Now if I was a treasonous conservative/Republican I would be trying to change the subject from Ted Cruz as well. OMG what a humiliation to have him as a leader of the Republican party.


'Spine of a cantaloupe': CNN's Anderson Cooper slams Ted Cruz's 'abject subordination' to Tucker Carlson

Matthew Chapman
January 07, 2022



Sen. Ted Cruz on Facebook.

CNN anchor Anderson Cooper on Friday night tore into Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) for begging for mercy on Tucker Carlson's Fox News program and disavowing his comments calling the Jan. 6 Capitol insurrection a "violent terrorist attack."

"Backed into a corner," Cooper said of Cruz, adding that Carlson was "giving that quizzical look he practices so hard."

"And then, (Cruz) had to — he did the twist, hoping that by blaming the media, blaming Democrats, Carlson would get back on his side. Didn't work," Cooper said.

He noted that according to his CNN colleague Daniel Dale, Cruz called the Capitol insurrection a "terrorist attack" at least 17 previous times in official written statements, tweets, and remarks at Senate hearings and in interviews.

"But the issue isn't his hypocrisy, really, only his abject subordination of himself," Cooper said. "A sitting U.S. senator, one of only 100, someone with actual influence — a former presidential candidate, nonetheless — groveling at the feet of Tucker Carlson. Which is quite a comedown after groveling at the feet of the president."

"Remember when candidate Trump insulted his wife's looks?" Cooper added, playing a clip of Cruz furiously attacking Trump as a "coward."

"The former president also insinuated Cruz's father was involved in President Kennedy's assassination, among other false claims and insults," Cooper said. "And remember recently he said running for president and losing was like the greatest experience of his life, the most fun he had in years? Don't think it's that fond for his wife. Cruz stood firm, then crumbled. A year ago, he was leading the effort to overturn the election on January 6th. By last February, he was fully supine."

"So yeah, Ted Cruz has the spine of a cantaloupe," Cooper concluded. "Now, remember the time that he blamed his daughters as the reason he was quickly trying to get on a plane to Mexico for vacation during the state's power crisis? Yeah. Wasn't the case."

Watch below:



https://www.rawstory.com/ted-cruz-2656259192/

 

Cruz is leader of the deplorables now?
Does trump know?

Whatever it takes, eh?

 

What, you covering for stumbler today?
Does he pay you well, anon?

 

And again, when frustrated despicables turn to sexual insults.

Truly like trying to reason with a spoiled juvenile.

And as productive.

 

Poor Ted.....now being savaged by the fruitcakes.



Thinskin

 

I am a political junky and have been watching politics for more4 than 60 years and I am not sure what is happening here. Yes Cruz accidentally told the truth and then had to slither and crawl and beg for forgiveness at the feet of Tucker Carlson. So what's new. Treasonous conservative/Republicans do that all the time. But what is new here is Cruz not only didn't receive forgiveness the onslaught against him fr0m all sides continues.

Its like they are trying to knock him off but I can't figure out why. Cruz has been one of the more prominent faces of the Republican party even before Trump. And he was one of the most radical faces until the new crop of treasonous conservative/Republicans came along and made him seem moderate. So I see no advantage to the right for knocking Cruz off. And actually think it could hurt them some more. And if its not the party that would gain then it has to be an individual. But who? Who would stand to gain by knocking Ted Cruz off?

Someone other than Trump with presidential ambitions that would gain instant recognition by knocking Cruz off the top of the shit pile.

A very interesting quagmire that we will just have to watch develop. But in the meantime at least its not boring and kind of fun to watch Cruz twisting in the wind.

Ted Cruz’s former speechwriter issues a dire warning about his ‘frightening’ radicalization

Tom Boggioni
January 10, 2022



Photo via Ken Cedeno/AFP

According to a former speechwriter for Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX), her former boss's "abject humiliation" at the hands of Fox News personality Tucker Carlson last week over comments the senator made about January 6th rioters should be cause for concern for anyone watching the Republican Party to see where it's going.

