MSNBC host Ed Schultz made a misleading statement about the anti-Obamacare speech by Sen. Ted Cruz (R., Texas) Wednesday, falsely implying Cruz's remarks did not go a full 24 hours because he "couldn't suck it up" and make it all the way.
"The Canadian-born senator spoke against Obamacare for 21 hours and 19 minutes on the Senate floor," Schultz said. "Now if you want to get arrogant about it, he couldn't suck it up and go the full 24 hours."
Cruz started his speech at 2:42 p.m. on Tuesday and concluded at noon Wednesday. In reality, Cruz could not have gone past 1:00, Politico reports:
Despite his Ironman stand on the floor of the upper chamber, Cruz could not stop a Senate already in motion from eventually returning a clean continuing resolution to the House scant days before a government shutdown is scheduled to take effect on Oct. 1. Under Senate rules, the latest the upper chamber could take the first procedural vote on a House spending bill that defunds Obamacare is 1 p.m. on Wednesday — a reality Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) broadcast to the world Tuesday morning when he opened the Senate and again on Wednesday.
Schultz, whose nightly liberal show consists nearly entirely of he and like-minded guests railing against Republicans, also continued his habit of disparaging Cruz's Canadian background.
CORRECTION: (5:57 p.m.) This post was corrected to show Cruz could have gone until 1:00 and voluntarily stopped at noon.