GOP congressman lambastes Ted Cruz: 'It's just a form of governmental terrorism

Via the New York Times:

Here is Mr. King, a Republican congressman who represents Long Island, speaking on Tuesday afternoon about Ted Cruz, the Republican senator from Texas, who is bringing the federal government to the brink of a shutdown because he wants to cut all the money for President Obama’s health care plan.

“My sound bite is to say he’s a fraud,” Mr. King said. “I start with that, and then I go on. It takes me two or three minutes to explain it.”

Jumping ahead to that third minute, Mr. King said precisely what he thought of the Cruz tactic: “It is just a form of governmental terrorism.”

The congressman doth protest too much.  If Cruz has riled the liberal left and progressive Republicans this much, I'm inclined to think he must be doing something right...