Posted on 04/29/2015 6:21:51 PM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum
Sen. Ted Cruz on Wednesday asserted that President Obama has irresponsibly enflamed race relations in the United States and wasted a unique opportunity to heal old wounds and bring Americans together.
The Texas Republican, a candidate for president in 2016, made those comments during an appearance in Washington hosted by the United States Hispanic Chamber of Commerce, in the midst of continuing unrest between African-Americans and the police in Baltimore. Like Obama, whose mother was Caucasian and father an African from Kenya, Cruz is biracial — the son of a white mother and Hispanic father who was born and raised in Cuba.
During a question and answer session with USHCC President and CEO Javier Palomarez, Cruz alluded to his belief that Obama has been a racially divisive president. Asked by CNN's Dana Bash in a short news conference that followed if that's what he meant, Cruz didn't back down.
"I think he has not used his role as president to bring us together. He has exacerbated racial misunderstandings, racial tensions, from back at the beer summit to a series of efforts to pit Americans against each other. And, part of the problem is the way he advocates for any given plan, is to build a straw man of the opposition and then to vilify their position. So that, in the president's telling, anyone who opposes Obamacare wants people to be denied healthcare and to get sick and pass away. That's the only reason someone could oppose Obamacare, is because you malevolently want people to suffer," Cruz said. "When you come to the Iran deal, anyone that opposes this terrible Iran deal, must be because they want war. Dividing us over and over and over again is a dangerous approach for a president. It's an irresponsible approach for a president. I think we need to be looking to unity."
Earlier in the program, Palomarez asked Cruz to comment on the riots in Baltimore and other cities where African-Americans and the police have clashed, and specifically how he would address the "racial tensions that stubbornly, stubbornly, still exist in this country."
"What has been happening in Baltimore has been heartbreaking. And, you're seeing a city right now that is breaking," Cruz said, adding: "One of the things that has been very disappointing when it comes to questions of race relations: President Obama when he was elected, he could have been a unifying figure. He could have chosen to be a leader on race relations in the United States. And, he hasn't done that. He's made decisions that I think have enflamed racial tensions, that have divided us rather than bringing us together."
Ted Cruz is right…again. The nation has fallen apart during the reign of King Barack I.
I hate that man. I love this Man!!
Was that “boom” their heads exploding?
Not to nitpick the article, but “hispanic” does not describe a race. It is a linguistic and broadly cultural group.
Having 0bama as _Resident has certainly inflamed my LIVER over these past 7 years!
“Unexpected!”
*DRINK* ;)
Thus Ted Cruz is not “biracial” in any sense of the word.
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Ted Cuz’s father was hispanic, but not white hispanic? I guess you only find them on citizen patrol in Florida
You cannot keep picking at a scab and expect it to heal properly.
You cannot keep reopening a wound over and over and over without expecting infection to set in and possibly cause gangrene or other injuries.
You just can’t.
I loathe Obama. I knew who he was. I was willing to see whether he would dedicate himself to his words about healing.
I should have known better. I didn’t.
Today, at work, I was talking to an African friend of mine. A black woman looked at us with surprise on her face.
I understand what I can’t do with her anymore-be friendly, open, or willing to talk, except in the most professional manner.
Right on Crouton
Well, yes.
Captain Obvious approves.
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Not to nitpick...but I think Cruz Senior suffered as a teenager against the dictator Batista in Cuba more than any "African American" race baiter today.
Ted Cruz!!!!
bummmp
I have to nitpick enflamed. Did not even pass this spell check. It is inflamed!
Obama isn’t the only politician who has recently fanned the flames of tension.
Hillary Clinton’s recent statement and call for the top wealthy $$$$$ 1% need to be toppled, therefore stoking up the flames of resentment towards wealthy white people i.e. “ white previlage “.
Cruz is not biracial... hispanic is not a race, it’s an ethnicity.
Just ask, which political party would suffer most if there was racial unity in America?
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