TED CRUZ HAD A LITTLE RUN-IN WITH ACTRESS ELLEN PAGE AT
THE IOWA COUNTY FAIR.
SHE HAD STRONG WORDS FOR HIM ON THE ISSUE OF LGBT RIGHTS.
LET'S WATCH.
I HAVE A QUESTION ABOUT LGBT PEOPLE BEING FIRED OR
STRICTLY BEING BANNED.
WE ARE SEEING BIBLE BELIEVING CHRISTIANS-
I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER YOUR QUESTION, NOT HAVE A
BACK-AND-FORTH DEBATE.
IMAGINE HYPOTHETICALLY YOU HAD A GAY FLORIST AND
IMAGINE THAT WTO EVANGELICAL CHRISTIANS WANTED TO GET
MARRIED AND THE GAY FLORIST WAS OFFENDED?
THEY SAID, I DON'T WANT TO PROVIDE FLOWERS.
I WOULD SAY THEY SHOULD PROVIDE THE FLOWERS.
AND I WOULD SAY THAT FORCES EVERYONE TO THAT
DISAGREE WITH YOUR FAITH, THERE ARE LOTS OF OTHER PEOPLE
YOU CAN BUY FLOWERS FROM.
TED CRUZ IS TRYING TO WIN THIS BY COMING UP WITH
RIDICULOUS HYPOTHETICALS.
COME ON.
THE FUNNY THING IS, HE EASILY LOSES HIS OWN HYPOTHETICAL.
UNDER THE SAME PRINCIPLES, OF COURSE THE SAME ñ
I AGREE. THEY SHOULD DO THE FLOWERS OR WHATEVER.
IT'S BECAUSE YOU SHOULD NOT BE ABLE TO DISCRIMINATE NO
MATTER WHAT YOUR BELIEFS ARE.
YOU CAN DISCRIMINATE AT HOME, BUT IF SOMEONE COMES INTO
YOUR PLACE OF BUSINESS, YOU SHOULDN'T BE ABLE TO
DISCRIMINATE.
IT'S A PASS FOR HYPOTHETICAL WHICH SHE EASILY ANSWERS.
DUDE, YOU ARE NOT ON A STAGE AT THE DEBATE.
YOU ARE WEARING A PORK APRON.
SHE IS ALLOWED TO ASK FOLLOW-UPS.
YEAH, THERE'S NO RULING AGAINST THAT.
THIS IS WHAT BOTHERED ME ABOUT THIS WHOLE THING.
THE ORIGINAL QUESTION FROM THAT POINT WAS WHEN THE LGBT
COMMUNITY IS GETTING FIRED FROM JOBS FOR BEING GAY,
AND HE GOES STRAIGHT INTO ANYTHING ELSE BUT THAT.
THE HARD PART IS, YOU HAVE TO FOLLOW WHAT HE IS SAYING
AND SHE STARTED LISTENING TO WHAT HE WAS TELLING HER.
BUT THAT IS WHAT THE DEBATE TURNED OUT TO BE, I'M
TALKING TO HER.
AFTER HE THROWS HIS BULL SHIT, HE CONTINUES THE ENTIRE TIME.
THE DISCUSSION IS NOT WHAT SHE ASKED ABOUT.
THAT IS A GREAT POINT.
IF YOU'RE RUNNING FOR PRESIDENT, I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW THE
ANSWER TO THAT QUESTION.
I DID RECENTLY WATCH TRUMP'S CAMPAIGN MANAGER,
AND THE DUDE ASKED A QUESTION, A VERY SPECIFIC QUESTION, AND HE
INSTANTLY GOES INTO WE HAVE TO BUILD A WALL AND ALL THAT STUFF.
THE GUY THROUGH ONE TOKEN, AND TRUMP'S CAMPAIGN MANAGER-
THEY MAKE NEW SHOWS EVERY DAY ON MSNBC.
CAN'T YOU JUST MAKE ONE CALLED
WHEN YOU ASK A QUESTION, THE SECOND THEY DEVIATE, YOU
START BLOCKING OTHER AUDIO WITH A LOUD BUZZER?
AND THEY FUCKING CAN'T SPEAK UNLESS THEY ANSWER THE QUESTION.
PEOPLE WOULD LOVE THAT SHOW- TO MAKE THEM ANSWER.
THEY WOULD IMMEDIATELY BE FIRED.
