I actually don’t even like Ted Cruz as he called Jan. 6th a terrorist attack… Who’s side is he on? He needs to stop playing both.

 

Ted Cruz latest Republican to push back against SCOTUS' gay marriage ruling

• Ivana Saric

Sen. Ted Cruz on July 14. Photo: Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Call via Getty Images
Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) on Saturday became the latest Republican to voice opposition to the Supreme Court's ruling to legalize gay marriage in Obergefell v. Hodges, saying on an episode of his podcast "The Cloakroom" with conservative political commentator Liz Wheeler that the ruling was "clearly wrong."

Why it matters: The Supreme Court's recent ruling to overturn Roe v. Wade has prompted many Democrats and activists to warn that other legal precedents such as contraception and gay marriage could be next to be overturned.

• In his concurring opinion overturning Roe v. Wade, Justice Clarence Thomas wrote that the court should reconsider opinions protecting same-sex relationships, marriage equality and access to contraceptives.

What they're saying: "Obergefell, like Roe v. Wade, ignored two centuries of our nation's history. Marriage was always an issue that was left to the states," Cruz said.

• “We saw states before Obergefell that were moving — some states were moving to allow gay marriage. Other states were moving to allow civil partnerships. There were different standards that the states were adopting and had the court not ruled in Obergefell, the democratic process would have continued to operate.”
• “In Obergefell, the court said, 'No, we know better than you guys do,'” he said. “Now every state must sanction and permit gay marriage."
• "I think that decision was clearly wrong when it was decided. It was the court overreaching.”

With regards to being overturned, Cruz said he agreed with the Supreme Court's proposition that Roe v. Wade was "qualitatively different" from other precedents because it dealt with "the taking of a human life."

• Cruz added that it would be "more than a little chaotic" for the Supreme Court to overturn gay marriage and that he doesn't believe the current justices have "any appetite for overturning any of these decisions."

Sen. Josh Hawley (R-Mo.) told reporters in May that he also believed that Obergefell was "wrongly decided" but said he believed that it was "settled law" and that he would be "shocked" if it were overturned, Business Insider reported.

Sen. John Cornyn (R-Texas) earlier this year went so far as to say that Obergefell created a right "not even mentioned in the Constitution" and therefore called the court's "independence and the legitimacy ... into question," per MSNBC.

• Cornyn later told Insider that he didn't believe concerns about gay marriage were "reasonable inference" based on the leaked draft document revealing the Supreme Court was poised to overturn Roe.

State of play: Some Republicans, like Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.), have sought to downplay the likelihood that the Supreme Court would reconsider other precedents in the wake of the overturning of Roe.

• Congressional Democrats are preparing legislation to codify nationwide contraceptive access, LGBTQ marriage and parenting rights — and even potentially long-settled precedent on interracial marriage, Axios' Andrew Solender writes.
• When asked where they stood on such efforts, more than 20 Senate Republicans — including several seen as moderates or bipartisan dealmakers — declined to commit to a position.
• Cruz is a longtime opponent of the Obergefell ruling.

The big picture: According to a Gallup poll released last month, a record high of 71% of Americans say they support legal same-sex marriage.

https://www.axios.com/2022/07/17/ted-cruz-supreme-court-gay-marriage

 

And once again we see that in order to be a treasonous conswervative/America Hating/Republican you must absolutely suspend all disbelief. All they do is lie and contradict themselves. So when Cruz says the Supreme Court needs to strike down same sex marriage because it was wrongly decided one day and then turns around and says "the Supreme Court made it explicit and unequivocally clear that it has no intention of revisiting the Obergefell decision" the next day you have to unquestionably believe the opposite

And Cruz saying the Supreme Court has no intention of revisiting same sex marriage is the weakest defense of all and about the same as @shootersa saying Roe v Wade would not be overturned in our life times. Not a fucking thing the religious zealots say can be believed after they perjured themselves in their hearings saying Roe v Wade was settled law.




