Posted on 06/12/2016 2:47:29 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet
U.S. Senator Ted Cruz issued a statement Sunday regarding the gay nightclub shooting in Orlando.
Ted Cruzs statement:
Our nation is at war. From 9/11 to the Boston Marathon, from Fort Hood to Chattanooga, from San Bernardino to last nights horrific attack in Orlando, radical Islamic terrorism has declared jihad on America, Sen. Cruz said. Early reports indicate the Orlando terrorist had pledged his allegiance to ISIS, and he had previously been investigated by the FBI. And yet, as with the prior attacks, we were not able to act to stop this act of vicious terrorism that has now murdered 50 and injured more than 50 others.
Our hearts go out to those killed and wounded last night. Our prayers are with their families, and with all their grieving loved ones.
It is a time for action. We need a Commander in Chief who will speak the truth, and who will unleash the full force and fury of the American military to utterly destroy ISIS and its affiliates. We need to pass the Expatriate Terrorist Act, so that known ISIS terrorists cannot use U.S. passports to return to America and wage jihad. We need a President who is serious who will identify the enemy by name and do everything necessary to defeat it.
The next few days will be sadly predictable. Democrats will try to use this attack to change the subject. As a matter of rigid ideology, far too many Democrats from Barack Obama to Hillary Clinton will refuse to utter the words radical Islamic terrorism. They will claim this attack, like they claimed every previous attack, was isolated and had nothing to do with the vicious Islamist theology that is daily waging war on us across the globe. And they will try to exploit this terror attack to undermine the Second Amendment right to keep and bear arms of law-abiding Americans.
Enough is enough. What we need is for every American Democrat and Republican to come together, abandon political correctness, and unite in defeating radical Islamic terrorism.
ISIS doesnt just target soldiers. They dont just target Republicans. Or Jews. They also target Christians and fellow Muslims. They target each and every one of us. As we saw this morning, they target the gay and lesbian community. Their objective, which they broadcast worldwide, is to murder or forcibly convert every single American.
For all the Democrats who are loud champions of the gay and lesbian community whenever there is a culture battle waging, now is the opportunity to speak out against an ideology that calls for the murder of gays and lesbians. ISIS and the theocracy in Iran (supported with American taxpayer dollars) regularly murder homosexuals, throwing them from buildings and burying them under rocks. This is wrong, it is evil, and we must all stand against it. Every human being has a right to live according to his or her faith and conscience, and nobody has a right to murder someone who doesnt share their faith or sexual orientation. If youre a Democratic politician and you really want to stand for LGBT, show real courage and stand up against the vicious ideology that has targeted our fellow Americans for murder.
Today, all of America stands in solidarity with the people of Orlando. All of us should lift them up in prayer, demand action, and if you have any information about the Orlando shooter or potential radical Islamic terror plots, please act to keep us safe by using the FBI tips website: https://tips.fbi.gov.
Either Sen. Cruz is endorsing President Obama as the CIC he speaks of, or Donald Trump, or Hillary Clinton, or Gary Johnson.
He should straight forwardly endorse one of them or remain silent.
What do you mean? You were asking your “Why’s and Why nots” of number 13.
I simply repeated what he had just told you. Can’t help it if you asked for it.
I know. The truth hurts. Bummer.
Are you kidding? You literally said something as stupid as: "Trump isn't even the nominee yet!" Either get on the train or get run over by it, chump. Cut the BS NeverTrump dreaming.
I would rather see Cruz in a judicial role than V-P, meanwhile I hope we will see a unity meeting soon between Trump and Cruz, there is no chance that Cruz can secure the nomination unless Trump disappears from the scene, and at this point no viable reason to keep trying. On the other hand, dumping on Cruz has no further helpful value even in the limited sense of getting Trump nominated, and certainly not in the larger picture where we have to identify the good and the bad. And on that note, I would urge planesman and any others put off by the rhetoric to stay with this forum and get ready to fight together and not with each other. The stakes are too big (sounds like an Outback commercial without spelcheck).
You may not have seen the list of over 50 long time Freepers who have been banned from this site. Gramps Dave posts it from time to time. Your thoughts are well taken, but your account here is in peril if you don’t leap aboard the Trump Train.
Per earlier - this would have been a perfect time to endorse Trump by name. Only reason to not do so is to be hoping for some malfeasance to betray Trump and the People at the Convention - or just as bad, pettiness.
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Kindly allow me to remedy that. ;)
Are you still on this “Trump will select Cruz as his VP!”stupidity?
It’s not going to happen.
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I agree with you that Cruz isn’t going to be the selection. But I do think Cruz
will endorse Trump on or after he gets what he’s looking for in party rules, etc.
We’ll see but Cruz isn’t the force he thought he was at the beginning of 2016.
This script could be read by almost any GOPer in government in times like these.
But when they go back to work, it’s business as usual.
I think that the answer to our problems is never “Ted Cruz.”
Found a drama queen didja MK?
LOL
Yes, I’m am sick of this guy and his enablers. He is still playing the game.
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