Documents: Ted Cruz Ticketed For Alcohol Possession As A Minor In 1987

TPM/BuzzFeed ^ | January 14, 2015 | Ahiza Garcia

[SweetAkitoRose]

Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) received a ticket for being a minor in possession of alcohol in 1987, when he was a senior in high school, BuzzFeed News reported on Tuesday night.

The revelation was discovered in an application, obtained by BuzzFeed, which Cruz completed for the position of Texas solicitor general back in 2003.

According to the report, police found an unopened case of beer in Cruz's vehicle and issued him a ticket for the offense.

“Teenagers often make foolish mistakes, and that certainly applied to me as well,” Cruz told BuzzFeed News in a statement.

[TigersEye]

0bama is a self-admitted choom smoker and crackhead so what’s the big deal?

[spodefly]

Call me when he drives off a bridge and kills someone.

[JennysCool]

Good. Means he’s normal.

[jughandle]

Hey so was I!! Worst $25.00 I ever parted with.

[lefty-lie-spy]

Speak for yourself. :) I refuse to grow up. I’m doing the same things in my forties as I did in my teens and twenties, and I love it. Lots of my freinds are the same, and we’re all well adjusted professionals. Enjoy life.

[Flash Bazbeaux]

Not to mention alcohol abuse.

[faithhopecharity]

BFHD

[justrepublican]

I got caught, twice!

[edpc]

We had a bonfire party get busted in ‘86. The cops sorted through our supplies, kept the good stuff, and told us to go home.

[Vendome]

Hoist him on his own petard!!!

No way I want a guy like this representing me!!!

Probably had a case of mickey big mouth. Cop took pity on him and issued him a ticket instead of arresting him...

[Vendome]

That’s what I’m saying..

[Vendome]

LOL

[jospehm20]

I got caught in a similar situation with a similar outcome. That was in the mid 1970s.

[stars & stripes forever]

Its Texas - I thought that was allowed!

Beer drinking seems to be a rite of passage in Texas - right up there with the two-step.

[DoughtyOne]

An unopened case... OMG string him up. LOL

This is a wink and a nod offense generally.

[Kickass Conservative]

Geez, at least it wasn’t a Case of Coors, OR WAS IT?

DA DA DAAAAAAAA...

Anybody going to compare Cruz’s College Grades to Obama’s?
I didn’t think so.

[Rodamala]

[usacon]

He’s human!

[Mark17]

Before I pass judgement, I need to know what brand of beer it was...

Falstaff maybe? Where are Gabe and Walker when we need them?

:-)

[Rodamala]

It's probably incredible for anybody under 40 to believe this, but...

Kids, also note the officer giving a mandatory directive for a minor, one who is not a seasoned driver, and has just been witnessed drinking alcohol, to get in his vehicle and drive his friends home. These days that cop would be placed on leave without pay while they investigate the lawsuit against the police department blaming them for the firey death of a carload of children.