Ted Cruz: 'I Was Not a Community Organizer'

The Republican senator says his experience outweighs that of the president's before Obama ran.

Senator Ted Cruz, a Republican from Texas, speaks during an interview in Washington, D.C., U.S., on Thursday, Jan. 30, 2014.

Photographer: Andrew Harrer/Bloomberg
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Ted Cruz is trying to put the comparisons with President Obama to rest once and for all.

"Unlike Barack Obama, I was not a community organizer before I was elected to the Senate," Cruz said during a Sunday appearance on CNN's State of the Union.