Republican presidential hopeful Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) is becoming quite the comedian on the campaign trail.
Speaking at the Londonderry Fish & Game Club in New Hampshire, Cruz said:
“People ask sometimes: ‘Why did you get into politics, why are you running for office? You got a screw loose?’”
“I’ve told my six-year-old daughter, running for office is real simple. You just surgically disconnect your shame sensor. Because you spend every day asking people for money. You walk up, ‘how are you doing sir, can I have money?’ ‘Great to see you sir, lovely shirt, please give me money?’ That’s what running for office is like.”
“But I’ll tell you the simple reason why I ran for Senate and the simple reason why I’m running for President in 2016,” said Cruz. “Because when I was growing up my father used to say to me, over and over again, when we faced oppression in Cuba, I had a place to flee to.”
“When we face oppression here, where do we go?” asked Cruz rhetorically.
Cruz’s father was imprisoned in Cuba and escaped to the United States.