While reviews of Cruz's groveling before Carlson became fodder for critics from both sides of the aisle, Amanda Carpenter took a more dour look. Writing in the The Bulwark on Monday, she said it demonstrated how far the GOP has fallen since Donald Trump was elected.

Beginning, "Every last member of the punditocracy has taken a turn dunking on the Texas senator whom everyone loves to hate. Hope they enjoyed it. Because once you really understand what Cruz is apologizing for, it’s not all that funny," the conservative commentator added, "The worst part of that interview wasn’t Cruz’s abject humiliation, but his radicalization. And yes, that’s saying something considering that Cruz was one of the leaders of the charge to object to the Electoral College count on January 6, 2021."

Carpenter wrote that Cruz could have easily defended his comments but instead waved the white flag and let Carlson degrade him.



"One has to ask why the Harvard- and Yale-educated Supreme Court lawyer didn’t stand his ground and defend himself. Rather, Cruz shifted into bargaining mode," she wrote before elaborating, "I understand the urge to dunk on Cruz, what happened on Carlson’s show is more than just an example of Cruz’s weaselly pleading being worthy of a laugh. It’s ultimately not funny at all."

According to Carpenter, the Cruz on display on Fox News last week is not the man she once worked for.

"Cruz once strove to convey that he cared about justice and truth. He used to believe that violence was violence, and that the rule of law (and the rules of language) should be equally applied," she recalled. "That’s no longer the case. What he did on Jan. 6th himself last year and what he said on Carlson’s show last week goes far beyond pandering."

"Cruz’s humiliation is hardly the point. His radicalization is far more frightening," she confessed.

You can read her whole piece here.


https://www.rawstory.com/ted-cruz-radicalization/

 

As I have been pointing out what makes conservative/Republicans literal treasonous conservative/Republicans is they know the truth but choose to lie about it.


Ted Cruz fact-checked by senator after suggesting the FBI was behind Jan. 6 attack

Sarah K. Burris
January 11, 2022






In less than a week, Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) has gone from calling the Jan. 6 "a terrorist attack" to suggesting the FBI was behind the Capitol attack.

Questioning Jill Sanborn, assistant director of the National Security Branch of the FBI, Cruz asked about Ray Epps, who was filmed on Jan. 5 encouraging people to go "peacefully" into the Capitol on Jan. 6. The retired U.S. Marine owns a wedding venue in Arizona and is a long-running Oath Keeper, Snopes reported last week.

"I’m going to put it out there. I’ll probably go to jail for it. Tomorrow, we need to go into the Capitol. Into the Capitol. Peaceably! Peacefully! We are freedom, we are peaceful. That’s what it's about. It’s not about hurting people," Epps told the crowd.

People then began chanting "FED" alleging that Epps was a federal agent working with the government. He has since been alleged to be an FBI agent, despite the FBI's efforts to uncover who he was, along with those who broke into the Capitol.

Just last week, Cruz said, "anyone who commits an actual act of violence should be prosecuted, and anyone who assaults a law enforcement officer should go to jail for a very long time. And I think that's a principle that is true, regardless of the politics of the violent criminal, whether they are right-wing, left-wing or they got no wings at all."

Speaking Tuesday, Cruz promoted the conspiracy theory, which has been fact-checked by several sites, including PolitiFact.

First, Cruz ranted at Assistant Attorney General, National Security Division Matthew Olsen, demanding to know the total number of people who have been arrested for Jan. 6. That number changes weekly and Olsen didn't know the current number. He then demanded to know how many Jan. 6 attackers were in jail awaiting trial, because trials happen every day, that number also changes. According to the FBI count last week, 738 people have been arrested for Jan. 6.

