in a Republican primary.
The questions that are being asked shouldn’t be trying to get people to tear into each other, it should be what are your substantive solutions to people who are hurting.
QUINTANILLA: OK. I just want the record to reflect I asked you about the debt limit and I got no answer.
