Republican presidential hopeful Ted Cruz Rafael (Ted) Edward CruzLoeffler calls for hearing in wake of Netflix's 'Cuties' Health care in the crosshairs with new Trump Supreme Court list 'Parks and Rec' cast members hosting special reunion to raise money for Wisconsin Democrats MORE on Friday attacked rival Marco Rubio Marco Antonio RubioFlorida senators pushing to keep Daylight Savings Time during pandemic Hillicon Valley: DOJ indicts Chinese, Malaysian hackers accused of targeting over 100 organizations | GOP senators raise concerns over Oracle-TikTok deal | QAnon awareness jumps in new poll Intelligence chief says Congress will get some in-person election security briefings MORE for not working hard enough to defund Planned Parenthood.

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The Texas senator said Rubio failed to stand with him when presented with an opportunity to cut federal funding to the largest abortion provider in America.

“That’s a mistake. So he and I disagree on that,” Cruz said at a Bob Jones University forum in Greenville, S.C., according to Politico.

“We could have defunded Planned Parenthood in the wake of those videos, but too many Republicans in Washington, especially leadership, were afraid to stand and fight,” he added, referring to a series of undercover videos purporting to show the women’s health organization trafficking in fetal body parts.

Planned Parenthood has denied the allegations.

Rubio refused to back Cruz’s plan to shut down the government over Planned Parenthood funding during budget deliberations last year.

The Florida senator has voted for a bill defunding the abortion provider and opposes exceptions to abortion in the cases of rape and incest.

Cruz spearheaded the effort to shut down the government in 2013 over ObamaCare funding.