Cruz then compared the Jan. 6 attacks with the Black Lives Matter protests in the summer of 2020 and asked Olsen how many people were arrested from those. He said he knows hundreds but didn't know the exact number. At least 300 were arrested on June 1, 2020 alone. More than 150 are still awaiting trial for felony charges. In fact, the Associated Press revealed that over 10,000 people in 140 cities were arrested during protests starting after May 25, 2020, the date George Floyd was killed.

As Cruz elevated the conspiracy theory, he asked if Epps was a federal agent, which Sanborn said she couldn't answer. The theory is that if insurrectionists can prove that Ray Epps was an FBI agent then they can claim the entire Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol was done as an FBI operation. In the hundreds of people arrested for Jan. 6, indictment documents walk through social media evidence showing their long-term support of President Donald Trump and, in some case, a celebration of their participation at the riots.

Immediately after Cruz's rant, Judiciary Chairman Sen. Dick Durbin (D-IL) entered into the record the PolitiFact story saying that there's still no evidence that the FBI was involved in Jan. 6.

Ryan Goodman
@rgoodlaw
·
Jan 11, 2022
Senator Ted Cruz tries to prove himself to you-know-who by using Senate hearing with senior FBI official to press debunked conspiracy of "FBI agents" and Capitol attack. Background reading: Fact Checks on Ray Epps conspiracy theory https://snopes.com/articles/389126/who-is-ray-epps/
https://politifact.com/article/2021/nov/17/story-doesnt-confirm-trump-supporter-jan-6-riot-fb/


Ryan Goodman
@rgoodlaw
2. Thanks to Chairman @SenatorDurbin and his staff. Very soon after Senators Cruz and Cotton promote disinformation around bogus Epps-"FBI agent" conspiracy theory in the United States Senate, Durbin enters @PolitiFacts' fact check into the record. (cc: @SamPutterman)
9:48 AM · Jan 11, 2022




https://www.rawstory.com/ted-cruz-fbi-january-6/

 

‘Sniveling coward’ Ted Cruz blasted for trying to win back MAGA fans by pushing Jan. 6 'false flag' theory

John Wright
January 11, 2022



Ted Cruz. (Fox News/screen grab)


A week after groveling to Fox News host Tucker Carlson for calling the Capitol insurrection "a violent terrorist attack," Texas Republican Sen. Ted Cruz is still doing his best to get back in MAGA world's good graces.

On Tuesday night, Cruz appeared on Fox News host Sean Hannity's show and pushed a conspiracy theory that Jan. 6 was a false flag operation.

Cruz also pushed the conspiracy theory during a legislative hearing earlier Tuesday, when he suggested that Jan. 6 protester Ray Epps was an FBI informant.

"I asked the FBI, 'Is Mr. Epps an agent of the FBI? Is he an informant of the FBI?' And she stonewalled, refused to answer," Cruz told Hannity, referring to FBI official Jill Sanborn. "We know the FBI put him out on the list of people they wanted information about, and then magically he disappeared. There needs to be transparency, and the Biden administration needs to fess up — is this a politicized law enforcement operation that is targeting the enemies of the president? And did they actively encourage and solicit illegal conduct?"

In response to Cruz's questions during the legislative hearing, the House select committee investigating the Capitol insurrection issued a statement debunking the conspiracy theory about Epps.

"The Committee has interviewed Epps. Epps informed us that he was not employed by, working with, or acting at the direction of any law enforcement agency on Jan 5th or 6th or at any other time, & that he has never been an informant for the FBI or any other law enforcement agency," the committee said.

A few reactions to Cruz's Fox News appearance below.



Norman Ornstein
@NormOrnstein
What a sniveling coward. Doing anything he can to get back in the good graces of Tucker Carlson

Peter Lorber
@PMLorber
I would like to remind Ted Cruz that the January 6th Insurrection happened while Donald Trump was still in office and the FBI answered to him.

