ABC Alerts: Cruz to Enter 2016 Field 'to the Right of Just About Everybody'

Scott Whitlock | March 23, 2015
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[See NewsBusters for more.] ABC's Jon Karl announced Ted Cruz's entry on Monday into the 2016 presidential field by warning that the Republican is "trying to be the man to the right of just about everybody." According to Karl, "Cruz jumps into this race as the conservative's conservative, somebody who delights not just in fighting liberals but mainstream Republicans, too."  The Good Morning America journalist played previous footage of him needling, "How much do your colleagues just despise you right now on the floor?" Guest co-host David Muir, putting all responsibility on Cruz, described the conservative as "the combative Tea Party favorite who shut down the government for days over ObamaCare." Didn't Obama have anything to do with that? Karl didn't say.