Ted Cruz equivocates after saying 2015 marriage equality ruling was 'clearly wrong'

Sarah K. Burris
July 20, 2022



Senator Ted Cruz speaking with attendees at the 2019 Student Action Summit. (Photo: Gage Skidmore)




WASHINGTON, D.C. — It has been just a few days since Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) said that the Supreme Court was "clearly wrong" when it legalized marriage equality in 2015.

"I think that decision was clearly wrong when it was decided," Cruz said on his podcast Verdict With Ted Cruz. "It was the court overreaching. Obergefell, like Roe v. Wade, ignored two centuries of our nation’s history. Marriage was always an issue that was left to the states. We saw states before Obergefell, some states were moving to allow gay marriage, other states were moving to allow civil partnerships. There were different standards that the states were adopting."

There is an overarching concern that now that the Supreme Court has eliminated the national right to privacy over reproductive freedom that marriage equality is next. The concerns are well supported as Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas wrote in his opinion eliminating Roe that they should reconsider their rulings on same-sex marriage along with privacy around contraception.

But when Raw Story asked Cruz about the House bill that would codify marriage and whether the Supreme Court's ruling on Obergefell should stand, Cruz said that it was all a political stunt by Democrats.

"I think it was a political gesture because the Supreme Court made it explicit and unequivocally clear that it has no intention of revisiting the Obergefell decision," said Cruz. "And, so, that's Democrats playing election-year politics and not responding to the real challenges to the country."

The law would officially put marriage equality into the statutes by eliminating the Defense of Marriage Act laws passed in 1996.

"The way the Constitution set up for you to advance that position is convince your fellow citizens, that if you succeeded in convincing your fellow citizens, then your state would change the laws to reflect those views," Cruz said on his podcast. "In Obergefell, the court said, 'No, we know better than you guys do, and now every state must, must sanction and permit gay marriage.'"

Yet, when Congress did move to eliminate the Defense of Marriage Act, Cruz called it an election-year ploy.

With additional reporting from Matt Laslo.


https://www.rawstory.com/ted-cruz-marriage-equality/

 

Lie, stumbler. Big fat lie.

".....and about the same as @shootersa saying Roe v Wade would not be overturned in our life times. Not a fucking thing the religious zealots say can be believed after they perjured themselves in their hearings saying Roe v Wade was settled law.
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Shooter said abortion would be legal in our life times. He never said Roe V Wade would not be overturned in our life times. In fact, you were the one who said that. What Shooter said, in 2015 (Thanks for finding it by the way)

And those "religious zealots" you are talking about did indeed say Roe V Wade was settled law. So, they didn't perjure themselves did they? Did they ever say they would take each case on it's merits and the facts? Of course that's what they said. Did they ever say that Roe V Wade would not be overturned or modified or whatever because it is "settled case law"?
Nope.
Stop lying.

 

Much truth is told in humor and as King Lear said Jesters do oft prove prophets.

Ted Cruz is happy about Josh Hawley because someone finally is hated more than he is: Lizz Winstead

Sarah K. Burris
July 25, 2022



Sen. Josh Hawley and Sen. Ted Cruz (screenshots)


The pun game was strong on Monday evening with former "Daily Show" writer Lizz Winstead and MSNBC host Ari Melber as the two joined together to continue the mockery of Sen. Josh Hawley (R-MO).

Over the weekend, Hawley, ironically, told the Talking Points USA conference attendees, "I'm not going to run from you."

Winstead, who now runs the reproductive freedom advocacy group Lady Parts Justice, called Hawley "hawlarious" for fleeing for his life from his own supporters after encouraging them earlier. Melber responded by saying that when he invited her to come on the show he didn't know she'd be "joshing around."

The conversation was about Winstead's observations of Hawley over the several years prior to his rise to the U.S. Senate as someone who is a far-right extremist. As an attorney general, she noted that he was supportive of Hobby Lobby refusing to allow their workers to have access to no-cost birth control in their healthcare packages.