Russell Foster for Texas
@RussellFosterTX
So according to Ted Cruz, Biden's Administration is holding back information about Trump's Administration soliciting illegal conduct on January 6th? Why would they hold back info like that since it would prove trump enlisted fed agencies & workers to overthrow the government?

https://www.rawstory.com/ted-cruz-2656382736/

 

Now where is a great revolutionary when you really need one? Oh wait what am I thinking. The "revolution" never has any questions for their fellow treasonous conservative/Republicans. Their corruption is patriotism.

Ted Cruz wants to legalize bribery -- and the Supreme Court may let him do it

Bob Brigham
January 12, 2022



Sen. Ted Cruz. (Screenshot)

The United States Supreme Court is likely to create a loophole to allow legal bribery of federal lawmakers, according to a new analysis by Vox legal correspondent Ian Millhiser.

Next Wednesday, the high court will hear arguments in the case of Federal Election Commission v. Ted Cruz for Senate, a case that originated with the Texas Republican.

"The case concerns federal campaign finance laws, and, specifically, candidates’ ability to loan money to their campaigns. Candidates can do so — but in 2001, Congress enacted a provision that helps prevent such loans from becoming a vehicle to bribe candidates who go on to be elected officials. Under this provision, a campaign that receives such a loan may not repay more than $250,000 worth of the loan using funds raised after the election," Millhiser explained. "When a campaign receives a pre-election donation, that donation is typically subject to strict rules preventing it from being spent to enrich the candidate. After the election has occurred, however, donors who give money to help pay off a loan from the candidate effectively funnel that money straight to the candidate — who by that point could be a powerful elected official.



He noted that Rep. Grace Napolitano (D-CA) reportedly made $158,000 in interest from a $150,000 load to her campaign, but that Cruz is seeking to have the court strike down the loan repayment limit.

"And even if lawmakers do not enrich themselves by making high-interest loans to their campaign, the fact remains that every dollar a campaign donor gives to help a campaign pay back a loan from the candidate goes straight into that candidate’s pocket," he wrote. "While a decision in Cruz’s favor could effectively make it legal for wealthy donors to bribe lawmakers, Cruz has a very good chance of prevailing in a Supreme Court where Republicans control six of the Court’s nine seats."

Cruz loaned his campaign $260,000 one day before his successful 2018 re-election to bring the case.

"There is a very real chance, in other words, that a Supreme Court hostile to campaign finance regulation will join Cruz’s crusade. And if the Court does so, that could effectively make it legal to bribe many members of Congress," Millhiser wrote.

Read the full analysis.

https://www.rawstory.com/supreme-court-2656384837/

 

No one's forcing you.

 

As usual, nonsensical blather from the village idiot.

 

Ya know..it may behoove you to say the words out-loud before you post them..perhaps you may come to the conclusion that the words that come out of your mouth to be foolish to write down...just throwing that out there sugar plum...because I care.

 

‘Despicable Act of Terrorism’: Ted Cruz’s Past Statements on Jan. 6 Called Out in Ad Run On Fox News
By Alex GriffingJan 24th, 2022, 4:35 pm
189 comments





Left-leaning political action committee Meidas Touch ran an ad during last week’s Fox News Sunday highlighting Sen. Ted Cruz’s (R-TX) past statements calling the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol an “act of terrorism.”

While a senator’s past statements on a given issue often supply content for political attack ads, Cruz’s statements on Jan. 6 are particularly poignant as the Texas senator was on Fox News this month apologizing for his past remarks in spectacular fashion.

Cruz went on Tucker Carlson Tonight on the one-year anniversary of the attack on the Capitol and apologized for having ever called it a terrorist attack.

“I think you’re smarter than I am. And you never use words carelessly. And yet you called this a terror attack when by no definition was it a terror attack. That’s a lie. You told that lie on purpose, and I’m wondering why you did,” Tucker Carlson asked of Cruz.

