yes, i ll get my insurance through my job like millions of other americans. that s not as shocking would you take a subsidy from your job, which is the federal government? we will follow the text of the law. i strongly oppose the exemption that president obama illegally put in place for members of congress because harry reid and the senate democrats didn t want to be under the same rules as the american people. that means you are going to take a government subsidy? i believe we should follow the text of the law. the law that you want to repeal? yes, no. i believe we should follow the text of every law, even laws i disagree with. now one key question that the senator didn t answer but his campaign later clarified was about getting a subsidy, taking what is effectively an employer contribution which in his case because he works for by the federal government paid for by the taxpayer. he is not going to take that
the senate democrats didn t want to be under the same rules as the american people. that means you are going to take a government subsidy? i believe we should follow the text of the law. the law that you want to repeal? yes, i believe we should follow the text of every law, even laws i disagree with. it was a good interview. a spokesperson says mr. cruz will not take the government contribution to purchase the coverage. thank you so much for being with us this hour. i m zain asher. and i m john vause. stay with us. errol barnett and rosemary church will be up next. you re watching cnn.
that s not a shocking will you take a subsidy from your job, which is the federal government? we will follow the text of the law i strongly oppose the exemption that president obama illegally put in place for members of congress because harry reid and the senate democrats didn t want to be under the same rules as the american people. that means you are going to take a government subsidy? i believe we should follow the text of the law. the law that you want to repeal? yes. no i believe we should follow the text of every law, even laws i disagree with. a spokesperson for cruz now says the senator won t ask for a government subsidy to purchase obamacare. severe weather in the forecast from central texas to indiana. our meteorologist tracking those conditions for us. he has an early look at your weather. christine, wild setup over the past 24 hours. we had nearly 50 reports of damaging hail some as large as ping-pong balls.
himself. how surprised were you? i didn t know how he was going to answer that question and so the answer is i was surprised and you could tell that i was by the way i followed up. the irony is just kind of unbelievable that you have made your name fighting against obamacare and you now are going to sign up to get your insurance through that very process, obamacare. listen it was the case before obamacare that federal employees could get health insurance through their jobs. that s not a new development. so yes, i ll get my insurance through my job like millions of other americans. that s not a shocking you take a subsidy from your job which is the federal government? we will follow the text of the law. i strongly oppose the exemption that president obama illegally put in place for members of congress because harry reid and the senate democrats didn t want to be under the same rules as the american people. that means you are going to
put in place for members of congress because harry reid and the senate democrats didn t want to be under the same rules as the american people. that means you will follow the subsidy. we should follow the text of the law. the law you want to repeal. we should follow the text of every law, even laws i disagree with. reporter: let me explain the question about government subsidy. i was asking about the fact that many republicans have tried to kind of get around the fact they did have had to sign up for obama care and kind of try to stay politically pure by saying you know what i m going to do this because i have to but i m not going to take the subsidy which will be the employee contributions. he didn t answer there. later his spokeswoman told me if he does do obama care he would not take that contribution. how unusual is it for a republican who strongly poses