"“It’s not a secret the disdain that Ted Cruz has for people who work working-class jobs,” she said. “It’s not a secret that what he thinks of the waitresses, the line cooks... He thinks we’re less than him. He thinks that because he has a Harvard degree and has never scrubbed a table, that that makes him better than someone who’s actually had to work for a living.”"
"“I think it’s funny that he’s been taking a government paycheck for 23 years but has the audacity to criticize someone who has come from a family that had to work their way up and earn their place here.”"
"“I recognize for her given that she was a bartender, that is probably true, and there is no disrespect to bartenders,” Cruz told Fox’s Sean Hannity. “But she went from that to being a government employee and a parasite sucking on the taxpayer.”"
Ted Cruz called Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez a “parasite” after she worked as a bartender and later became an elected official. Cruz made the claim on Fox News while also attacking her remarks about earning a billion dollars. Ocasio-Cortez responded by criticizing Cruz’s disdain for people in working-class jobs, including waitresses and line cooks. She argued that Cruz believes people are “less than” him because he has a Harvard degree and has not done manual work. She also said it was “funny” that Cruz had taken a government paycheck for years while criticizing someone who came from a family that worked to move up.
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