I KNOW, BUT THAT IS WHAT PEOPLE WANT.
MSNBC, YOU KNOW WHAT THEY COULD USE? VIEWERS. ACCORDING TO THEM.
HERE'S WHAT I LIKE, THE WAY JOHN DOES THE F U SIGN.
HE DOES IT UP AND UNDER. I LIKE THAT.
LETS HEAR LITTLE BIT MORE OF PAGE VERSUS CRUZ.
WE ARE IN A COUNTRY THAT RESPECTS DIVERSITY.
AND THERE IS THIS LIBERAL INTOLERANCE THAT SAYS
ANYONE THAT DARES FOLLOW A DIFFERENT THING MUST BE
PERSECUTED AND FINED.
LGBT PEOPLE ARE CONSTANTLY PERSECUTED IN THIS COUNTRY.
WE'VE COME A REALLY LONG WAY.
GAY PEOPLE USED TO BE THROWN IN JAIL.
DO YOU KNOW WHERE GAY PEOPLE ARE BEING PERSECUTED RIGHT NOW?
ISIS. ISIS IS EXECUTING GAY PEOPLE.
IRAN IS EXECUTING HOMOSEXUALS.
AND ON THE LEFT, YOU SEE COMPLETE SILENCE ABOUT IRAN
HANGING HOMOSEXUALS.
THERE ARE A LOT OF GAY PEOPLE GETTING KILLED.
WHY DOESN'T THE OBAMA ADMINISTRATION STAND
AGAINST THIS.
OKAY, THAT DRIVES ME CRAZY.
WHY IS THE LEFT SILENT ON IRAN AND ISIS ñ NOBODY'S SILENT.
THOSE GUYS ARE RADICAL RIGHT WINGERS.
THEY ARE AGAINST LIBERTY, FREEDOM FOR OTHERS, EQUALITY.
THEY ARE FOR RELIGION, LIKE YOU WERE, TED CRUZ.
WE ARE NOT SILENT ABOUT IT AT ALL.
THE QUESTION IS, WHAT CAN WE DO ABOUT IT?
AND ARE THEY RUNNING TO BE THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES?
I WOULD LIKE TO DO AS MUCH AS THEY CAN AGAINST ISIS, AND
SPEAK OUT AGAINST IT EVERY DAY.
BUT THEY ARE NOT GOING TO LISTEN TO ME.
I SPEAK OUT ANYWAY, BUT THEORETICALLY IT IS MORE
USEFUL IF WE SAY IT TO OUR
LEADERS.
YOU HAVE TO HEAR OUR VOICE ON THIS BECAUSE WE
THEORETICALLY LIVE IN A DEMOCRACY.
YES, EXACTLY.
HE DOESN'T SEEM TO UNDERSTAND THAT YOU CAN CARE MORE ABOUT
AN ISSUE BECAUSE IT HAPPENS IN THE COUNTRY WHERE YOU LIVE.
WE CARE ABOUT ISIS AND IRAN PERSECUTING HOMOSEXUALS.
WE HATE WHEN MUSLIM MISSIONARIES GO INTO CENTRAL AFRICA AND
TRY TO GET THEM TO BE MORE ANTI-GAY.
OH WAIT, THOSE ARE CHRISTIAN MISSIONARIES NOT MUSLIM
MISSIONARIES.
BUT WE SPECIFICALLY HATE THE THINGS THAT ARE GOING ON IN OUR
COUNTRY BECAUSE THAT'S THE COUNTRY THAT WE LIVE IN.
HE SAYS THEIR OBJECT IS TO PERSECUTE, PUNISH, AND
DEFINE ANY BIBLE FOLLOWING CHRISTIAN BELIEVER THE
POLICE AND THE BIBLICAL DEFINITION OF MARRIAGE.
THAT IS NOT TRUE. WE DON'T GIVE A FUCK WHAT YOU BELIEVE.
WE CARE ABOUT WHAT YOU DO.
NOBODY IS GETTING PERSECUTED OR PUNISHED FOR
BELIEVING THAT GAY PEOPLE SHOULD NOT GET MARRIED.
THEY ARE PERSECUTED FOR STOPPING PEOPLE FOR GETTING
MARRIED. IT IS THE ACTIONS OF THE POLICE.