READ: 'We’re just waiting for him to die': Former GOP lawmaker admits party has no plan to derail Trump in 2024

"He's one of the classic people I feel like that is going to be so awful, so he can hate you first, so that he doesn't have to deal with people not liking him," said Winstead. "Because he's incapable of being likable. The clip from that Turning Points conference and he had his Anderson Cooper black t-shirt on trying to look all hardass, it's like, aw, dude. What's happening? The fact that anybody bought a fist bump from a guy in a red tie, in his suit, it's like, oh, my goodness! You and your Dockers and your suit and solidarity -- it's sort of like if the insurrectionists were the worst theme park in the world — which I feel like they created, like a racist, white supremacist theme park, Josh Hawley could be their mascot. You know, just wandering around in that suit and doing that."

Melber noted that it's so contrived that he claims to support them when at the same time he knows he's not really supportive of them, in fact he's afraid of them.

"Which, in some ways is worse, or equally bad," said Melber. "And he appears to believe they're really for him. You mentioned theme parks and that prism. I want to show he's still dealing merch here. I mean, this was a criminal attack on the Capital and he still has up here this fist-pump image, a photo taken by Politico that he is with his trolling emoji selling on mugs."

Hawley is part of the new argument that women are going to war against men and trying to make them more feminine by eliminating their masculinity. He told a National Conservatism conference of supporters that women want to eliminate a man's courage and independence from society.

Winstead disputed the idea that courage was masculine, noting that Hawley doesn't even understand the science of gender. "He's a mess!"

"And I think that he is the classic example of just one more flame on the gaslight," she explained. "It's just Yale, you know, everything that he purports that he hates, he is. And trying to connect with where he took this wild turn to become the iconic coffee cup, fist-pumping, troll instead of a path he could have gone down. He could have been a Ben Sasse-er. He could have been any of those people. He's not dumb. He could have been a garden variety Republican person who doesn't really enjoy helping poor people. Instead, he became — he threw his hat in with grifting white supremacists, and is it that important to be liked that it doesn't matter how awful the people are?"

She said that "the one person who's really excited about it is Ted Cruz." The Texas Republican Senator has long been considered the foe of all members of the U.S. Senate, even among his own party. But with Hawley in the picture, "Cruz is like, finally, someone more hated than me. This is awesome. I can take a breather."

See the exchange below or at this link.





https://www.rawstory.com/josh-hawley-hated-lizz-winstead/

 

I trust Ted Cruz and anything he vomits out, absolutely zero.

 

Ted Cruz did not really say this, but it sounds like something he would have said at Liberty Baptist University.

Now that Jerry Falwell, Jr. has been shamed into resigning as president and chancellor of Liberty University, I wonder if Republican primary candidates will still make pilgrimages to Liberty University. What ended Jerry Falwell, Jr.'s career there was the revelation that he enjoyed watching the Pool Boy have sex with Mrs. Jerry Falwell, Jr.

 

She told ya so.


Ted Cruz calls the video of Josh Hawley fleeing the Capitol on January 6 'gotcha politics' but admits it's 'worth a chuckle' when set to the 'Chariots of Fire' theme song

Ted Cruz calls the video of Josh Hawley fleeing the Capitol on January 6 'gotcha politics' but admits it's 'worth a chuckle' when set to the 'Chariots of Fire' theme song

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Bryan Metzger
Tue, July 26, 2022 at 11:18 AM·3 min read





Sen. Ted Cruz of Texas looks on as Sen. Josh Hawley of Missouri speaks at a hearing on Capitol Hill on March 22, 2022.Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images

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  Cruz has long insisted that he isn't watching January 6 committee hearings.
  
• But Cruz, an avid Twitter user, did watch the video of Josh Hawley fleeing the Capitol after it went viral.
  
• He called it "gotcha politics" but said a version of the video set to the "Chariots of Fire" theme was funny.
  

Republican Sen. Ted Cruz of Texas insists that he hasn't watched the January 6 committee's recent raft of public hearings, even when a one-time intern of his — former White House official Cassidy Hutchinson — offered bombshell testimony about former President Donald Trump's conduct on the day of the Capitol riot.

But Cruz is still an avid Twitter user.

