Senator Al Franken (D-MN) reacts as he listens to testimony from Wayne LaPierre, executive vice president and CEO of the National Rifle Association, during a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on gun violence on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC on January 30, 2013. UPI/Pete Marovich | License Photo

In a video preview of CNN's State of the Union that will premiere Sunday, Sen. Al Franken (D-MN) questions Sen. Ted Cruz's (R-TX) knowledge of the internet.

"He has it completely wrong and just doesn't understand what this issue is," Franken told host Candy Crowley. "We've had net neutrality the entire history of the internet." He refers to Cruz's comparison of net neutrality to Obamacare as "completely wrong." "This is about reclassifying something so it stays the same," Franken said.


Cruz came out against net neutrality on Nov. 10 after President Obama made statements in support of net neutrality and in support of the internet being reclassified to become a Title II utility. "Government-regulated utilities invariably destroy innovation and freedom," Cruz wrote in an opinion piece for the Washington Post.

Despite Cruz's statements, polls show 83% of people who identify as conservative support net neutrality.

"Net Neutrality" is Obamacare for the Internet; the Internet should not operate at the speed of government. — Senator Ted Cruz (@SenTedCruz) November 10, 2014

Pleased to hear Pres. Obama is pressing the FCC to reclassify Internet service as a utility—the best way to protect #NetNeutrality. -Al — Al Franken (@alfranken) November 10, 2014