‘Until I Am No Longer Able to Stand’: Ted Cruz Begins Anti-Obamacare ‘Filibuster’

On Tuesday, Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) rose on the floor of the U.S. Senate for what his staff said would be a “talking filibuster” against the Affordable Care Act and in favor of a continuing resolution which would defund that law. He said that he would talk until he could no longer stand and that his intention was to “make D.C. listen.”

“Madame president, I rise today in opposition to Obamacare,” Cruz began. “I rise today in an effort to speak for 26 million Texans and for 300 million Americans.”

“Obamacare isn’t working,” he continued. “And yet, fundamentally, there are politicians in this body who are not listening to the people.”

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“I intend to speak in support of defunding Obamacare until I am no longer able to stand,” Cruz added. “To do everything that I can to help Americans stand together and recognize this grand experiment three and a half years ago is quite simply not working.”

Cruz lavished praise on his colleague Sen. Mike Lee (R-UT) who also

favors defunding the ACA and, as Cruz said, has been subject to “vilification from official Washington” for it.

“The frustration is that the men and women in Washington aren’t listening,” Cruz later asserted. “It is time, Madame president, quite simply to make D.C. listen.”

Watch the ongoing filibuster here.

Watch the clip below via C-SPAN 2:

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