Al, you know what they say about people who live in glass houses, right?

Via Washington Examiner:

Former Vice President Al Gore decried the increased “crassness” of the American political system before joking that Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, is a symptom of that political culture as he criticized the significance of money in politics.

“It’s spiraled downward — the crassness with which the quid pro quo at the heart of the occasion are made openly visible — that crassness has grown as well,” Gore said at the Brookings Institution on Friday morning, in reference to the politicians who raise “special interest” money.

“And over time, those who are drawn to participate in such a culture have changed. Many men and women who I wish were in politics aren’t in politics now. And why would they be? And some that I surely wish were not in politics are speaking for long stretches of time,” Gore said. Cruz spoke on the Senate floor for 21 hours Monday and Tuesday as he pushed for colleagues to use the continuing resolution to defund Obamacare.