14 Nov 2013 - Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) faced howls of laughter from an audience in
Washington, D.C. on Thursday when he claimed that he "didn't want a
shutdown" over President Barack Obama's health care reform law.
At The Atlantic's Washington Ideas Forum, Fox News host
Chris Wallace pointed out to the Texas Republican that many of his
colleagues thought he hurt the party by forcing the government shutdown
instead of letting Obamacare fail on its own.
"That ignores who I think was responsible for the shutdown," Cruz
replied. "I didn't want a shutdown. Throughout the whole thing, I said
we shouldn't have a shutdown."
That remark elicited laughter from the forum audience.
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