--- title: CPAC: Ted Cruz Calls Liberals 'Bat-Crap Crazy' Transcript description: Texas Sen. Ted Cruz argued that Democrats in Congress are behold to a "bat-crap crazy" liberal base. canonical: https://time.com/4681033/ted-cruz-bat-crap-crazy-transcript/ author: TIME article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2017-02-23T20:35:45.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-02-23T03:29:47.203Z article:section: Politics og:title: Read Ted Cruz's Remarks on 'Bat-Crap Crazy' Liberals og:description: "The anger on the left -- I've never seen anything like it." og:url: https://time.com/4681033/ted-cruz-bat-crap-crazy-transcript/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt6ef6cce40233360f/6988bb9b0b72e353d66ecbc2/gettyimages-633593560.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: US Senator Ted Cruz, Republican of Texas, speaks with Supreme Court nominee Judge Neil Gorsuch during a meeting at the US Capitol in Washington, DC, February 2, 2017. og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Read Ted Cruz's Remarks on 'Bat-Crap Crazy' Liberals twitter:description: "The anger on the left -- I've never seen anything like it." twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt6ef6cce40233360f/6988bb9b0b72e353d66ecbc2/gettyimages-633593560.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Read Ted Cruz's Remarks on 'Bat-Crap Crazy' Liberals by [Ryan Teague Beckwith](/author/ryan-teague-beckwith/) ## Ryan Teague Beckwith Feb 23, 2017 8:35 PM CUT  US Senator Ted Cruz, Republican of Texas, speaks with Supreme Court nominee Judge Neil Gorsuch during a meeting at the US Capitol in Washington, DC, February 2, 2017. US Senator Ted Cruz, Republican of Texas, speaks with Supreme Court nominee Judge Neil Gorsuch during a meeting at the US Capitol in Washington, DC, February 2, 2017.SAUL LOEB—AFP/Getty Images by [Ryan Teague Beckwith](/author/ryan-teague-beckwith/) ## Ryan Teague Beckwith Feb 23, 2017 8:35 PM CUT Texas Sen. Ted Cruz argued that Democrats in Congress are behold to a “bat-crap crazy” liberal base that is upset about the election of President Trump. In [an interview with radio host Mark Levin](http://time.com/4680572/ted-cruz-supreme-court-vacancy/ "undefined") at the [annual Conservative Political Action Conference](http://time.com/4679396/cpac-donald-trump-conservatives/ "undefined"), the Republican Senator argued that his Democratic counterparts are “opposing everything.” “The anger on the left — I’ve never seen anything like it,” he said. “I mean, they’re right now opposing everything. Democrats in the Senate are filibustering absolutely everything.” He then added that the Democratic base is “bat-crap crazy.” Here’s a complete transcript of the interview. --- > “” --- ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4681033/ted-cruz-bat-crap-crazy-transcript/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4681033/ted-cruz-bat-crap-crazy-transcript/"},"headline":"Read Ted Cruz's Remarks on 'Bat-Crap Crazy' Liberals","datePublished":"2017-02-23T20:35:45.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-23T03:29:47.203Z","description":"Texas Sen. 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