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Some conservatives are threatening to let that cutoff date pass unless the federal government stops spending any taxpayer dollars on Planned Parenthood. Given his high profile role in the<strong> </strong><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150906084140/http://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/government-shutdown-begins-senate-expected-to-reject-latest-house-proposal/2013/10/01/ef464556-2a88-11e3-97a3-ff2758228523_story.html">2013 government shutdown</a>, Cruz is at the center of the speculation. </p> <p>He's ...</p> <p><a id="content_more" href="/web/20150906084140/http://www.texastribune.org/2015/09/04/all-eyes-ted-cruz-fall/" class="more" title="Read full story">Full Story</a></p> </div> </article> <div id="comment_policy"> <header class="smallcaps"> <h1>Comment Policy</h1> </header> <p> The Texas Tribune is pleased to provide the opportunity for you to share your observations about this story. 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Presidential limelight does not build one senatorial clout, especially with Cruz's dismal polling numbers left out of this article.</p> <ul class="actions clearfix"> <li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150906084140/https://www.facebook.com/texastribune/posts/10153483549715837"><span>+</span> Reply</a></li> </ul> </div> <div style="clear: both;"></div> </li> <li> <div class="comment_author_image"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150906084140/http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=10153237003886445"> <img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20150906084140im_/http://graph.facebook.com/10153237003886445/picture?type=square"/> </a> </div> <div class="comment_body"> <div class="comment_time"> September 4 @ 10:15 a.m. </div> <p class="byline"> <span class="author"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150906084140/http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=10153237003886445">Jose Cazares</a> </span> via <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150906084140/https://www.facebook.com/texastribune/posts/10153483549715837">Texas Tribune on Facebook</a> </p> <p class="comment">What a troublemaker.</p> <ul class="actions clearfix"> <li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150906084140/https://www.facebook.com/texastribune/posts/10153483549715837"><span>+</span> Reply</a></li> </ul> </div> <div style="clear: both;"></div> </li> <li> <div class="comment_author_image"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150906084140/http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=10202591676886744"> <img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20150906084140im_/http://graph.facebook.com/10202591676886744/picture?type=square"/> </a> </div> <div class="comment_body"> <div class="comment_time"> September 4 @ 10:24 a.m. </div> <p class="byline"> <span class="author"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150906084140/http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=10202591676886744">Herve Abrams</a> </span> via <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150906084140/https://www.facebook.com/texastribune/posts/10153483549715837">Texas Tribune on Facebook</a> </p> <p class="comment">Could? <br/>Don't you mean "Will Cruz cause another government shutdown?"</p> <ul class="actions clearfix"> <li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150906084140/https://www.facebook.com/texastribune/posts/10153483549715837"><span>+</span> Reply</a></li> </ul> </div> <div style="clear: both;"></div> </li> <li> <div class="comment_author_image"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150906084140/http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=10201804635653322"> <img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20150906084140im_/http://graph.facebook.com/10201804635653322/picture?type=square"/> </a> </div> <div class="comment_body"> <div class="comment_time"> September 4 @ 10:56 a.m. </div> <p class="byline"> <span class="author"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150906084140/http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=10201804635653322">Bill Blackmon</a> </span> via <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150906084140/https://www.facebook.com/texastribune/posts/10153483549715837">Texas Tribune on Facebook</a> </p> <p class="comment">If he causes A SINGLE PERSON to lose their job for a SINGLE DAY he needs to be guillotined.</p> <ul class="actions clearfix"> <li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150906084140/https://www.facebook.com/texastribune/posts/10153483549715837"><span>+</span> Reply</a></li> </ul> </div> <div style="clear: both;"></div> </li> <li> <div class="comment_author_image"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150906084140/http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=628943587181624"> <img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20150906084140im_/http://graph.facebook.com/628943587181624/picture?type=square"/> </a> </div> <div class="comment_body"> <div class="comment_time"> September 4 @ 11:14 a.m. </div> <p class="byline"> <span class="author"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150906084140/http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=628943587181624">Chuck Waldrep</a> </span> via <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150906084140/https://www.facebook.com/texastribune/posts/10153483549715837">Texas Tribune on Facebook</a> </p> <p class="comment">Preaching to the choir because the majority of people would not support it.</p> <ul class="actions clearfix"> <li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150906084140/https://www.facebook.com/texastribune/posts/10153483549715837"><span>+</span> Reply</a></li> </ul> </div> <div style="clear: both;"></div> </li> <li> <div class="comment_author_image"> </div> <div class="comment_body"> <div class="comment_time"> September 4 @ 11:18 a.m. </div> <p class="byline"> <span class="author"> D W </span> </p> <p class="comment">of course he will, why do you ask?