Texas Sen. Ted Cruz ripped into the Republican established while making his pitch to voters at the Heritage Action Presidential Forum in South Carolina on Friday.
TED CRUZ: “The Washington Cartel,” that’s the term I use for politicians in both parties that get in bed with the lobbyists and special interests and grow and grow and grow government.
If we’re going to break the Washington cartel, the only way to do it is we have to take it on and bring power out of Washington and back to the people…
Have you noticed the Washington establishment, they tell us over and over that every time they run they run as a conservative, as one of us. Not a single person on that stage in California said I’m a squishy establishment moderate I stand for nothing.
And yet they say if you are actually one of us, you can’t win. They’re convinced every person in this stadium is unelectable…
To each of those men and women standing on the stage: That’s great. You’re adopting rhetoric today against Washington. If you want to be an outsider, fabulous. Show me where you stood and fought against career politicians in both parties.