And much like the rest of Twitter, he was not able to avoid coming across a clip of security camera footage released by the committee showing Republican Sen. Josh Hawley of Missouri fleeing the Capitol just hours after pumping his fist at the mob.

"I think it's Democrats and the corporate media trying to play gotcha politics," Cruz told Insider at the Capitol on Tuesday. "The Capitol Police evacuated the Capitol, and so Josh left the Capitol, as did the rest of us."


But despite typically pivoting to issues like inflation or gas prices, Cruz couldn't hold himself back this time.

"I'll admit — some of the Twitter folks setting it to music and the like, certainly worth a chuckle," he added. "But it's cheap, gotcha politics."

Asked what his favorite song might have been, Cruz initially demurred before saying that he was "partial to 'Chariots of Fire.'"

A clip of Hawley running to the theme song of the Academy Award-winning 1981 British sports drama film went viral on Thursday night.


Cruz and Hawley, both of whom led objections to the 2020 presidential election results on the day of the January 6 attack, are thought to be future presidential contenders. In recent months, the two have often endorsed opposing candidates in major GOP primary races.

But while Cruz is willing to poke fun at a competing conservative darling, he and Hawley are largely in lockstep on matters concerning January 6. That became clear when another reporter asked Cruz what he made of the fact that Hawley ran from the mob that he had just given an encouraging signal to.

"Well, that question does something that the corporate media has done for two years now, which is conflate the thousands of peaceful protesters who were exercising their First Amendment rights with the much smaller number of individuals who committed acts of violence," Cruz replied. "I condemn anyone who commits an act of violence regardless of their politics, whether I agree with their politics or not. If you assault a police officer, you should go to jail for a very long time."

Read the original article on Business Insider



https://www.yahoo.com/news/ted-cruz-calls-video-josh-171836413.html

 

Ted Cruz takes a shot at Mitch McConnell after he gets outplayed by Dems on Manchin deal

Brad Reed
July 28, 2022



Senator Ted Cruz speaking with attendees at the 2021 AmericaFest. (Gage Skidmore/Flickr)


The consensus around Washington D.C. is that Sen. Mitch McConnell (R-KY) got badly outplayed by Democrats this week after Sen. Joe Manchin (D-WV) announced a budget reconciliation deal with his fellow Democrats.

Essentially, McConnell warned Democrats that they would have to scrap plans for including climate investments in their budget reconciliation package or he would block the passage of the CHIPs act that was designed to bolster American manufacturing of semiconductors to reduce dependence on China.

McConnell let the CHIPs bill pass this week, and just hours later Manchin and Sen. Chuck Schumer (D-NY) announced they'd come to a deal for a package that included climate investments.

Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) on Thursday took a shot at McConnell while talking to reporters, as he said the Republican leader hadn't done enough to disrupt Democrats' legislative agenda.

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"When you make a threat, you should follow through,” Cruz said, according to CNN's Manu Raju. “Bluffing doesn’t work when you don’t follow through.”

Although Republicans may be angry and Democrats' maneuvering, there is still no guarantee that the Manchin bill will pass the Senate, as Sen. Kyrsten Sinema (D-AZ) still has not committed to backing it and in the past she has expressed reservations about some of the key tax increases that would be leveled against wealthy Americans.



https://www.rawstory.com/ted-cruz-2657762507/

 

Well at least he didn't bang it on the table while screaming we will bury you like Nikita Khrushchev reportedly did at the UN. But Cruz did defeat his purpose because he is in fact and in deed a far right extremist that tried to over throw the government and make Traitor Trump dictator for life.


Watch: Ted Cruz slams his boot on the desk in Senate hearing with FBI Director Wray

David Badash, The New Civil Rights Movement
August 04, 2022



Senator Ted Cruz (BILL CLARK/POOL/AFP)

U.S. Senator Ted Cruz “self-reported” he wears boots emblazoned with the “Come and Take It” motto every day to work, as he took one off and slammed it on the table during a hearing Thursday with FBI Director Chris Wray.

