Posted on 01/27/2026 10:22:03 AM PST by Responsibility2nd
U.S. Sen Ted Cruz is urging the Trump administration to rethink its handling of the recent shooting of protestors by Immigration and Customers Enforcement officers in Minnesota.
While Cruz praised the administration's crackdown on illegal immigration, he is taking issue with labelling victims Renee Good and Alex Pretti as domestic terrorists.
"What I think the administration could do better is, is the tone with which they're describing this," he said on his podcast Verdict Monday. "We took out a violent terrorist, hurray. And the problem is, particularly for someone not paying attention, if you're being told this is a mom of three and there's no indication, you know, she's not waving an ISIS flag or, or, or doesn't have a suicide vest around her, escalating the rhetoric doesn't help. And it actually loses credibility."
The comments come as Democrats and some Republicans are calling for an independent investigation into the shootings, with U.S. Rep. Michael McCaul, R-Austin, writing on X Monday he was "troubled by the events that have unfolded in Minneapolis."
"As an attorney and former federal prosecutor, I believe a thorough investigation is necessary — both to get to the bottom of these incidents and to maintain Americans’ confidence in our justice system," he wrote.
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Yesterday I posted how Gov. Greg Abbott put on his concern troll hat. Now it's Cruz.
They both actually were domestic terrorists, they were repeat violators and focused on terrorizing legal law enforcement operations and physically attacking ICE officers. What else do you call it?
late domestic terrorists
How many Americans have been killed by illegals ? Have leftists ever “toned down” their rhetoric?
They couldn’t even take a break after Trump was almost killed or Charlie Kirk was Murdered
Cruz never talks about immigration until he can use it for his TDS
Why do conservatives like him
i cant believe this....actually blaming the police and the Administration. Last time i saw organized threats against the police like this was the Black Panthers and the Weatherman. Nobody kissed their ass back then. This country is lost.
Ted needs to stop beating his wife
Exactly!
Effing Canadians.
If this fight is lost, the country is over. The Dems will SWEEP the midterms in convincing manner and then the Presidency in 2028 and the Republic will be gone.
If you give these maggots any room, they will take it. Republicans need a SPINE!!!
I’d be fine going the rest of my life without hearing another take from Ted Cruz. All he does it take up space.
Uh oh. Another traitor?
Uh oh. Another traitor?
Uh oh. Another traitor?
Ted is campaigning for 2028. Ted Cruz is one of the few people in the country who hasn’t received the memo that most people can’t stand Ted Cruz.
Where was Cruz demanding that the Democrats stop calling ICE the Gestapo?!
WTF is wrong with these rinos who should know better.
The GOP is dead.
It is Written a leopard does not change his spots.. I wonder, is Raphael Cruz still a Canadian citizen. Because he was born on Canadian soil. Have DHS check his paperwork.
Alex Pretti boy and Renee not so Good were both illegal alien loving traitors who got what they deserved, just like Saint Fentanyl Floyd.
Cruz will never be president.
Also, he never talks about the Sharia threat in Texas.
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