</p> </div> <div style="clear: both;"></div> </li> <li> <div class="comment_author_image"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150906084140/http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=10152203763864221"> <img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20150906084140im_/http://graph.facebook.com/10152203763864221/picture?type=square"/> </a> </div> <div class="comment_body"> <div class="comment_time"> September 4 @ 11:49 a.m. </div> <p class="byline"> <span class="author"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150906084140/http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=10152203763864221">Jim Hsu</a> </span> via <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150906084140/https://www.facebook.com/texastribune/posts/10153483549715837">Texas Tribune on Facebook</a> </p> <p class="comment">It is a sad day that a Canadian-born person who refuses to show his birth certificate thinks he should devise a plan to shut down the U.S. government based on a maliciously and misleadingly edited video that spreads a rumor already debunked by state and federal agencies and disbelieved by all persons with brains. And that he will once again pick a Dr. Seuss book with a final message he doesn't understand to read as if that proves a point.</p> <ul class="actions clearfix"> <li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150906084140/https://www.facebook.com/texastribune/posts/10153483549715837"><span>+</span> Reply</a></li> </ul> </div> <div style="clear: both;"></div> </li> <li> <div class="comment_author_image"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150906084140/http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=1070744802954881"> <img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20150906084140im_/http://graph.facebook.com/1070744802954881/picture?type=square"/> </a> </div> <div class="comment_body"> <div class="comment_time"> September 4 @ 12:03 p.m. </div> <p class="byline"> <span class="author"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150906084140/http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=1070744802954881">Randy Williams</a> </span> via <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150906084140/https://www.facebook.com/texastribune/posts/10153483549715837">Texas Tribune on Facebook</a> </p> <p class="comment">I feel somewhat confident that Cruz's Republican colleagues in the Senate, who saw the damage his shut down did last time to both the economy and his party's reputation, will find a way to prevent his inflicting this same damage again.</p> <ul class="actions clearfix"> <li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150906084140/https://www.facebook.com/texastribune/posts/10153483549715837"><span>+</span> Reply</a></li> </ul> </div> <div style="clear: both;"></div> </li> <li> <div class="comment_author_image"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150906084140/http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=10205522117804421"> <img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20150906084140im_/http://graph.facebook.com/10205522117804421/picture?type=square"/> </a> </div> <div class="comment_body"> <div class="comment_time"> September 4 @ 12:06 p.m. </div> <p class="byline"> <span class="author"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150906084140/http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=10205522117804421">Brian Roper</a> </span> via <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150906084140/https://www.facebook.com/texastribune/posts/10153483549715837">Texas Tribune on Facebook</a> </p> <p class="comment">Useless, self-serving Teabagger trash....</p> <ul class="actions clearfix"> <li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150906084140/https://www.facebook.com/texastribune/posts/10153483549715837"><span>+</span> Reply</a></li> </ul> </div> <div style="clear: both;"></div> </li> <li> <div class="comment_author_image"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150906084140/http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=10205553087599202"> <img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20150906084140im_/http://graph.facebook.com/10205553087599202/picture?type=square"/> </a> </div> <div class="comment_body"> <div class="comment_time"> September 4 @ 12:13 p.m. </div> <p class="byline"> <span class="author"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150906084140/http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=10205553087599202">John Smith</a> </span> via <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150906084140/https://www.facebook.com/texastribune/posts/10153483549715837">Texas Tribune on Facebook</a> </p> <p class="comment">I'm sure glad Ted Cruz is back in Texas. I really missed our village idiot</p> <ul class="actions clearfix"> <li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150906084140/https://www.facebook.com/texastribune/posts/10153483549715837"><span>+</span> Reply</a></li> </ul> </div> <div style="clear: both;"></div> </li> <li> <div class="comment_author_image"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150906084140/http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=1453600228300775"> <img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20150906084140im_/http://graph.facebook.com/1453600228300775/picture?type=square"/> </a> </div> <div class="comment_body"> <div class="comment_time"> September 4 @ 12:21 p.m. </div> <p class="byline"> <span class="author"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150906084140/http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=1453600228300775">Rebecca Sanders</a> </span> via <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150906084140/https://www.facebook.com/texastribune/posts/10153483549715837">Texas Tribune on Facebook</a> </p> <p class="comment">The #DC #WeakGOP is afraid of #CRUZ & #Trump, because both men say what #TeamRINO doesn't want to hear !!!!!!