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On Ted Cruz & Why Young People Don’t Care About Politicians

On Ted Cruz & Why Young People Don’t Care About Politicians

Ted Cruz fleeing to Cancun is hardly surprising. My generation doesn't have enough faith in politicians to be disappointed by them.

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Feb 19, 2021
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Most politicians are nothing more than a joke to me. 

I see their faces in more memes than news headlines.  Their press conferences and debates are just material for Saturday Night Live sketches.

For as long as I can remember, in my admittedly short 18 years of living, this has always been the case. 

Maybe that’s why when those photos of Ted Cruz fleeing t…

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