Ted Cruz Slammed for Heartless Advice to People Whose Unemployment Just Expired

Um, get a job?\n\nThere are millions of vacancies, and small businesses across the Nation are desperate for workers.https://twitter.com/abc3340/status/1435018899007881217\u00a0\u2026

— Ted Cruz (@Ted Cruz) 1630985688

businesses are so desperate they\u2019ll do anything to get workers\u2026\n\nexcept pay a living wage because they know the govt will starve out and displace the working class long before they ever dare to raise wages.https://twitter.com/tedcruz/status/1435084107084619786\u00a0\u2026

— hasanabi (@hasanabi) 1631027977

Ahh yes. Let\u2019s tell Americans who don\u2019t want to go back to exploitive work, making an unlivable wage, in the midst of a pandemic, that\u2019s killed over 600K people\u2014to just \u201cget a job\u201d on LABOR DAY \n\nYou have a job making $174K + a year and you still don\u2019t do it.https://twitter.com/tedcruz/status/1435084107084619786\u00a0\u2026

— \ud83c\udf31Olivia Julianna \ud83c\udf31 (@\ud83c\udf31Olivia Julianna \ud83c\udf31) 1630991310

Some context from the August jobs report:\n-1.5 million people said they weren\u2019t able to take a job because of a pandemic-related obstacle.\n-The number of people who lost work last month because of COVID-19 increased by 400k\n\nWe're not talking about millions of freeloaders here.https://twitter.com/tedcruz/status/1435084107084619786\u00a0\u2026

— Sylvan Lane (@Sylvan Lane) 1631031901

Get a job? Um, 20 of the top 25 states dependent on federal welfare benefits are GOP states. https://wallethub.com/edu/states-most-least-dependent-on-the-federal-government/2700\u00a0\u2026\n\nThere's no "worker shortage." There's GOP denying a living wage to fund billionaire tax cuts. Your billionaire bootlicking is starving Americans to death. Horrid.https://twitter.com/tedcruz/status/1435084107084619786\u00a0\u2026

— Qasim Rashid, Esq. (@Qasim Rashid, Esq.) 1631021226

The Wall Journal & the Harvard Business School just reported on how employers aren\u2019t serious & throw out millions of resumes. \n\nThey found hospitals passing on nurses who lack \u201ccomputer programming\u201d skills and retails who demand \u201cfloor-buffing\u201d experience. \n\nJob posts \u2260 hiring.https://twitter.com/tedcruz/status/1435084107084619786\u00a0\u2026

— Alex Morash (@Alex Morash) 1631028895

Telling people to get a job when we don\u2019t have a living wage or Medicare For All is not going to get it done.\n\nThe American People deserve to be paid fairly & have healthcare that is not attached to their job.\n\nWhen the recession hits, it\u2019ll be your fault for reckless governance.https://twitter.com/tedcruz/status/1435084107084619786\u00a0\u2026

— Jen Perelman (@Jen Perelman) 1631035439

Y\u2019all pay him $15k per month to say this to you. He\u2019s a US Senator, literally living off the government, telling people to get a job. During a pandemic, that\u2019s surging. Y\u2019all are NOT giving these people enough pressure. He should be scared to tweet this recklessly.https://twitter.com/tedcruz/status/1435084107084619786\u00a0\u2026

— AshleyStevens (@AshleyStevens) 1631030414

Man Who Jetted to Cancun During Snowstorm Surprised You Don\u2019t Want to Bus Tables During Plaguehttps://twitter.com/tedcruz/status/1435084107084619786\u00a0\u2026

— Elliott Downing (@Elliott Downing) 1631034719

tell me you haven't had a real job in a decade without telling me you haven't had a real job in a decade.https://twitter.com/tedcruz/status/1435084107084619786\u00a0\u2026

— Jessica Huseman (@Jessica Huseman) 1631031753