</p> <ul class="actions clearfix"> <li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150906084140/https://www.facebook.com/texastribune/posts/10153483549715837"><span>+</span> Reply</a></li> </ul> </div> <div style="clear: both;"></div> </li> <li> <div class="comment_author_image"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150906084140/http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=903643276341293"> <img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20150906084140im_/http://graph.facebook.com/903643276341293/picture?type=square"/> </a> </div> <div class="comment_body"> <div class="comment_time"> September 4 @ 12:23 p.m. </div> <p class="byline"> <span class="author"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150906084140/http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=903643276341293">Patsy Painter Hull</a> </span> via <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150906084140/https://www.facebook.com/texastribune/posts/10153483549715837">Texas Tribune on Facebook</a> </p> <p class="comment">I don't think even his compatriots, with the possible exceptions of Lee and King would go along with anything this jerk would want.....he has no power anymore</p> <ul class="actions clearfix"> <li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150906084140/https://www.facebook.com/texastribune/posts/10153483549715837"><span>+</span> Reply</a></li> </ul> </div> <div style="clear: both;"></div> </li> <li> <div class="comment_author_image"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150906084140/http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=10205690069264875"> <img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20150906084140im_/http://graph.facebook.com/10205690069264875/picture?type=square"/> </a> </div> <div class="comment_body"> <div class="comment_time"> September 4 @ 12:35 p.m. </div> <p class="byline"> <span class="author"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150906084140/http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=10205690069264875">Mike Sprenger</a> </span> via <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150906084140/https://www.facebook.com/texastribune/posts/10153483549715837">Texas Tribune on Facebook</a> </p> <p class="comment">Fall off the planet idiot</p> <ul class="actions clearfix"> <li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150906084140/https://www.facebook.com/texastribune/posts/10153483549715837"><span>+</span> Reply</a></li> </ul> </div> <div style="clear: both;"></div> </li> <li> <div class="comment_author_image"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150906084140/http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=881939748511097"> <img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20150906084140im_/http://graph.facebook.com/881939748511097/picture?type=square"/> </a> </div> <div class="comment_body"> <div class="comment_time"> September 4 @ 12:38 p.m. </div> <p class="byline"> <span class="author"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150906084140/http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=881939748511097">Alex Fuller</a> </span> via <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150906084140/https://www.facebook.com/texastribune/posts/10153483549715837">Texas Tribune on Facebook</a> </p> <p class="comment">Just another photo op for this political junkie!</p> <ul class="actions clearfix"> <li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150906084140/https://www.facebook.com/texastribune/posts/10153483549715837"><span>+</span> Reply</a></li> </ul> </div> <div style="clear: both;"></div> </li> <li> <div class="comment_author_image"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150906084140/http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=1008447509165620"> <img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20150906084140im_/http://graph.facebook.com/1008447509165620/picture?type=square"/> </a> </div> <div class="comment_body"> <div class="comment_time"> September 4 @ 12:42 p.m. </div> <p class="byline"> <span class="author"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150906084140/http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=1008447509165620">Tracy Gamble</a> </span> via <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150906084140/https://www.facebook.com/texastribune/posts/10153483549715837">Texas Tribune on Facebook</a> </p> <p class="comment">With a Republican majority in Congress, couldn't they have de-funded PP long ago if they wanted?</p> <ul class="actions clearfix"> <li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150906084140/https://www.facebook.com/texastribune/posts/10153483549715837"><span>+</span> Reply</a></li> </ul> </div> <div style="clear: both;"></div> </li> <li> <div class="comment_author_image"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150906084140/http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=1603067543298340"> <img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20150906084140im_/http://graph.facebook.com/1603067543298340/picture?type=square"/> </a> </div> <div class="comment_body"> <div class="comment_time"> September 4 @ 12:45 p.m. </div> <p class="byline"> <span class="author"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150906084140/http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=1603067543298340">Kristine Weibel</a> </span> via <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150906084140/https://www.facebook.com/texastribune/posts/10153483549715837">Texas Tribune on Facebook</a> </p> <p class="comment">Go right ahead Senator asshole. Elections next year.