“Well, Tucker, thank you for having me on,” Cruz said. “When you aired your episode last night I sent you a text shortly thereafter and said listen, I would like to go on because the way I phrased things yesterday, it was sloppy and it was frankly dumb.”

Carlson refused to let Cruz off the hook, in a brutal segment that will undoubtedly go down in the history of cable news, insisting, “I don’t buy that,” and later concluding, “I guess I just don’t believe you.”

The ad from Meidas Touch, which apparently was in part the brainchild of George Conway, highlighted four different instances of Cruz calling the events of Jan. 6 a “terrorist act.”


“The attack at the Capitol was a despicable act of terrorism and a shocking assault on our democratic system. The Department of justice should vigorously prosecute everyone who was involved in these brazen acts of violence,” the ad quoted Cruz saying on January 6, 2021.

MeidasTouch.com
@MeidasTouch
Look what you did to poor @tedcruz... And on Fox News of all places.

Acyn
@Acyn
Just saw an ad about Ted Cruz

1:45 PM · Jan 23, 2022

The group tweeted out on Sunday, “Look what you did to poor @tedcruz… And on Fox News of all places” – celebrating the ad. They also retweeted a January 7th tweet from Conway, the husband of former Trump senior counselor Kellyanne Conway, which said, “Let’s all chip in to buy an ad reading this on Fox News” – referencing Cruz’s statement that he went on Carlson’s show to apologize for.

Meidas Touch wrote above Conway’s tweet and a clip of the ad, “Done.”

MeidasTouch.com
@MeidasTouch
Done.


George Conway
@gtconway3d
Let's all chip in to buy an ad reading this on Fox News https://twitter.com/SenTedCruz/status/1347089034846330880
3:59 PM · Jan 23, 2022

https://www.mediaite.com/news/despi...ts-on-jan-6-called-out-in-ad-run-on-fox-news/

 

Jim Acosta Roasts Ted Cruz as ‘Tucker’s Talking Parrot, Perhaps Native to the Coast of Cancun’
By Michael LucianoJan 25th, 2022, 10:16 pm
373 comments


Jim Acosta roasted Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) on CNN, referring to him as Tucker Carlson’s “talking parrot.”

Cruz infamously appeared on Tucker Carlson Tonight earlier this month after referring to the Jan. 6 Capitol riot as a “terrorist attack,” where he groveled before the king of primetime.

Acosta revisited the moment on Tuesday night.

“You called this a terror attack when by no definition was it a terror attack,” Carlson told Cruz at the time. “That’s a lie. You told that lie on purpose.”

Cruz tried to explain himself.

“When you aired your episode last night I sent you a text shortly thereafter and said listen, I would like to go on because the way I phrased things yesterday, it was sloppy and it was frankly dumb,” said Cruz.

“I don’t buy that,” Carlson interrupted, and explained that Cruz always chooses his words carefully. Carlson, of course, has depicted Jan. 6 as anything but a violent attempt to overturn a presidential election. Cruz groveled some more and was thoroughly mocked.

After the interview, Cruz adopted a theory held by Carlson stating that a rioter named Ray Epps was in fact working for the FBI to incite the attack.

“It still hurts to watch that,” Acosta deadpanned. “Since then, Senator Tail-Between-His-Legs has been spreading this Tucker Carlson-branded manure that there was some kind of FBI plot to instigate the attack on the Capitol and blame Trump supporters. They pointed to a man named Ray Epps, who has denied all of this – something stressed by the Jan. 6 committee. There’s no proof of any of it, but Cruz has become Tucker’s talking parrot, perhaps native to the coast of Cancun. Birds of a feather.”

Last February, Cruz left his native Texas during a massive and deadly winter storm to go on a trip to Cancun. His stay wasn’t long. He flew back after receiving swift criticism. Later, he blamed his daughters for the trip.

