“Brush your teeth, say your prayers, and daddy’s going to be home soon.” The always helpful production team at C-SPAN2 gave a hint of when that might happen. The story finished, Cruz addresses his children directly through the TV. He drops his voice to a theatrical whisper at 1:13 and 1:30 and pitches it to the higher registers of enthusiasm at 1:36 and 2:41, and don’t miss the dramatic turn at 4:34, when Cruz, fully in character, realizes he does like green eggs and ham. A YouTube video shows Cruz, five hours in, reading Dr. Cruz’s speech was technically just a speech.īut what a speech.

And Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid gave surely the most meta speech in Congressional history when he gave an eight hour filibuster on the right to filibuster.īut what set Cruz’s speech apart was a curious caption from C-SPAN2 that appeared right about the time he screws up his face and asks, “You do not like green eggs and ham?” The caption box reads, “This is technically not a filibuster.” The Senate had already scheduled a vote for Wednesday without any possibility of delay. Alfonse D’Amato broke into song and recited names from the phonebook in his classic filibuster of a defense spending bill. In the annals of Congressional wackiness, Cruz’s speech was mostly par for the course. So began Cruz’s performance of “Green Eggs and Ham,” live from the nation’s capitol. Seuss’ Green Eggs and Ham and announced to a nearly empty Senate chamber that it was his daughters’ bedtime and he would like to take the opportunity to read them a children’s classic via C-SPAN2. Follow Ted Cruz (R-Texas) took the Senate floor at 2:41 pm with a promise to speak out against Obamacare “until I am no longer able to stand.” At 8:04 pm, Cruz held up a copy of Dr.

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