</p> <ul class="actions clearfix"> <li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150906084140/https://www.facebook.com/texastribune/posts/10153483549715837"><span>+</span> Reply</a></li> </ul> </div> <div style="clear: both;"></div> </li> <li> <div class="comment_author_image"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150906084140/http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=10205707925309816"> <img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20150906084140im_/http://graph.facebook.com/10205707925309816/picture?type=square"/> </a> </div> <div class="comment_body"> <div class="comment_time"> September 4 @ 12:53 p.m. </div> <p class="byline"> <span class="author"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150906084140/http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=10205707925309816">Brian Bottorff</a> </span> via <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150906084140/https://www.facebook.com/texastribune/posts/10153483549715837">Texas Tribune on Facebook</a> </p> <p class="comment">Ted Cruz is an idiot.</p> <ul class="actions clearfix"> <li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150906084140/https://www.facebook.com/texastribune/posts/10153483549715837"><span>+</span> Reply</a></li> </ul> </div> <div style="clear: both;"></div> </li> <li> <div class="comment_author_image"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150906084140/http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=10202092943740264"> <img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20150906084140im_/http://graph.facebook.com/10202092943740264/picture?type=square"/> </a> </div> <div class="comment_body"> <div class="comment_time"> September 4 @ 1:06 p.m. </div> <p class="byline"> <span class="author"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150906084140/http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=10202092943740264">Anna Moseley Osborn</a> </span> via <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150906084140/https://www.facebook.com/texastribune/posts/10153483549715837">Texas Tribune on Facebook</a> </p> <p class="comment">He hasn't been there is so long the dust must be thick on his chair. With any luck someone will have carted it off. There really should be attendance regulations...on the other hand, maybe it is better that he isn't there!</p> <ul class="actions clearfix"> <li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150906084140/https://www.facebook.com/texastribune/posts/10153483549715837"><span>+</span> Reply</a></li> </ul> </div> <div style="clear: both;"></div> </li> <li> <div class="comment_author_image"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150906084140/http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=10153271784588844"> <img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20150906084140im_/http://graph.facebook.com/10153271784588844/picture?type=square"/> </a> </div> <div class="comment_body"> <div class="comment_time"> September 4 @ 1:09 p.m. </div> <p class="byline"> <span class="author"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150906084140/http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=10153271784588844">Chris Summers</a> </span> via <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150906084140/https://www.facebook.com/texastribune/posts/10153483549715837">Texas Tribune on Facebook</a> </p> <p class="comment">You know, the Tribune started out generally pretty fair in its reporting and stories they'd run but it's become so liberal its hardly worth following anymore.</p> <ul class="actions clearfix"> <li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150906084140/https://www.facebook.com/texastribune/posts/10153483549715837"><span>+</span> Reply</a></li> </ul> </div> <div style="clear: both;"></div> </li> <li> <div class="comment_author_image"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150906084140/http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=10204094616267773"> <img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20150906084140im_/http://graph.facebook.com/10204094616267773/picture?type=square"/> </a> </div> <div class="comment_body"> <div class="comment_time"> September 4 @ 1:24 p.m. </div> <p class="byline"> <span class="author"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150906084140/http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=10204094616267773">Michael Parks</a> </span> via <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150906084140/https://www.facebook.com/texastribune/posts/10153483549715837">Texas Tribune on Facebook</a> </p> <p class="comment">Good, shut it down</p> <ul class="actions clearfix"> <li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150906084140/https://www.facebook.com/texastribune/posts/10153483549715837"><span>+</span> Reply</a></li> </ul> </div> <div style="clear: both;"></div> </li> <li> <div class="comment_author_image"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150906084140/http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=10203709742854653"> <img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20150906084140im_/http://graph.facebook.com/10203709742854653/picture?type=square"/> </a> </div> <div class="comment_body"> <div class="comment_time"> September 4 @ 1:35 p.m. </div> <p class="byline"> <span class="author"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150906084140/http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=10203709742854653">K Lin Noble</a> </span> via <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150906084140/https://www.facebook.com/texastribune/posts/10153483549715837">Texas Tribune on Facebook</a> </p> <p class="comment">Shut 'r down....</p> <ul class="actions clearfix"> <li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150906084140/https://www.facebook.com/texastribune/posts/10153483549715837"><span>+</span> Reply</a></li> </ul> </div> <div style="clear: both;"></div> </li> <li> <div class="comment_author_image"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150906084140/http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=10206313770035376"> <img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20150906084140im_/http://graph.facebook.com/10206313770035376/picture?type=square"/> </a> </div> <div class="comment_body"> <div class="comment_time"> September 4 @ 1:45 p.m. </div> <p class="byline"> <span class="author"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150906084140/http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=10206313770035376">John Alford</a> </span> via <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150906084140/https://www.facebook.com/texastribune/posts/10153483549715837">Texas Tribune on Facebook</a> </p> <p class="comment">Can't wait for that grandstanding, self-promoting demagogue to be sent packing.