Cruz: Minorities like Tim Scott who don't 'sit down and shut up and obey' 'enrage' the left

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Nothing enrages the left more than minorities like Tim Scott who don’t ‘obey’: Cruz

Sen. Ted Cruz weighs in on the left's attacks on Sen. Tim Scott and Twitter allowing a slur about the Black Republican senator to trend.

Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, told "America Reports" Thursday that conservative minorities like Sen. Tim Scott, R-S.C., "enrage" the left because they do not "sit down and shut up and obey" progressive orthodoxy.

CRUZ: I think it's disgusting. I think Tim gave a fantastic speech. Tim is a good friend, and he understands the miracle of opportunity that is America, that there's no nation in the history of the world that has enabled so many people to start with nothing and achieve the American dream. 

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That's why Tim is a conservative. That's why I'm a conservative. And, you know, and I think it was particularly important that Tim made the point, which is right, that America is not a racist country. And in fact, we have an incredible legacy of fighting for the equal rights of all. It hasn't been a perfect journey, but no journey is. And we're moving toward a more perfect union. And I think Tim articulated that beautifully. Twitter, on the other hand -- listen, the left is intolerant, the left believes in cancel culture, and there are few things that enrage the left more than minorities that don't sit down and shut up and obey. 

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And they get very angry at African-Americans like Tim who dare to be a conservative. They get very angry at Hispanics like me, who dare to be a conservative because their view is that especially minorities, you either agree with their leftist orthodoxy or you are a traitor. And so the nastiness of the racial slur, unfortunately, that is a recurring feature of the left.

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