Posted on 08/12/2017 10:54:49 PM PDT by Coronal
Texas Republican Sen. Ted Cruz wants the Department of Justice to investigate Saturday's attack that killed one woman in Charlottesville, Va. as an incident of domestic terrorism.
In a statement released Saturday night, Cruz called the incident "tragic and heartbreaking" and said the Justice Department must be involved immediately.
"The Nazis, the KKK, and white supremacists are repulsive and evil, and all of us have a moral obligation to speak out against the lies, bigotry, anti-Semitism, and hatred that they propagate," Cruz said in a statement.
"Having watched the horrifying video of the car deliberately crashing into a crowd of protesters, I urge the Department of Justice to immediately investigate and prosecute this grotesque act domestic terrorism."
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this is the same guy who blamed the Chicago riot on Trump, so I don’t take what he is saying seriously. He says whatever he thinks will win him praise from the media.
Your ignorance is showing. Google “grandstanding politician” and/or “how to demagogue a tragedy for political advantage.”
You SOB. Did you call for this after the premeditated attempted murder of Your Congressional colleagues?
Something happen yesterday? Nobody told me.
Wrong again—Mr. Canadian Citizen ‘till ‘14.
Weren’t there folks suggesting Cruz would have been a great AG?
When he first came on the campaign scene, I liked him. He sounded right. I am just glad that he unraveled before he became President. I think that is how the system should work. Thank God for Trump.
“Weren’t there folks suggesting Cruz would have been a great AG?”
I was one, because he’s aggressive, and I regret it now.
He’s still the same old Ted we came to despise last fall.
This guy is always making a fool out of himself!
You have to know the rules. You can beat the crap out of Republicans, but the minute they fight back they need to be executed.
How about we find out what was going on before we decide he is a terrorist. Maybe he was, maybe he was just terrified of getting beat up?
“The Nazis, the KKK, and white supremacists are repulsive and evil, and all of us have a moral obligation to speak out...”
A car driving into a crowd is abhorrent to everyone, but Cruz cannot leave it at that. He has to ratchet up the issue by “cleansing” himself of any possible future accusations of like thinking on his part by enhancing his resume with such declarations. After all, he has a race to win next year.
You mean besides the fact that Cubanadians are not eligible?
“[Cruz] added more fuel to the fire .”
That is so true. He may even get face time on the Today show, where he can preen some more.
Whether he lives to get it or not, he deserves his day in court. I agree with you.
Cruz is simply protecting his cushion in the US Senate with these remarks, one can only imagine what he’d say if he weren’t up for reelection next year.
Cruz behaves himself for a couple of months, and then it’s as if he’s afraid people might warming back up to him. To nip that possibility in the bud, he pulls some BS like this. It’s as if he’s saying, ‘Don’t let me fool you—*this* is what I’m really like.’
Sad.
domestic terrorism my butt .
Let’s get all the unvarnished facts out on what happened and who did it.
Interview all the police, to see why they allowed the violence to fester.
Have you seen any Rats call antifa or BLM terrorist organizations?
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