</p> <ul class="actions clearfix"> <li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150906084140/https://www.facebook.com/texastribune/posts/10153483549715837"><span>+</span> Reply</a></li> </ul> </div> <div style="clear: both;"></div> </li> <li> <div class="comment_author_image"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150906084140/http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=10152720327442447"> <img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20150906084140im_/http://graph.facebook.com/10152720327442447/picture?type=square"/> </a> </div> <div class="comment_body"> <div class="comment_time"> September 4 @ 1:58 p.m. </div> <p class="byline"> <span class="author"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150906084140/http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=10152720327442447">Greg Scottie Cole</a> </span> via <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150906084140/https://www.facebook.com/texastribune/posts/10153483549715837">Texas Tribune on Facebook</a> </p> <p class="comment">I still can't believe so many of you voted for this sociopath. Cruz cares not one bit for Texas.</p> <ul class="actions clearfix"> <li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150906084140/https://www.facebook.com/texastribune/posts/10153483549715837"><span>+</span> Reply</a></li> </ul> </div> <div style="clear: both;"></div> </li> <li> <div class="comment_author_image"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150906084140/http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=10206922187035437"> <img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20150906084140im_/http://graph.facebook.com/10206922187035437/picture?type=square"/> </a> </div> <div class="comment_body"> <div class="comment_time"> September 4 @ 2:23 p.m. </div> <p class="byline"> <span class="author"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150906084140/http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=10206922187035437">Elizabeth Grous</a> </span> via <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150906084140/https://www.facebook.com/texastribune/posts/10153483549715837">Texas Tribune on Facebook</a> </p> <p class="comment">I'm pretty sure he's a psychopath. Someone should check his freezer for dead neighborhood cats.</p> <ul class="actions clearfix"> <li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150906084140/https://www.facebook.com/texastribune/posts/10153483549715837"><span>+</span> Reply</a></li> </ul> </div> <div style="clear: both;"></div> </li> <li> <div class="comment_author_image"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150906084140/http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=10204600041669753"> <img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20150906084140im_/http://graph.facebook.com/10204600041669753/picture?type=square"/> </a> </div> <div class="comment_body"> <div class="comment_time"> September 4 @ 2:24 p.m. </div> <p class="byline"> <span class="author"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150906084140/http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=10204600041669753">Dewey Lawhon</a> </span> via <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150906084140/https://www.facebook.com/texastribune/posts/10153483549715837">Texas Tribune on Facebook</a> </p> <p class="comment">Is that all he knows how to do? Seriously, has he ever considered reaching across the aisle, talking, and negotiating a solution without putting the American people and government at risk? Pitiful.</p> <ul class="actions clearfix"> <li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150906084140/https://www.facebook.com/texastribune/posts/10153483549715837"><span>+</span> Reply</a></li> </ul> </div> <div style="clear: both;"></div> </li> <li> <div class="comment_author_image"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150906084140/http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=889959944376207"> <img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20150906084140im_/http://graph.facebook.com/889959944376207/picture?type=square"/> </a> </div> <div class="comment_body"> <div class="comment_time"> September 4 @ 2:29 p.m. </div> <p class="byline"> <span class="author"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150906084140/http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=889959944376207">C.w. McKethan</a> </span> via <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150906084140/https://www.facebook.com/texastribune/posts/10153483549715837">Texas Tribune on Facebook</a> </p> <p class="comment">Canadian/Cuban cost us $24+ Billion the last time he threw a tantrum like a baby!!!!</p> <ul class="actions clearfix"> <li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150906084140/https://www.facebook.com/texastribune/posts/10153483549715837"><span>+</span> Reply</a></li> </ul> </div> <div style="clear: both;"></div> </li> <li> <div class="comment_author_image"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150906084140/http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=132492303763857"> <img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20150906084140im_/http://graph.facebook.com/132492303763857/picture?type=square"/> </a> </div> <div class="comment_body"> <div class="comment_time"> September 4 @ 2:32 p.m. </div> <p class="byline"> <span class="author"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150906084140/http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=132492303763857">Anaiz Paulanar</a> </span> via <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150906084140/https://www.facebook.com/texastribune/posts/10153483549715837">Texas Tribune on Facebook</a> </p> <p class="comment">Cruz is an idiot who should be deported. He and his like-minded colleagues are toxic to the USA.