Sen. Ted Cruz craves liberty — and sliders. And as he explained to the Senate this afternoon, Obamacare’s an obstacle to both.
One of the strongest arguments against Obamacare is how damaging it is to businesses. During his speech this afternoon, Cruz cited White Castle as an example of a business that’s seen its growth greatly reduced in anticipation of the Affordable Care Act. As Cruz points out, that’s a problem for businesses and consumers alike:
Fewer restaurants means fewer jobs, and consequently fewer sliders. And that’s bad news all around.
But while Cruz was essentially making a serious point about the government’s effects on business health, he also succeeded in whetting tweeters’ appetites for fun:
Obamacare may be bad for White Castle, but it will allow Carl's Jr to stay on Carl's Sr's health insurance.
— Jim Antle (@jimantle) September 24, 2013
Somebody, get @tedcruz some @WhiteCastle! #standwithcruz
— Kelly Horsley (@kellyhorsley) September 24, 2013
https://twitter.com/Matthops82/status/382608627502043136
https://twitter.com/riovas/status/382608838374854656
https://twitter.com/KatyElizS/status/382610087187341312
Ted Cruz and I both like White Castle.
— Philip Klein (@philipaklein) September 24, 2013
https://twitter.com/ChuckCJohnson/status/382617718161018880
https://twitter.com/lachlan/status/382610516969271296
https://twitter.com/pjswan/status/382611031190933504
https://twitter.com/fran_chambers/status/382608928213049345
There's Ted Cruz with his racist White Castle Doctrine.
— Charles C. W. Cooke (@charlescwcooke) September 24, 2013
https://twitter.com/Aaron_RS/status/382611395969171456
.@kalpenn should take Ted Cruz to White Castle after this is all over! #tcot
— John Tackeff (@jtackeff) September 24, 2013
Ha! That would be amazing. As would this:
We need to shrink the federal government down to the size of a White Castle burger.
— Jim Antle (@jimantle) September 24, 2013
https://twitter.com/RepMikePompeo/status/382609729832230913
True story.