The Texas Republican attacked Director Wray for what he claims is an FBI memo identifying certain symbols as being associated with violent extremist militias, which they are, as evidenced in countless images from the January 6 insurrection.

Cruz expressed his outrage that, according to him, the Bureau has labeled those symbols, including the Gadsden “Don’t Tread on Me” Flag and the Gonzales “Come and Take It” Flag as indicators of involvement with anti-government militias, a claim the FBI Director refuted.

The “Come and Take It” flag includes those words, usually below a cannon and a star. It is popular in the Lone Star State, referencing back to the Battle of Gonzales, during the Texas revolution against Mexico.

“Also included on this is a text that I was particularly struck is the Gonzales battle flag, ‘come and take it,’ as indicative of being a violent extremist militia,” Cruz announced, pointed to a large poster of what he suggested was an FBI memo. “Well, I will self report right now that every day in the Senate I wear my boots that have the Gonzales battle flag on the back.”

“Director Ray, what are y’all doing? This makes no sense. Do you agree with this FBI guidance that the Betsy Ross flag and the Gadsden flag and the Gonzales battle flag are signs of militia violent extremism?” Cruz asked.

“Well, Senator,” Wray, appointed by then-President Donald Trump after he fired Jim Comey, told the Canadian-born Harvard Law lawmaker, “I’m not familiar with the particular document you have behind you.”

He went on to note that the symbols are not proof of involvement in violent extremist groups.

And I’m not in the practice of trying to comment on documents that I haven’t recognized, but I will tell you that when we put out intelligence products, including ones that reference symbols, which we do, across a wide variety of contexts, we usually make great pains, take great pains, to put caveats and warnings in the document to make clear that a symbol alone is not considered evidence of violent extremism.”

Watch the exchange between Sen. Cruz and Director Wray below or at this link.

https://www.rawstory.com/watch-ted-...esk-in-senate-hearing-with-fbi-director-wray/

 

Ted Cruz Booed Relentlessly at Astros Championship Parade, Gets Beer Thrown at Him
By Michael LucianoNov 7th, 2022, 5:50 pm
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Houston Astros fans showered Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) with boos during the team’s championship parade on Monday. At one point, someone threw what seemed to be a can of beer at him.


The Astros downed the Philadelphia Phillies 4-1 on Saturday to win the World Series in six games. It’s the team’s second title, and the first that did not involve a major sign-stealing scandal – so far as we know.

For some reason, Cruz was in the parade, riding in the back of a HUMV as it drove past throngs of fans waiting to catch a glimpse of stars like Jose Altuve, Yordan Alvarez, and Series MVP Jeremy Peña.

Based on their reaction, fans decidedly did not want to see Cruz at the parade.




Here is another angle of the junior senator from Texas being jeered fiercely:





At one point, a can of (probably) beer came flying in Cruz’s direction. It is not unheard of for fans to toss beers and even nips at players during championship parades. And so it is unclear what the thrower’s intention was. However, this particular cold one seemed to be coming in hot – certainly too hot to catch for the senator, who held up his arm while turning his head away. A man next to him also reached out his hand to block the projectile. The man then pointed off camera, presumably to single out the thrower.

During the New England Patriots Super Bowl parade in 2017, one fan tossed a can of beer to tight end Rob Gronkowski, who dutifully opened it with his teeth before chugging it and Gronk-spiking it to the ground.

https://www.mediaite.com/sports/wat...-championship-parade-gets-beer-thrown-at-him/

 

There are no violent left wingers. The beer was being tossed to Ted by a friendly conservative, right?

 

New clip captures Ted Cruz falling flat with blatant contradictions in just 30 seconds

Meaghan Ellis, AlterNet
January 25, 2023



US Senator Ted Cruz (Al Drago / AFP / POOL)


Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) latest remarks highlighted his double standard regarding President Joe Biden and former Vice President Mike Pence.

Although both have been found to have classified documents in either their private homes or offices, Cruz only believes one of them should be investigated: Biden.

On Tuesday, January 24, Cruz appeared on Fox Business with host Larry Kudlow where he shared his opinion of the classified documents reports.