</p> <ul class="actions clearfix"> <li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150906084140/https://www.facebook.com/texastribune/posts/10153483549715837"><span>+</span> Reply</a></li> </ul> </div> <div style="clear: both;"></div> </li> <li> <div class="comment_author_image"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150906084140/http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=10205771869447969"> <img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20150906084140im_/http://graph.facebook.com/10205771869447969/picture?type=square"/> </a> </div> <div class="comment_body"> <div class="comment_time"> September 4 @ 2:32 p.m. </div> <p class="byline"> <span class="author"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150906084140/http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=10205771869447969">Genia Gartner</a> </span> via <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150906084140/https://www.facebook.com/texastribune/posts/10153483549715837">Texas Tribune on Facebook</a> </p> <p class="comment">I think he should be charged with domestic terrorism and deported back to Canada. Anyone that tties to bring our government to it's knees is a terrorist in my opinion. Jackhole.</p> <ul class="actions clearfix"> <li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150906084140/https://www.facebook.com/texastribune/posts/10153483549715837"><span>+</span> Reply</a></li> </ul> </div> <div style="clear: both;"></div> </li> <li> <div class="comment_author_image"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150906084140/http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=430858760427163"> <img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20150906084140im_/http://graph.facebook.com/430858760427163/picture?type=square"/> </a> </div> <div class="comment_body"> <div class="comment_time"> September 4 @ 2:47 p.m. </div> <p class="byline"> <span class="author"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150906084140/http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=430858760427163">Terry Rone</a> </span> via <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150906084140/https://www.facebook.com/texastribune/posts/10153483549715837">Texas Tribune on Facebook</a> </p> <p class="comment">Impeach his dumb ass</p> <ul class="actions clearfix"> <li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150906084140/https://www.facebook.com/texastribune/posts/10153483549715837"><span>+</span> Reply</a></li> </ul> </div> <div style="clear: both;"></div> </li> <li> <div class="comment_author_image"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150906084140/http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=1076067175742683"> <img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20150906084140im_/http://graph.facebook.com/1076067175742683/picture?type=square"/> </a> </div> <div class="comment_body"> <div class="comment_time"> September 4 @ 3:07 p.m. </div> <p class="byline"> <span class="author"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150906084140/http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=1076067175742683">Glenn Mansfield</a> </span> via <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150906084140/https://www.facebook.com/texastribune/posts/10153483549715837">Texas Tribune on Facebook</a> </p> <p class="comment">Cruz/Gowdy</p> <ul class="actions clearfix"> <li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150906084140/https://www.facebook.com/texastribune/posts/10153483549715837"><span>+</span> Reply</a></li> </ul> </div> <div style="clear: both;"></div> </li> <li> <div class="comment_author_image"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150906084140/http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=10207498426568301"> <img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20150906084140im_/http://graph.facebook.com/10207498426568301/picture?type=square"/> </a> </div> <div class="comment_body"> <div class="comment_time"> September 4 @ 3:11 p.m. </div> <p class="byline"> <span class="author"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150906084140/http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=10207498426568301">Bill Conley</a> </span> via <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150906084140/https://www.facebook.com/texastribune/posts/10153483549715837">Texas Tribune on Facebook</a> </p> <p class="comment">He probably can't this time, but he can get a lot of people to look at him, which seems to be all that really matters to the guy.</p> <ul class="actions clearfix"> <li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150906084140/https://www.facebook.com/texastribune/posts/10153483549715837"><span>+</span> Reply</a></li> </ul> </div> <div style="clear: both;"></div> </li> <li> <div class="comment_author_image"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150906084140/http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=10152855591156709"> <img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20150906084140im_/http://graph.facebook.com/10152855591156709/picture?type=square"/> </a> </div> <div class="comment_body"> <div class="comment_time"> September 4 @ 4 p.m. </div> <p class="byline"> <span class="author"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150906084140/http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=10152855591156709">Charles Russell</a> </span> via <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150906084140/https://www.facebook.com/texastribune/posts/10153483549715837">Texas Tribune on Facebook</a> </p> <p class="comment">Deport him</p> <ul class="actions