‘Feels Like Joe Biden Is Jimmy Carter’: Ted Cruz Says ’Skyrocketing Inflation’ And ‘Gas Lines’ Make It Feel Like The 1970s Again

Republican Texas Sen. Ted Cruz said Sunday that the current fiscal environment of “skyrocketing inflation” and “gas lines” makes him feel like Jimmy Carter is back as president and America is living in “That ’70s Show.”

“I’ve got to tell you the trillions that are being spent, the trillions in debt that’s being racked up, it is historic and not in a good way,” Cruz told Fox News’ “Sunday Morning Futures.”

“You know, it kind of reminds me of the television show ‘That 70s Show.’ It feels like Joe Biden is Jimmy Carter all over again and we’re seeing skyrocketing inflation, we’ve seen gas lines, we’ve seen a Middle East crisis, we’ve seen hostages, we’ve seen surrender, in this case in Afghanistan — all of these problems are replicating and it turns out cause and effect still operates, that when you spend trillions of dollars, you cause inflation,” Cruz continued.

“They want you not to be able to fill up gas in your car,” the senator claimed. “They want your electricity bill to be higher. They want your heating bill to be higher,” he said, noting that these higher costs will not impact “the Democratic elites” who use private planes.

Cruz also said it is “cruel” to spend $1.9 trillion “on a so-called COVID relief bill that wasn’t C... (Read more)

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