Ted Cruz thinks the GOP should “lighten up a little.”
The Texas senator appeared at the South Carolina Tea Party Coalition Convention in Myrtle Beach Sunday and insisted that Republicans need to crack more jokes in addition to “speak[ing] the truth” and becoming more “inspiring” to young people, as reports Politico.
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“Would it kill Republicans to crack a joke?” asked Cruz. “I actually think for some Republicans it might. You know, lighten up a little. … So many Republicans run a Soviet-style campaign.”
“‘This is a Politburo! You do that! You do that! You do that!'” he said, exemplifying his own humor. “And a lot of young people are like, ‘Forget that!'”
Cruz, who is a likely 2016 GOP presidential candidate, also responded to an inquiry about who he would place in his Cabinet should he be elected to the presidency.
“I have some strong opinions on that, but let me avoid getting ahead of myself,” said Cruz. “It’s a little like going on a first date and telling her the names of the kids.”
Whether he runs for the Oval Office or not, Cruz certainly does not want a candidate from the “mushy middle” to run for president.
“Every one of those Washington graybeards who goes on TV and talks about how the way to win is to run to the mushy middle … have you noticed these consultants keep losing over and over and over again?” explained Cruz. “Who in their right mind would listen to someone who keeps getting whupped and giving us advice on how not to get whupped?”
He named both Mitt Romney and Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) as examples of former GOP presidential nominees from the “mushy middle.”
“Enough is enough with the career politicians in both parties,” he added.