clearfix"> <li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150906084140/https://www.facebook.com/texastribune/posts/10153483549715837"><span>+</span> Reply</a></li> </ul> </div> <div style="clear: both;"></div> </li> <li> <div class="comment_author_image"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150906084140/http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=10152371855678829"> <img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20150906084140im_/http://graph.facebook.com/10152371855678829/picture?type=square"/> </a> </div> <div class="comment_body"> <div class="comment_time"> September 4 @ 4:07 p.m. </div> <p class="byline"> <span class="author"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150906084140/http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=10152371855678829">David F. Reichert</a> </span> via <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150906084140/https://www.facebook.com/texastribune/posts/10153483549715837">Texas Tribune on Facebook</a> </p> <p class="comment">anything for a sound bite</p> <ul class="actions clearfix"> <li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150906084140/https://www.facebook.com/texastribune/posts/10153483549715837"><span>+</span> Reply</a></li> </ul> </div> <div style="clear: both;"></div> </li> <li> <div class="comment_author_image"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150906084140/http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=10205770660558508"> <img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20150906084140im_/http://graph.facebook.com/10205770660558508/picture?type=square"/> </a> </div> <div class="comment_body"> <div class="comment_time"> September 4 @ 4:16 p.m. </div> <p class="byline"> <span class="author"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150906084140/http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=10205770660558508">Harmon Everett</a> </span> via <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150906084140/https://www.facebook.com/texastribune/posts/10153483549715837">Texas Tribune on Facebook</a> </p> <p class="comment">Sociopath.</p> <ul class="actions clearfix"> <li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150906084140/https://www.facebook.com/texastribune/posts/10153483549715837"><span>+</span> Reply</a></li> </ul> </div> <div style="clear: both;"></div> </li> <li> <div class="comment_author_image"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150906084140/http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=1081139078569376"> <img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20150906084140im_/http://graph.facebook.com/1081139078569376/picture?type=square"/> </a> </div> <div class="comment_body"> <div class="comment_time"> September 4 @ 4:27 p.m. </div> <p class="byline"> <span class="author"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150906084140/http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=1081139078569376">Adam Lane</a> </span> via <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150906084140/https://www.facebook.com/texastribune/posts/10153483549715837">Texas Tribune on Facebook</a> </p> <p class="comment">Drama mamma goes The Texas Tribune. Geez!</p> <ul class="actions clearfix"> <li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150906084140/https://www.facebook.com/texastribune/posts/10153483549715837"><span>+</span> Reply</a></li> </ul> </div> <div style="clear: both;"></div> </li> <li> <div class="comment_author_image"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150906084140/http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=10206437225042360"> <img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20150906084140im_/http://graph.facebook.com/10206437225042360/picture?type=square"/> </a> </div> <div class="comment_body"> <div class="comment_time"> September 4 @ 4:31 p.m. </div> <p class="byline"> <span class="author"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150906084140/http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=10206437225042360">Donna Pugh Estrem</a> </span> via <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150906084140/https://www.facebook.com/texastribune/posts/10153483549715837">Texas Tribune on Facebook</a> </p> <p class="comment">Yep</p> <ul class="actions clearfix"> <li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150906084140/https://www.facebook.com/texastribune/posts/10153483549715837"><span>+</span> Reply</a></li> </ul> </div> <div style="clear: both;"></div> </li> <li> <div class="comment_author_image"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150906084140/http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=10153584222878675"> <img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20150906084140im_/http://graph.facebook.com/10153584222878675/picture?type=square"/> </a> </div> <div class="comment_body"> <div class="comment_time"> September 4 @ 5:41 p.m. </div> <p class="byline"> <span class="author"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150906084140/http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=10153584222878675">Mich Herr</a> </span> via <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150906084140/https://www.facebook.com/texastribune/posts/10153483549715837">Texas Tribune on Facebook</a> </p> <p class="comment">It's time he returns to Canada</p> <ul class="actions clearfix"> <li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150906084140/https://www.facebook.com/texastribune/posts/10153483549715837"><span>+</span> Reply</a></li> </ul> </div> <div style="clear: both;"></div> </li> <li> <div class="comment_author_image"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150906084140/http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=846983348670515"> <img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20150906084140im_/http://graph.facebook.com/846983348670515/picture?type=square"/> </a> </div> <div class="comment_body"> <div class="comment_time"> September 4 @ 7:29 p.m. </div> <p class="byline"> <span class="author"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150906084140/http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=846983348670515">Sue Phillips</a> </span> via <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150906084140/https://www.facebook.com/texastribune/posts/10153483549715837">Texas Tribune on Facebook</a> </p> <p class="comment">Cruz thinks he can do anything. I hope it comes back and bites him.