So late last week, Ted Cruz, during his podcast with w rightwinger Michael Knowles decided
to go after working class Americans, because of course they get to benefit from last week's
decision to forgive $10,000 in student loans, 20,000, if you received Pell grants and Ted
Cruz thought this was the perfect opportunity to show his disdain and possibly even outright
hatred of working class Americans.
So here is what Ted Cruz said on his podcast.
If you were that slacker barista who wasted seven years in college, studying completely
useless things now has loans and can't get a job.
Joe Biden just gave you 20 grand.
Maybe you weren't gonna vote in November.
And suddenly you just got 20 grand.
And if you can get off the bong for a minute and head down to the voting station, or just
send in your mail-in ballot, that the Democrats have helpfully sent you, it could drive up
turnout, particularly among young people.
So I love how it's slacker barista, but also can't find a job because being a barista is
in fact, a, a job.
So crews already kind of contradicted himself there, but the contradiction of course is
absolutely minor.
Ted Cruz is clearly mad that Democrats did this and it's gonna drive more young people
to vote, which yes it is.
And that's why it was smart politics.
But most importantly, the fact that he has such disdain for American workers, like if
you're a barista, you're a slacker.
If you're somebody who goes out there and works in a coffee shop, it's because you're
lazy.
It's because you're smoking pot all day.
It's because you're a drain on society that couldn't find a better job.
Even after spending seven years in college, studying useless things.
That's what Ted Cruz thinks of you.
And more importantly, that's what the entire Republican party thinks of you.
If you are not making enough money to be in that top 5% of income earners in the United
States, they think you're trash.
And we know that because this isn't the first time we have seen Republicans in high places
come out and attack working class Americans.
Oh, you are a bartender AOC.
Oh, clearly you're just a stupid moron that shouldn't have a job.
Oh, you wait tables.
How crappy is that?
You're a barista.
You're working any of these other jobs.
Oh, you're a teacher to hell with you.
You're grooming our children.
Right?
Of course.
Now we have thousands upon thousands of teacher openings across the country.
Thanks in part to these attacks on teachers that again have actually been going on for
decades now, but there's only certain jobs.
I guess that Republicans hold in high regard.
Right?
If you work in the fossil fuel industry, oh, you're a great
Honored American citizen.
Thank you so much for your service.
If you work in the military, it's a little iffy there.
If you're out there fighting wor wars for oil or the military industrial complex, then
heck yeah.
Good for you.
If you're asking for healthcare, then go get a job.
You're lazy slacker.
So it doesn't really matter.
Republicans will hate you either way.
They're mad.
They're mad that you don't make enough money to donate to their campaigns cuz that's what
it always comes back to folks.
It's not that being a barista is a bad job.
It's not that it's a low skill job.
I honestly don't think Ted Cruz could hack it.
Waiting tables, tending bar.
That stuff is hard.
If you've never done it.
I have trust me.
That is a very difficult, high paced, high stress job.
Most people couldn't hack it, but it doesn't matter.
Republicans hate you either way because you are not giving money to their campaign and
therefore you are not worthy of them acknowledging your existence or more importantly, your suffering.