Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, accused Democrats of going “bat-crap crazy” during a speech to a gathering of conservative activists on Friday in which he assailed the other party for its views on abortion, border security, and the environment.

“I think there is a technical description for what’s going on, which is that Democrats have gone batcrap crazy,” Cruz told National Review editor Rich Lowry at the Conservative Political Action Conference in Oxon Hill, Md.