Ted Cruz not won over on Obamacare overhaul

Published September 24, 2017 3:38pm ET



Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, said Sunday he has not yet been won over to support the last-ditch Republican effort to overhaul Obamacare.

“Right now, they don’t have my vote and I don’t think they have Mike Lee’s either,” Cruz said at a Texas Tribune event, referring to his conservative colleague from Utah. “I want to be a yes, I want to get there because I think that Obamacare is a disaster. But the price to getting there, I believe, is focusing on consumer freedom.”

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