Posted on 08/31/2018 7:44:33 AM PDT by jazusamo
At a Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) event in Amarillo this week, he was visited by a protester who is supporting his opponent, Beto O'Rourke. The protester didn't like what Cruz had to say about gun control, so he made a scene. A Cruz supporter spoke up and shouted at him to "come and take it!" As in, come and take their guns. The O'Rourke protester offered a surprisingly honest response.
Beto O’Rourke protester yelling in town hall on gun control.
Texan man- “Come and take it!”
Beto guy, “We will!”
Then @tedcruz said, That exchange right there is what this whole campaign is about!
Crowd explodes. #2A10:24 AM - Aug 29, 2018 · Amarillo, TX
"You want an exchange on the entire election on the 2nd Amendment?" Cruz asked.
"Come and take it," a Texas man in the audience yelled, to which the O'Rourke supporter screamed, "Oh we will!"
That, Cruz said, is why he is running to defend his Senate seat. The exchange he had just witnessed at his Amarillo event can sum up the entire election, he explained. Cruz said the protester is a perfect representation of his opponent's Second Amendment stance. O'Rourke, Cruz explained, has tweeted how proud he is to have an 'F' rating from the NRA. Cruz retweeted him, making sure Texans know that the Democrat is "a big Government, gun grabbing liberal."
So, he asked his constituents, "Is Texas going to stand up and defend itself?" That question got a standing ovation.
You can watch a clear video of the exchange here .
Cruz has often chided Democrats for pouncing on tragedies for political gain.
“The reaction of Democrats to any tragedy is to try to politicize it,” Cruz said after the tragedy at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in February. "So they immediately start calling that we’ve got to take away the Second Amendment rights of law-abiding citizens. That’s not the right answer.”
Good Job Ted!
Keep it up Ted and keep focused on TX.
There is plenty to fix in TX without worrying what IA farmers are doing.
We don’t really need the rank n file conservative to do what I just told you. We have all the right people in place plus the resources to do what is necessary. I could care less whether the rank n file joins us or doesn’t.
I know we’re preaching to the choir here, but let your leftie friends and neighbors know how unhinged this snowflake is!
Ping!
I live in Austin. All I see in my neighborhood are Beto signs. I was at an event yesterday at the park near my house and two people I thought were intelligent people talking about getting out the vote for Beto. One of whom I know is a big hunter but a dem no less. I asked him if he knew Beto wants to take his guns away and he told me I was crazy. I told he need to get better informed about what the candidate he supports is saying and walked away. You just can’t fix stupid.
You do know how this will fly in Texas? smile.
Forget that crap.
Beto tried to flee...
https://www.nationalreview.com/news/beto-orourke-tried-to-flee-scene-drunk-driving-crash/
I do know...like a pregnant cow. LOL!
I’d like to see them TRY to take our guns!
Fake name, fake hispanic, fake candidate.
Yep, from what I’ve read about him he was and is a real punk.
I just heard on the radio that the debate proposed for tonight in Dallas is not happening.
-PJ
Love it!!
Cruz couldn’t have asked for a better disruption!!
The NoBeto guy/libtards got told, by Cruz!!
“Uh, if history is a true example, they pretty much CAN rule forever if guns are removed from the hands of people. “
Oh, and this situation isn’t exactly new...a guy named Lincoln commented on a very similar issue:
“Shall we expect some transatlantic military giant to step the ocean and crush us at a blow? Never! All the armies of Europe, Asia, and Africa combined, with all the treasure of the earth (our own excepted) in their military chest, with a Bonaparte for a commander, could not by force take a drink from the Ohio or make a track on the Blue Ridge in a trial of a thousand years. At what point then is the approach of danger to be expected? I answer. If it ever reach us it must spring up amongst us; it cannot come from abroad. If destruction be our lot we must ourselves be its author and finisher. As a nation of freemen we must live through all time or die by suicide.”
Abraham Lincoln, speech to Young Men’s Lyceum of Springield, IL on January 27, 1838
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abraham_Lincoln%27s_Lyceum_address
Not a genuine quote from Yamamoto. It rings true, but since it isn’t, it makes those using it (even if unwittingly) look misinformed. It is not helpful to use that quote when arguing against an informed hoplophobe.
Good Job Ted!
Keep it up Ted and keep focused on TX.
There is plenty to fix in TX without worrying what IA farmers are doing.
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He could still be a great Senator for Texas if he focused on that.
He might not be in trouble if he had.
Too many on the right won’t vote for ineligible candidates for him to get elected President.
No. Not any 'we'. You. Personally.
Watch him pee his pants and run away...
Trump just tweeted he is going to Texas in October to support Cruz. In the biggest stadium they can.
That figures, he’s a snowflake as well as a punk.
Fantastic! Love to see President Trump endorsing and having rallies to support our candidates.
That job is already taken, as they will find out sooner or later. Sooner if they manage to repeal the second amendment. Or more likely just ignore it and send the BATFE and FBI thugs for our guns.
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