Posted on 01/05/2022 4:33:31 PM PST by datura
To say I’m disappointed would be an understatement. As someone who has viewed Senator Ted Cruz as one of the “good guys” on Capitol Hill, hearing him say the January 6 mostly peaceful protest was a “violent terrorist attack on the Capitol” feels like the worst type of betrayal. I know why he said it and I’ll explain below, but here’s the report of what he said according to American Greatness:
Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) shocked many conservatives on Wednesday when he echoed the left’s overwrought January 6 messaging during a Senate Rules Committee hearing, referring to the riot as a “violent terrorist attack on the Capitol,” and offering full-throated support for the Capitol Police, some of whose actions led to the deaths of multiple unarmed Trump supporters. Cruz thanked the police for “defending” the U.S. Capitol and said those who assaulted law enforcement officers should be prosecuted.
“We are approaching a solemn anniversary this week,” Cruz said. “And it is an anniversary of a violent terrorist attack on the Capitol where we saw the men and women law enforcement demonstrate incredible courage, incredible bravery, risk their lives to defend the men and women who serve in this Capitol.”
“My view is that anyone who commits an act of violence should be prosecuted,” Cruz said during Senate testimony from Capitol Police chief Wednesday. “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.”
Cruz asked Capitol Police Chief Thomas Manger what could have been done differently to prevent the riot at the U.S. Capitol.
“As we reflect on what happened a year ago, it is also worth asking as we have as this committee has as this Congress has, I know you have—what could have been done differently? What could have prevented the breach of the Capitol, what could have prevented the riot getting as far as it did?”
Manger blamed the breach on “clearly documented intelligence failures” and “leadership failures with the Capitol Police Department.”
Now, let’s discuss WHY he said it. He’s running in 2024. I know he’s been a bit aloof about it, as he has to be this early in the game, but he’s running. He’ll be running if Donald Trump runs. He’ll be running if Ron DeSantis runs. He’ll be running if Mike Pence runs. And the only way he has any chance of defeating either of the two populists or the RINO is if he gets the power of the Republican Establishment behind him.
That means changing his various tunes to suit milquetoast Republicans with lots of money. It means distancing himself from Trump and the MAGA movement by siding with Democrats on the false January 6 “insurrection” narrative.
I don’t know this based on anything others have said. I know this because I’ve followed Cruz since before he was a 2016 presidential candidate. His decision-making is precise and his strategies are transparent, albeit brilliant at times. But perhaps more than anything else I know that this is all part of a 2024 strategy because the alternative is unfathomable. That alternative would be that he actually believes the protests and false-flag, Deep State-inspired entry into the Capitol on January 6, 2021 was a terrorist attack. If he thinks that, then everything I’ve ever thought about him before was based on lies.
Ted Cruz made statements about January 6 that were ludicrous prima facie. Saying it was a terrorist attack despite the mountains of evidence proving otherwise means that he’s gone to the dark side for the sake of political expediency.
Why are Freepers supporting an FBI operation?
I never completely trusted Cruz.
If this plan works, he could raise enough money to buy as many votes as Jeb Bush did!
I’m certainly not. It was a pure false flag op, with the long term goal of preventing Trump from holding office again.
Pretty easy to see why Cruz supports the witch hunt.
Cruz is trying to out-Graham Graham.
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Stick a fork in Ted. He’s toast.
Can anybody point to where Donald Trump changed his message to pander to a segment of voters? (he may have, I just don’t recall it)
I was a solid Cruz supporter until his childish speech at the Republican convention, as far as running for president, he is way down on my list.
It’s a witch hunt? So you think the FBI operation shouldn’t be exposed and shown for what it is?
Cruz not only “distanced” himself from Presdent Trump, he also “distanced” himself from 75,000,000 of his supporters.
He’s going to be the victim of another self-inflicted wound that makes “vote your conscience” look like happy talk.
Cruz will not be the Establishment Republican candidate.
Pence may be.
Put him, Pence, and Christie together and they still get the poll numbers of our current VP.
I hope that Jeb runs in 2024 purely for the entertainment value.
I am in Texas. If a Democrat wins the Senate seat Ted Cruz holds y’all will know why. There are many like me who simply cannot vote for this fake.
Ted Cruz has just committed political suicide.
He is done, finished. For this reason, he will not run for the senate ever again. For him, it’s the presidency or bust.
After what he did today, he will only get bust.
Cruz will do far worse in the 2024 nominating process than he did in 2016. He may do worse than what Jeb Bush did in 2016. /spit.
Cruz is trying to out-Cheney Cheney.
Exposing the operation would require an honest DOJ. Seen one of those lately?
Most of the GOP is in on this crap with the Rats, just like election integrity.
We now have a complete two-tiered justice system.
If the FBI carried out a false flag operation, some people would define it as a terrorist event. It seems like the whole of it is bringing to light what the FBI actually did.
Politically motivated or not, it’s the right move to make. Re-litigating the validity of the 2020 election and/or defending the January 6 protestors is a losing proposition in the general election in 2024. If we nominate a candidate who does that, we’ll be handing the Democrats the White House on a silver platter no matter how badly Biden does between now and then. I know many here don’t want to hear it, but we need to deal with the world as it is and not as we wish it would be.
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