how about the next one, this also under record scratch. republican senator ted cruz and alexandria ocasio-cortez, they just became a match made on twitter. when they said they would work together on the bill to ban former lawmakers from taking paid lobbying positions and ocasio-cortez said she would spearhead the effort with him and his reply is all caps, you re on. cruz and aoc are opposed on everything from the green new deal to raising minimum wage, my question to you is, is this like a pigs flying moment? is this going to happen? what is the deal. no, it is not going to happen. it is very nice that they agree on something. and it is clear that they want to reform congress and make sure that it is not a revolving door and people don t punch a ticket to syri to earn money until the vote comes and we ve seen congress become more of a revolving door. people don t want to become career politicians any more.
topping our political radar today, proof that politics can still make for strange bedfellows, even in these hyperpartisan times. democratic congresswoman alexandria ocasio-cortez and republican senator ted cruz agreed on twitter to work together to ban former lawmakers from taking paid lobbying positions. democratic senator and presidential candidate michael bennett is on board as well saying on twitter, wait a minute. this was my idea, but i m for it. and senator elizabeth warren was on iheart radio s the breakfast club show this morning, a program that has hosted several other 2020 candidates. at one point one. co-hosts asked the democratic presidential candidate about her past claims of native american ancestry. here s part of the exchange. when did you find out you weren t? well, you know, it s i m not a person of color.
had nothing to do with russia helping to get me elected. u.s. intelligence and the mueller report laid out in detail, systemic effort by russia to interfere, and there was also this. i believe that russia would rather have hillary clinton as president of the united states than donald trump. well, fact check, vladimir putin stood right next to the president in helsinki last year and said he wanted trump to win because it would be better for relations between the two countries. here s a pairing you probably never thought you would see. alexandria ocasio-cortez and ted cruz joining forces working together to ban former lawmakers from taking paid lobbying positions. they found common ground on twitter. where else. where ocasio-cortez wrote if you are a member of congress and leave, you shouldn t be allowed to turn around and leverage your service for a lobbyist check. cruz replied on this point, i
cruz joining forces, working together to ban former lawmakers from taking paid lobbying positions. they found common ground, where else, on twitter, where ocasio-cortez wrote if you are a member of congress and leave, you shouldn t be able to turn around and levy your service for a lobbying check. cruz replied, i agree with aoc, the swamp would hate it but perhaps a chance for some bipartisan cooperation. the new york democrat tweeted that if the bill focussed only on lobbying, she would spearhead the effort with cruz. he replied you re on. protests in missouri over a new anti-abortion law today could be the last day for abortions in the state since roe v. wade became law. the missouri courts are trying to decide whether to renew planned parenthood s annual license. take a look at this sign at this rally in st. louis. if you cut off my reproductive
pairing you probably never thought you would see. alexandria ocasio-cortez and ted cruz joining forces working together to ban former lawmakers from taking paid lobbying positions. they found common ground on the least likely of places, twitter, where ocasio-cortez wrote if you re a member of congress and leave you shouldn t be allowed to turn right around and levy your service for a lobbyist check. cruz replied on this point, i agree with aoc, the swamp would hate it, but perhaps a chance for some bipartisan cooperation. the new york democrat tweeted that if the bill focussed only on lobbying, she would spearhead the effort with cruz. the texas republican replied, you re on. protests in missouri over a new anti-abortion law today could be the last day for abortions in the state. the last day since roe v. wade became law. the missouri courts are trying