Posted on 09/03/2015 4:31:21 PM PDT by Olog-hai
Republican presidential contender Ted Cruz blamed President Barack Obama on Thursday for a climate of violence against police, contending the president and his administration have long vilified law enforcement. […]
“There are unfortunate, tragic consequences when the president of the United States repeatedly vilifies law enforcement and when that rhetoric is amplified by the Department of Justice, when it’s amplified by politicians across this country,” Cruz said in the interview (with AP). […]
The Texas senator said police have been demonized throughout Obama’s presidency.
“If you look at our law enforcement, they’ve had six and a half years of vilification, demonization,” Cruz said, speaking on the way to the airport as he jetted among three stops in Texas, where he hadn’t made campaign appearances in several weeks.
“When the police withdraw because they’ve been demonized,” he added, between long swigs from a bottle of water, “tragically the communities that pay the biggest price are minority communities that are already facing crime challenges.” …
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And he’s absolutely right, though I’d argue that the media deserves a great deal of blame for stirring up all this crap as well.
This is something that Trump needs to do.
Media = extension of Obama, generally.
I do not trust your Mister Trump.
At all.
I suspect that he is the Dem's 2016 Perot.
I would love to see Mister Trump criticize Mister Obama much, much more.
That said, I do agree w Mister Trumps ads re Jeb (and also Jeb's ads re Mister Trump).
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The bully pulpit of the POTUS is arguably the most influential rhetorical platform in the world and 0bama has consistently sent the message that the police are lawless thugs and that lawless thugs are pitiable victims.
Beyond the bully pulpit he has used the power of the DoJ to enforce that twisted belief. We are now witnessing the inevitable results of the energy he has put into promoting that depraved view of law and justice. For that the blame rests squarely on his shoulders.
We should know for sure by December. That's when filing for the Texas primary closes.
http://www.sos.state.tx.us/elections/voter/2016-important-election-dates.shtml
Obama is to blame for the Climate Change. The article is correct.
Stand down in Baltimore, thugs flourish, Cops murdered
Whose fingerprints are all over this? 0dungheap!
The title is a given.
This started with Trayvon Martin as a test case, but Obama, Jarrett and Holder were organized and ready to release their Red Guards for some political activism when Darren Wilson shot Michael Brown. Michael Brown’s dubious character didn’t matter - that was the time and pretext they needed.
Obama and team have wound up and let loose the BLM activist squad. Of course there would be collateral damage on the fringes, but so what?
He started in July of his first year in office.
So true. Thank-you for reminding everyone. This started in ‘09.
His demented views of crime and justice have been a consistent pattern.
The media and Obuma....he’s trying everything he can to call martial law to upend the national elections so he can become a dictator....
It must be because the police...acted...stupidly.
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