Cruz slams Wall Street Journal editorial

NEW YORK, Dec. 10 (UPI) -- Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, blasted The Wall Street Journal on MSNBC's Morning Joe, accusing the editorial board of supporting his competitor, Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla.

Morning Joe host Joe Scarborough asked Cruz on Thursday about a Dec. 2 editorial in The Journal that was critical of the Texas republican. The piece criticized Cruz's policies on Syria, saying his plan for the region was similar to President Barack Obama's current strategy.

Cruz told Scarborough that the Journal is the "most potent tool" of the Washington establishment, a claim Cruz also made in his book "A Time for Truth."

"And anytime Republican leadership is mad at you -- with me, that's quite often -- you can set a stopwatch and within 72 hours, the Journal hits you and they usually hit you twice. And the Journal -- listen, the Journal's hobbyhorse is they love amnesty. They are focused obsessively on amnesty," Cruz said.

The editorial focused on Cruz's foreign policy, saying: "Mr. Cruz might want to stop Syrians at the Mexican border, but opposing immigration and refugees is not a foreign policy."

Cruz also accused the paper of supporting his rival -- Sen. Marco Rubio.

"For the next three months, the Journal should change their header to the 'Marco Rubio for President Newspaper,' because their attacks -- and it's going to keep coming because Marco fights for the principles they care about," Cruz said.