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At one point during the segment, the Texas senator called for an investigation into Biden saying, “The FBI needs to search the University of Delaware archives, and they need to search Hunter Biden’s home and business address."

Kudlow then asked Cruz about the reports of classified documents being found at Pence's home in Indiana. The Republican senator was far less concerned about those documents.

“Oh, look, the Mike Pence story ― it’s still early,” Cruz said. “He is a good friend and a good man. He’s explained where these came from.”

The remarks on both situations were made within 30 seconds and now the clip is circulating on social media as Twitter users criticize the double standards. One Twitter user tweeted, "It's like 'hypocrisy' punches him square in the face and Ted simply responds with 'Thank you sir, may I have some more?'"

READ MORE: 'Cancun' Ted Cruz brutally mocked after attacking California governor’s heatwave response: 'No shame at all'

Another user tweeted, "It’s always ok or just a mishap when it’s a Republican who gets caught with their pants down. Yep well it’s still early days - what’s good for the goose is good for the gander. Pence will also have to answer for his papers as well."

"The rule of 'It's okay when our guy does it' is revered on both sides," another user tweeted. "Unfortunately, members of each side only notice it when the other side does it. Democrats should be outraged that their top guy threw a wrench in the MAL docs case, instead of pretending it doesn't matter."

Watch the video below or at this link.


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TED CRUZ: The FBI needs to search the University of Delaware and Hunter Biden's home and business addresses LARRY KUDLOW: What about Pence, a friend of both of ours, who found classified documents in his home? CRUZ: Oh look, Mike Pence has explained where these came from














2:41 PM · Jan 24, 2023

https://www.rawstory.com/he-is-a-go...th-blatant-contradictions-in-just-30-seconds/

 

Ted Cruz Roasted For Declaring Banks the Model For Preventing Mass Shootings Days Ahead of Deadly Bank Shooting
By Alex GriffingApr 11th, 2023, 6:00 pm
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Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) received a bevy of criticism this week over a 10-day-old tweet in which he referenced armed security at banks as a model for how to prevent mass shootings – like the one at a bank in Louisville on Monday.

On March 31, Cruz tweeted, “Yesterday, I reintroduced the Securing Our Schools Act and the Protect Our Children’s Schools Act.”


“Sadly, Senate Democrats played politics and blocked these two critical school safety bills,” Cruz added above a statement, which read:

When you go to the bank and you deposit money in the bank, there are armed police officers at the bank. Why? Because we want to protect the money we save. Why on earth do we protect a stupid deposit more than our children?

We have an opportunity right now to double the police officers on campus and keep kids safe.

After the Monday shooting, in which a 25-year-old former bank employee used an AR-15 to kill five employees and injured many others including police officers, Cruz’s tweet saw renewed interest and went viral online.

As of Tuesday, the tweet received nearly 10 million views as critics shared it and offered scorn for the Texas Republican.

Brian Tyler Cohen shared the tweet, writing, “Aged like milk in the sun.”




Podcast host Brian Beutler replied, “Bank you say?”




“Ted says banks are safe from mass shootings because of the armed guards. Just days later, a mass shooting happens at a bank where 5 people are killed and more injured, including a responding officer who was shot in the head. The gun used was, as usual, an AR-15,” wrote author Scott Santens. “IT’S THE GUNS.”




Parkland survivor and gun reform activist David Hogg screenshotted the tweet and bookmarked it incase Cruz deleted. “This is his original tweet… screenshot for when he deletes it,” Hogg wrote.

https://www.mediaite.com/news/ted-c...shootings-days-ahead-of-deadly-bank-shooting/

 

Was Cruz ever shown any evidence that corroborated Trump's election fraud claims? Or did Cruz just take Trump's word for it?

 

No. No one ever saw any evidence the election was stolen. Treasonous conservative/America Hating/Republicans just went along with it because they wanted to overthrow the results of a free and fair election.

 

Really you mean Cruz just took it on blind faith that Trump was telling the truth about the election being stolen?