Watch above via CNN.

https://www.mediaite.com/tv/jim-aco...parrot-perhaps-native-to-the-coast-of-cancun/

 

Treasonous conservative/Republicans are now shouting their racism from the roof tops. Proud racists they are.

'Race-baiting' Ted Cruz hammered by Black lawmaker for 'mysterious and stupid' comments

Matthew Chapman
February 01, 2022



Senator Ted Cruz speaking with attendees at the 2021 Young Latino Leadership Summit. (Gage Skidmore)


On CNN Tuesday, former Sen. Carol Moseley Braun (D-IL), the first Black woman to serve in the Senate, smacked down the claim from Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) that Biden's Supreme Court nomination process is "an insult to Black women" because "he's not pretending to say" his nominee will be qualified and "if you're a white guy, tough luck."

"As a black woman, lawyer, I am not offended, and why Ted Cruz would be is a mystery to me," said Braun. "He's just spouting nonsense. Of the 115 Supreme Court justices that we've had in the history of this country, 108 have been white males. So, you know, what he's upset about is mysterious and stupid, sorry."

"Do you have an idea why he might be making that point, if you're a white male, now you're out of luck?" asked anchor Brianna Keilar.

READ MORE: Multiple Trump White House Jan. 6 documents were 'torn up' and had to be reassembled with tape

"He's race-baiting," said Braun. "This is the voice of white supremacy. Quite frankly for him to say that, we would have preferred to have Barack Obama appoint the first Black woman ... Of the 1,850 senators, I was first black woman elected to the senate and so now we have a chance to put a Black woman on the Supreme court. And the — it is not just because she's Black. It is because she will have had a series of life experiences that will inform the decisions of the Court, in the same way, hopefully, that Thurgood Marshall was able to influence the Warren Court. So, you know, this is called progress. This is called making democracy real for people. And I just hope that we will continue and get a quick confirmation of one of the four that President Biden is considering."

Watch below:




https://www.rawstory.com/ted-cruz-black-supreme-court-justice/

 

Wrong story = lies and bullshit

 

Jen Psaki refuses to bail out Ted Cruz on SCOTUS pick: 'I am blissfully not a spokesperson for Sen. Cruz'

David Edwards
February 02, 2022


www.youtube.com
White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki on Wednesday said that she could not explain Sen. Ted Cruz's (R-TX) opposition to a Black woman on the Supreme Court because she "blissfully" is not a spokesperson for him.

At the close of Wednesday's White House briefing, Psaki was asked why Cruz opposed President Joe Biden's pledge to nominate a Black woman to the high court while he supported former President Donald Trump's decision to nominate a white woman.

"I think that's really a question for Sen. Cruz," Psaki said. "There was never an objection by Sen. Cruz to Donald Trump promising he'd nominate a woman in 2020."

"The president's view is the notion that there has not been a Black woman ever on the Supreme Court in 230 years is a problem with the process, not a lack of qualified, credentialed people to consider and nominate," she added.

A reporter followed up by asking Psaki to explain Cruz's thinking.

"That's exactly why I called out this issue yesterday," Psaki remarked. "But I am blissfully not a spokesperson for Sen. Cruz. So he can best answer that question."

Watch the video below.






https://www.rawstory.com/jen-psaki-ted-cruz/

 

As winter blast hits Texas, Ted Cruz diverts resources to 'hero' Canadian truckers for anti-vax campaign

David Edwards
February 06, 2022



Fox News/screen grab


Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) announced on Sunday that he is pushing for an investigation into GoFundMe for Canadian truckers despite a winter storm that is pounding the senator's state.

During an interview on Fox News, Cruz said that he had taken up the cause of Canadian truckers who oppose vaccine mandates after GoFundMe froze $10 million of their funds.

For its part, GoFundMe has said the page for the Canadian truckers was taken down due to misinformation about vaccines. The company said that all donations would be refunded within 7-10 business days.

