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'Attacking a nine-year-old:' Ted Cruz snaps at reporter for comparing Hunter Biden to his children
Washington Examiner ^ | | January 27, 2020 08:46 PM | Dominick Mastrangelo

Posted on 01/27/2020 11:13:21 PM PST by conservative98

Sen. Ted Cruz engaged in a back-and-forth with a reporter while arguing that President Trump was justified in asking leaders in Ukraine to launch investigations into former Vice President Joe Biden and his son.

"The House [impeachment] managers built their entire case on the proposition that investigating Burisma corruption, investigating the Bidens for corruption was baseless and a sham," Cruz said during a press conference on Monday. "That proposition is absurd ... We've just seen two hours of evidence."

A reporter pressed Cruz, saying, "But senator, none of the president's attorneys mentioned one single possible crime. Basically, what they said is [Hunter Biden] got a job, his dad was vice president. I mean, if that's a crime, shouldn't half of your children be in prison?"

"My children are nine and 11," Cruz responded. "I'm sorry you want to throw a nine-year-old in prison. So, stop playing that nasty Washington game."

The reporter responded, "That's not a nasty Washington game."

"Attacking a nine-year-old," Cruz said, before moving on with the press conference.

(Excerpt) Read more at washingtonexaminer.com ...


TOPICS: News/Current Events; US: Texas
KEYWORDS: beautifulted; biden; briankarem; cnn; cruz; democratpartypress; fakenews; hunterbiden; impeachment; joebiden; mediabias; tedcruz; trump
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To: goldstategop

“So they said they had — they were walking out to a press conference. I said, nah, I’m not going to — or, we’re not going to give you the billion dollars. They said, you have no authority. You’re not the president. The president said — I said, call him. I said, I’m telling you, you’re not getting the billion dollars. I said, you’re not getting the billion. I’m going to be leaving here in, I think it was about six hours. I looked at them and said: I’m leaving in six hours. If the prosecutor is not fired, you’re not getting the money. Well, son of a bitch. (Laughter.) He got fired. And they put in place someone who was solid at the time.”


21 posted on 01/28/2020 1:41:39 AM PST by Vehmgericht
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To: conservative98

I was proud of my Senator when he shot back at this pos msm reporter.

They are all scum and should be thinned from the herd


22 posted on 01/28/2020 2:20:31 AM PST by eartick (Stupidity is expecting the government that broke itself to go out and fix itself. Texan for TEXIT!)
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To: Vehmgericht
Just how in the wide world of sports is that 'debunked'?
23 posted on 01/28/2020 2:30:17 AM PST by mitch5501 ("make your calling and election sure:for if ye do these things ye shall never fall")
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To: conservative98

Those were not reporters. They were hecklers.


24 posted on 01/28/2020 2:56:39 AM PST by UnwashedPeasant (Trump is solving the world's problems only to distract us from Russia.)
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To: conservative98

I watched it - he didn’t snap...


25 posted on 01/28/2020 3:40:48 AM PST by trebb (Don't howl about illegal leeches, or Trump in general, while not donating to FR - it's hypocritical.)
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To: conservative98

“Basically, what they said is [Hunter Biden] got a job, his dad was vice president. I mean, if that’s a crime, shouldn’t half of your children be in prison?”

The reporter said that? What you have there is a “conflict of interest”, minimum. And that used to be worthy of an investigative reporter’s time. But I guess we don’t have those anymore?

My take: the reporter is half-right. What Hunter Biden did (taking the Burisma-job) is not illegal. Maybe it should be. But, as they say, the real scandal in Washington DC is not what is illegal, but rather what is LEGAL.

OTOH, Burisma certainly thought that they were currying favor with a US administration or they wouldn’t have done it. And if it can be shown that any money moved through Hunter Biden to his father, then laws were broken. That’s bribery and there is a “High Crime”.

I suspect the fantastic wealth that (mostly) Democrat politicians are amassing during their lifetime in office is due to this type of game. Essentially “selling protection” for continued US foreign aid payments.

It all starts with Book Deals and ghost writers. Then it moves to Media consultancies when out of office. Then it moves to elite college admissions for their kids and no-show jobs for their spouses. Maybe a deal with Netflix. So you’re telling me that Burisma’s offer to hire the VP’s son onto their corporate board WOULDN’T be leveraged into a cash-payments stream for the entire Biden family? And that Under-boss Joe wouldn’t have kicked-upstairs to Don Barak?


26 posted on 01/28/2020 3:41:51 AM PST by Tallguy (Facts be d@mned! The narrative must be protected at all costs!))
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To: conservative98

“A reporter pressed Cruz, saying, “But senator, none of the president’s attorneys mentioned one single possible crime.”

Too bad Cruz wasn’t a bit quicker on his feet...”Ms. Reporter, none of the House members mentioned one single possible crime of the President.”


27 posted on 01/28/2020 4:03:44 AM PST by polymuser (It's discouraging to think how many people are shocked by honesty and so few by deceit. Noel Coward)
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To: maggief

I watched this live yesterday - too bad this guy didn’t get throttled.
He was way over the top obnoxious with more than one senator.
Such disrespect.


28 posted on 01/28/2020 4:33:07 AM PST by GnuThere
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To: maggief

Where’s Gorka when you need him to “take it outside”?


29 posted on 01/28/2020 4:53:13 AM PST by UNGN (I've been here since '98 but had nothing to say until now)
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To: UNGN

“You’re not a journalist! You’re a punk!”

https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2019/jul/11/sebastian-gorka-brian-karem-cnn-get-rose-garden-al/


30 posted on 01/28/2020 5:07:50 AM PST by maggief
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To: Tallguy
And if it can be shown that any money moved through Hunter Biden to his father, then laws were broken.

This isn’t required. It doesn’t matter if their hairdresser benefited from corruption... it’s still corruption.

31 posted on 01/28/2020 5:21:55 AM PST by pgyanke (Republicans get in trouble when not living up to their principles. Democrats... when they do.)
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To: pgyanke

Things can be corrupt without being by-definition illegal. So I don’t think we disagree.


32 posted on 01/28/2020 5:35:18 AM PST by Tallguy (Facts be d@mned! The narrative must be protected at all costs!))
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To: conservative98

Whats the count of crime family members in the Biden clan up to now 11.


33 posted on 01/28/2020 9:30:38 AM PST by Vaduz (women and children to be impacIQ of chimpsted the most.)
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