Lawrence O’Donnell: Ted Cruz ‘Wicked Stupid’ If He Thinks He Can Defund Obamacare

Lawrence O’Donnell is not one for holding back, and in taking on the latest fight in Congress over defunding Obamacare and the threat of a potential government shutdown, he had a simple question: “How stupid is Ted Cruz?”

O’Donnell asked because he couldn’t quite understand how Cruz could possibly think he could ever defund Obamacare with the Democratic-controlled Senate and Obamacare’s namesake still in power. O’Donnell acknowledged the question was impolite, and rephrased it to ask, “How smart is Ted Cruz? Because the stuff he’s saying there is wicked stupid.”

Eugene Robinson agreed it was “absolutely stupid,” suggesting this is really about Cruz raising his political profile. O’Donnell said while he normally chalks up the ramblings of Congressional freshmen to “ignorance,” “this one is really strange.”

Howard Dean pointed out that John Boehner is practically “walking the plank” to appease the “crazy” factions of the party, while knowing full well they will look like “extremists if they vote to shut the government down.”

Watch the video below, via MSNBC:

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