'I do think the president, the administration, their response to this crisis, I think they've taken serious and, in many instances, extraordinary steps.' whatever the president says is used by his political enemies to attack him.' 'That being said, it's not lost on anyone that we're 47 days out from a presidential election, and in this context every every word that everyone utters is viewed through the political lens and. 'The president has long said things that I don't agree with and I can't control what he says and what he doesn't say,' Cruz said. Leading scientists across the board strongly recommend wearing masks as a means to mitigate the spread of the lethal virus and the exchanges between Trump and Redfield have unnerved many scientific experts.īut Cruz portrayed the matter as a bad faith political controversy. Trump contradicted Redfield's statements on both fronts this week, calling the scientist he appointed to that post 'confused' and having 'misunderstood' the efficacy of masks and the timeline of when a vaccine can be safely approved and distributed to the public. Redfield testified under oath in a Wednesday congressional hearing that masks could prove better at combating the COVID-19 virus than a vaccine and that the general public should plan for a summer 2021 distribution of any vaccine at the earliest. Robert Redfield, director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. In the interview, Cruz relayed the stresses many Texas households are feeling as he described how he and his wife work mostly from home while his daughters engage in distance learning.īut the conversation shifted to an open policy dispute between Trump and Dr. And as many legal scholars are raising concern about Barr's stewardship of the Justice Department, Cruz said Barr has done an 'admirable job of staying faithful to the rule of the law.' In a Texas Tribune Festival interview with CNN's Jake Tapper that aired Friday, Cruz suggested questions about the president's leadership during the pandemic were rooted in politics and not the growing national death count. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, on the COVID-19 pandemic and the performance of U.S. WASHINGTON - In the event there was any doubt, there remains little daylight between President Donald Trump and U.S. This article originally appeared on The Texas Tribune.

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