 

No neither Cruz nor any other treasonous conservative/America Hating/Republicans really believed the election had been stolen with massive voter fraud. They all knew the truth that President Biden had won a free and fair election that was actually the most secure in American history. And they all chose to lie about that to the American people for the sole purpose of overthrowing that free and fair election and install Trump as dictator for life.

 

Newly revealed tape of Ted Cruz has him telling Fox host to listen to 'actual facts' in 2020 coverage

Sarah K. Burris
April 20, 2023



Senator Ted Cruz speaking with attendees at the 2022 Student Action Summit. (Photo by Gage Skidmore)


Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) was recorded in a call with Fox News and Fox Business host Maria Bartiromo urging her to stick to the facts in her coverage of the 2020 election.

"It can't just be, you know somebody tweeted this. It's got to be demonstrable facts that can be laid out with evidence because that's what a court of law is gonna look to, not just an allegation but actual facts," Cruz said in the tape that was given exclusively to MSNBC's Ari Melber on Thursday.

But Cruz went on to take another route, going to the floor of Congress to proclaim that lawmakers could not in good faith certify the 2020 election if there were questions about it.

"Let me be clear, I am not arguing for setting aside the result of this election. All of us are faced with two choices, both of which are lousy," Cruz told his colleagues. "One choice is vote against the objection. And tens of millions of Americans will see a vote against the objection as a statement that voter fraud doesn’t matter, isn’t real and shouldn’t be taken seriously. And a great many of us don’t believe that. On the other hand, most, if not all of us believe we should not set aside the results of an election just because our candidate may not have prevailed. And so I endeavored to look for door number three, a third option. And for that, I look to history to the precedent of the 1876 election, the Hayes Tilden election where this Congress appointed an electoral commission to examine claims of voter fraud, five house members, five senators, five Supreme Court justices, examined the evidence and rendered a judge judgment."

See the full segment below or at the link here.




https://www.rawstory.com/secret-ted-cruz-call-fox/

 

FREEDOM AND SMALL GOVERNMENT!!!

Unless a private business decisions offends my own personal religious beliefs.



Ted Cruz Calls for Investigation into Bud Light Over Dylan Mulvaney Stunt
By Charlie NashMay 18th, 2023, 10:08 pm

Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) called for an investigation into Anheuser-Busch over its Bud Light marketing partnership with transgender TikTok performer Dylan Mulvaney on Thursday, arguing that the beer giant attempted to “target teenagers” and children with Mulvaney’s image.

“Listen, I can’t think of a company in modern times that has more alienated its customer base and seems to have so little understanding of who it is that actually drinks Bud Light,” said Cruz on Fox & Friends, Thursday, before adding:

This week, I sent a letter to the CEO of Anheuser-Busch, along with Senator Marsha Blackburn, because the CEO of Anheuser-Busch is also CEO or the chairman of the Beer Institute, which is the regulatory body, the industry regulatory body that regulates itself, and one of the rules that beer companies are supposed to follow is they’re not supposed to market to kids. Remember the whole Joe the Camel thing? This is the same things here.

Cruz claimed that “a massive percentage of Dylan Mulvaney’s audience are kids” and argued that “Budweiser was trying, I believe with this ill-fated marketing attempt, to target teenagers.”


“If you look at things Dylan Mulvaney has online, it’s things like ‘days of girlhood.’ There’s another video where Dylan Mulvaney is singing, ‘My name is Eloise and I am six.’ There’s another one where Dylan Mulvaney is shopping for Barbie dolls,” Cruz said. “These are clearly things aimed at teenagers and even children younger than teenagers, which violates the rules.”

“So we’re calling on the Beer Institute to investigate the degree to which Anheuser-Busch knowingly was marketing to children in going down this road,” the senator concluded.

Bud Light received massive backlash from conservatives over its brief partnership with Mulvaney, which included featuring the TikTok star’s face on a promotional can. Bud Light sales dropped by 23% and two Anheuser-Busch executives were placed on leave in response to the controversy.

https://www.mediaite.com/politics/t...ion-into-bud-light-over-dylan-mulvaney-stunt/