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.”
A fellow AFROTC cadet that was in my Field Training flight was Geronimo T. Tolentino. Geronimo translates as "Jerome" His parents were Filipinos. He went by Gerry. But when little he thought Gerry was "Jerry" and used a pen to "tattoo" a "J" onto the web of his hand. But he made a great fire marshal for our flight though. I can still hear his "Unlace your Boots", at lights out. And when we had a fire drill, our flight was the first to clear our barracks and fall into formation, wearing those boots and our wool horse blanket. :)
Sort of like like my Mom's brother and his family called me Denny, which I hated, didn't even like Dennis much and don't use it.
But my Dad's sister and her family called me Joey. Didn't like it either.
in Amarillo?
I graduated from college near there.
I lived in Amarillo 3 different times during my life.
I know what type of weapons are built near Amarillo.
I can just hear the crowds response. If these idiots picked a place inside the US to try and provoke a fight over private gun ownership, Amarillo would be the epicenter.
(I saw this exchange on Twitter this morning, but did not realize it was in Amarillo)
I think this guy is about equal in intelligence to the idiot he’s supporting, neither is anything to write home about.
Agree. I know a lot of people who could/would quickly make him eat his BS words.
I don’t think they’ll need a lunch.
What are they going to use to disarm their enemies? Duh
I know you probably didn’t mean to, but you insulted all the conservative women in my family. We all shoot, we all are willing to give our lives for what we believe in and there are plenty more like us. I cant see any of us saying the words you said would come out of our mouths. We would be too busy making sure the guns were loaded and the ammo was close enough to get to. Most of us are good shots, and willing to shoot at any threat to our homes and family.
Maybe you should have used the word ‘many’ or even ‘some’ in your description of conservative women. Not all of us are like those you seem to know.
Hopefully, if Trump is able to save his political career, Cruz learns a BIG LESSON here and understands that one does not GO AFTER the top guy on the ticket, either directly, or through surrogates (as Cruz attempted), even if you happen not to like the particular person very much.
Thanks.
I’ll try to do better going forward.
I was delighted to hear of the conservative women in your family! God give us a million more. And I truly wish and hope that I am wrong about conservative women, and it certainly isn’t just women either.
There are a host of conservatives, men and women, who believe that they great calling is attacking other conservatives who do not vote for the “lesser of two evils” in the general election and “giving the seat to the Democrats.”
This type thread appears periodically on our forum. I usually interpret it as hyperbole. People are expressing strong feelings, but I do not see anyone ready to actually do what they say they would do. How do you see this actually happening?
What name do you like?
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