</p> <ul class="actions clearfix"> <li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150906084140/https://www.facebook.com/texastribune/posts/10153483549715837"><span>+</span> Reply</a></li> </ul> </div> <div style="clear: both;"></div> </li> <li> <div class="comment_author_image"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150906084140/http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=10153249873838167"> <img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20150906084140im_/http://graph.facebook.com/10153249873838167/picture?type=square"/> </a> </div> <div class="comment_body"> <div class="comment_time"> September 4 @ 8:07 p.m. </div> <p class="byline"> <span class="author"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150906084140/http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=10153249873838167">Larry Hull</a> </span> via <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150906084140/https://www.facebook.com/texastribune/posts/10153483549715837">Texas Tribune on Facebook</a> </p> <p class="comment">Good Grief people. Look, at all the comments about Cruz. He's an idiot. Vote him OUT! Along with him, get rid of Paul Ryan, too. He's no better.</p> <ul class="actions clearfix"> <li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150906084140/https://www.facebook.com/texastribune/posts/10153483549715837"><span>+</span> Reply</a></li> </ul> </div> <div style="clear: both;"></div> </li> <li> <div class="comment_author_image"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150906084140/http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=1071052666243766"> <img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20150906084140im_/http://graph.facebook.com/1071052666243766/picture?type=square"/> </a> </div> <div class="comment_body"> <div class="comment_time"> September 4 @ 8:29 p.m. </div> <p class="byline"> <span class="author"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150906084140/http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=1071052666243766">Candy Whitney Wagner</a> </span> via <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150906084140/https://www.facebook.com/texastribune/posts/10153483549715837">Texas Tribune on Facebook</a> </p> <p class="comment">He's GOT to get attention!</p> <ul class="actions clearfix"> <li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150906084140/https://www.facebook.com/texastribune/posts/10153483549715837"><span>+</span> Reply</a></li> </ul> </div> <div style="clear: both;"></div> </li> <li> <div class="comment_author_image"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150906084140/http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=10206649481179485"> <img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20150906084140im_/http://graph.facebook.com/10206649481179485/picture?type=square"/> </a> </div> <div class="comment_body"> <div class="comment_time"> September 4 @ 10:33 p.m. </div> <p class="byline"> <span class="author"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150906084140/http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=10206649481179485">Randy Ray</a> </span> via <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150906084140/https://www.facebook.com/texastribune/posts/10153483549715837">Texas Tribune on Facebook</a> </p> <p class="comment">Such a freak.</p> <ul class="actions 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I thought that ONLY THE P R E S I D E N T can shut the Govt down - since the Pres. did shut the Govt down last time...</p> </div> <div style="clear: both;"></div> </li> <li> <div class="comment_author_image"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150906084140/http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=10204412836583636"> <img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20150906084140im_/http://graph.facebook.com/10204412836583636/picture?type=square"/> </a> </div> <div class="comment_body"> <div class="comment_time"> September 5 @ 3:28 p.m. </div> <p class="byline"> <span class="author"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150906084140/http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=10204412836583636">David Peck</a> </span> via <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150906084140/https://www.facebook.com/texastribune/posts/10153483549715837">Texas Tribune on Facebook</a> </p> <p class="comment">You liberals are some messed up people.</p> <ul class="actions clearfix"> <li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150906084140/https://www.facebook.com/texastribune/posts/10153483549715837"><span>+</span> Reply</a></li> </ul> </div> <div style="clear: both;"></div> </li> <li> <div class="comment_author_image"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150906084140/http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=10204103690496868"> <img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20150906084140im_/http://graph.facebook.com/10204103690496868/picture?type=square"/> </a> </div> <div class="comment_body"> <div class="comment_time"> September 5 @ 3:37 p.m. </div> <p class="byline"> <span class="author"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150906084140/http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=10204103690496868">Erin Strauss</a> </span> via <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150906084140/https://www.facebook.com/texastribune/posts/10153483549715837">Texas Tribune on Facebook</a> </p> <p class="comment">He better not!???? aren't you getting tired of our country acting weird ? 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