Sen. Cruz Says He's Not in the Senate To Find 99 New Friends

Obamacare defunding strategy didn't please a lot of people

Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, doesn't have many friends in Washington these days and he says he doesn't need 'em.

"There's an old saying that, 'Politics, it ain't beanbag.' And, you know, I'm not serving in office because I desperately needed 99 new friends in the U.S. Senate," Cruz told ABC News' Jon Karl in his first on-camera interview after the shutdown came to an end Wednesday night.