Ted Cruz Questions Credentials of Joe Biden's HHS Pick -

‘We Need a Scientist’

Senator Ted Cruz (R-TX) continued his criticism of President Joe Biden‘s nominee for Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) on Wednesday. Cruz has expressed strong opposition to Xavier Becerra, saying the head of HHS should be a doctor and painting Becerra as a left-wing activist.

Comparing his background to Becerra’s, Cruz argued that he is also personally unqualified for the job because he’s not a scientist. His latest criticism come as part of an ongoing Twitter spat with Princeton historian Kevin M. Kruse about Becerra’s qualifications.

Their most recent clash centered on the fact that Becerra is a lawyer. Cruz argued that he shouldn’t be confirmed because his background as an attorney was inappropriate to the role.Ted Cruz’s Approval Rating Among Republicans Drops More Than 20 Percent

“If a Republican tried to nominate a trial lawyer like Xavier Becerra to lead HHS in the midst of a global pandemic, they would be laughed out of the room,” Cruz tweeted on Wednesday.

Kruse responded, saying: “He was a US Congressman from 1993 to 2017, and then served as the attorney general of California, but sure, dismiss him as a ‘trial lawyer.'”