"It is theft on the part of GoFundMe," Cruz declared on Fox News. "Let me say the Canadian truckers are heroes. They are patriots and they are marching for your freedom and for my freedom. They are -- those truck drivers -- God bless them. They're defending Canada but they're defending America as well. That is courage on display, that the government doesn't have the right to force you to comply to their arbitrary mandates."

Cruz went on to reveal that he has asked the United States Federal Trade Commission (FTC) to investigate GoFundMe on behalf of the Canadian truckers.

"Because when people gave money, they gave money under the promise it would go to the Freedom Convoy, not to whatever left-leaning political ideology GoFundMe and other Silicon Valley companies support," he ranted. "They are deceiving consumers and it is wrong."

There is no evidence GoFundMe committed "theft" or is redirecting donations to "left-leaning" political causes.

Watch the video below from Fox News.

https://www.rawstory.com/ted-cruz-canadian-truckers/

 

Huh. Don't see any confederate flags, or Nazi symbols or Trump banners.
What the fuck?

GoFundMe freezes Canadian 'Freedom Convoy' page after it raises $10 million - New York Folk

https://trans.podzone.net/canadian-trucker-protest-videos-go-viral-1674412

 

WATCH: Ted Cruz, GOP senators clowned by Biden judicial nominee

https://www.rawstory.com/ted-cruz-2656693686/

Ted Cruz’s mentor blasts GOP for not standing up to Trump’s ‘utter madness’

Bob Brigham
February 18, 2022



Republican Ted Cruz. (Facebook)


A former Republican judge who was "like a father" to Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) has grown impatient with the Republican Party enabling Donald Trump's ongoing assault on democracy.

"It’s been a measure of former federal Judge J. Michael Luttig’s stature in the conservative legal movement that Supreme Court justices hired so many of his law clerks — 40 over 15 years. Then two of those proteges became (in)famous: Texas Sen. Ted Cruz and Trump lawyer John C. Eastman, lead actors in the plot to overturn Joe Biden’s election. Now Luttig is doing penance of a sort: He’s joined the Resistance — against former President Trump, certainly, but also against his erstwhile mentees," Jackie Calmes reported for the Los Angeles Times.

Calmes reported how Luttig counseled Mike Pence two days before Jan. 6, explaining to the vice president that he did not have the power to overturn the will of the voters.

"Pence, in his letter to Congress ahead of the proceedings, name-checked Luttig to argue that a vice president has no such power," Calmes noted. "For Pence, the opinion of a jurist so revered on the right was “armor” against the inevitable slings and arrows from the MAGA army, as conservative lawyer George Conway put it to me. Luttig told me he’s testified behind closed doors about his role to investigators for the House committee probing the Jan. 6 insurrection."


Luttig expanded on his thoughts in an email to Calmes.

“This feels like a seminal moment in America when all of what the country has witnessed and endured for these years seems to be building to volcanic crescendo…. We are in political war to the death — with each other,” he said, adding that “American democracy hangs in the balance."

Luttig complained that Republicans were not standing up to the "nonsense, this utter madness" and said it is "the definition of failed leadership.

Luttig is not shying away from putting his former clerks in an uncomfortable position on the issue of Trump's insurrection.

"That brings us back to Cruz and Eastman. They not only haven’t stood up to the madness, but they also exemplify it — Cruz by leading a cabal of Republicans who opposed certification of Biden votes on Jan. 6, and by his general Trump toadyism, and Eastman by his authorship of the memo giving a false constitutional gloss to Trump’s coup strategy," Calmes wrote. "The 67-year-old Luttig, relatively new to Twitter, has trolled his former clerks like a pro. Anyone familiar with the bonds typical between a judge and his or her clerks — Luttig’s call themselves 'Luttigators' — knows that his public chastisements have to bother Eastman and even the seemingly impervious-to-criticism Cruz, who once described Luttig as “like a father to me.”

Read the full report.

https://www.rawstory.com/ted-cruz-insurrection-mentor/