Sen. Ted Cruz channeled another Texas politician and presidential hopeful in an “oops” moment during Tuesday night’s GOP debate.
During the Fox Business Republican presidential debate, Cruz said he would eliminate five government agencies, but he can’t remember the fifth one.
Sound familiar?
During a 2011 debate, former Texas Gov. Rick Perry infamously forgot the third government agency he would eliminate if elected president. Perry said he would eliminate the Department of Commerce, the Department of Education, and struggled to name the third agency, which he later remembered was the Department of Energy.
Cruz’s mistake was not quite as noticeable. He attempted to name the five agencies he would eliminate from the federal government, but accidentally listed the Department of Commerce twice.
Cruz also named the IRS, Department of Energy, and Department of Housing and Urban Development.
It’s no secret that Cruz would like to abolish the IRS — he has been advocating for that for the past several years since the agency was exposed for targeting tea party groups.
“There are more words in the IRS code than there are in the Bible,” Cruz said. “And not one is as good.”
In the past Cruz has said the Department of Education must close, so that would presumably be the fifth agency he forgot to say during the debate.
So @tedcruz definitely had an #oops moment: He named Dept of Commerce twice: #GOPDebate pic.twitter.com/ePclHujAK6
— Frank Thorp V (@frankthorpNBC) November 11, 2015
