MSNBC Reporter Takes Down Ted Cruz On National TV For Lying About His Government Shutdown https: //t.co/2bpMmfSe0d pic.twitter.com/m1TgcrWo81 — Sarah Reese Jones (@PoliticusSarah) January 22, 2018 As we move toward House and Senate votes to reopen the government after its weekend disco nap, it's good to know that the architect of the 2013 government shutdown to defund Obamacare, Texas Senator and then-de facto Speaker of the House Ted Cruz, has decided