KEEP TRYING TO LUMP THOSE TWO THINGS INTO ONE THING
BECAUSE IT IS HARD TO SPEAK OUT AGAINST PEOPLE'S BELIEFS.
IT'S COMPLETELY FALSE.
ONE MORE MATTER OF MISREPRESENTATION.
HE SAYS, OH, OBAMA GAVE THE IRANIANS A HUNDRED MILLION
DOLLARS.
NO, WE HAD FROZEN THEIR ASSETS AND WE DID THAT IN
CONJUNCTION WITH THE CHINESE, THE RUSSIANS, THE FRENCH,
ETC. WE DID NOT WANT TO FREEZE IRAN'S ASSETS.
WE GOT THEM TO GO ALONG WITH US SO WE CAN GET THE DEAL.
SO WHEN WE GOT THE DEAL AND STOPPED THEIR NUCLEAR
PROGRAM THAT IS WHEN CHINA, RUSSIA, GERMANY, ETC.,
UNFROZEN IRANIAN ASSETS, YOU GOD DAMN LIAR.
BY THE WAY, IF YOU ARE RUNNING FOR GRAND AYATOLLAH,
I WOULD TALK ABOUT YOU A LOT LESS.
IF YOU'RE RUNNING TO BE OUR PRESIDENT, I CARE A LOT.
EXACTLY.
IF YOU WATCH THOSE TWO VIDEOS, YOU KNOW THAT HE WAS NOT
TALKING ABOUT WHAT SHE WAS ACTUALLY BRINGING UP.
SO NOW HE GOES A COUPLE OF DAYS LATER AND HE IS
INTERVIEWED ABOUT IT.
LET'S SEE IF HE GIVES AN ACCURATE REPRESENTATION OF WHAT HAPPENED.
LET'S BEGIN WITH WHAT HAPPENED EARLIER THAT DAY
WHEN ACTRESS AND LGBT SUPPORTER, ELLEN PAGE, KNOCKED THE SENATOR OFF
HIS GAME IN PUBLIC, AND IN THE END SHE DID NOT MAKE A DENT.
QUITE A LITTLE TIFF WITH ELLEN PAGE. SHE TALKED ABOUT
LGBT.
I DON'T THINK IT'S LIKELY THAT HOLLYWOOD CELEBRITIES
ARE GOING TO GET BEHIND MY CAMPAIGN.
THAT WAS NOT A BIG SURPRISE THAT SHE AND I HAD DISAGREEMENTS.
THIS GATHERING TODAY BRINGS HEROES ACROSS THE COUNTRY
WITH THEM PERSECUTED FOR STANDING UP FOR THEIR FAITH.
I AM A CHRISTIAN, AND SCRIPTURE COMMANDS CHRISTIANS LOVE
EVERYBODY.
THIS IS ABOUT WHETHER THE GOVERNMENT IS GOING TO
PERSECUTE PEOPLE OF FAITH FOR STANDING UP TO THEIR FAITH.
WHAT WE ARE SEEING RIGHT NOW, IS THIS LIBERAL FASCISM AND
INTOLERANCE WHERE THEIR OBJECT IS TO PERSECUTE, PUNISH, AND
FINE ANY BIBLE FOLLOWING CHRISTIAN OR BELIEVER THAT
BELIEVES IN THE BIBLICAL DEFINITION OF MARRIAGE.
THERE ARE SOME ACTIVISTS WHO FRANKLY MANIFEST A HATRED
AND INTOLERANCE FOR CHRISTIANS.
HE LOVES THIS. HE GETS TO PLAY THE VICTIM.
ELLEN PAGE IS A U.S. SENATOR, RIGHT? TO EXECUTE
SEMI-POLICY, RIGHT?
NO, SHE IS FROM CANADA, JUST LIKE TED CRUZ ACTUALLY.
NO, YOU ARE NOT THE VICTIM HERE.
[BABY CRYING] YOU ARE THE ONE SETTING THE POWER, SHE
DOESN'T HAVE POWER.
I LOVE WHAT SHE DID AND I LOVE THE QUESTIONS SHE HAD.
HAVING SAID THAT, IT DOES PLAY INTO HIS HANDS A LITTLE BIT
BECAUSE HE GETS TO GO OUT THERE AND DO THE TWO THINGS HE LOVES.
ONE, HOLLYWOOD, AND SECOND, I AM A PERSECUTED CHRISTIAN.