Posted on 11/28/2015 7:30:14 PM PST by Isara
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| U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz speaks with reporters during an event in Iowa on Nov. 28, 2015. (Photo by Patrick Svitek) |
“We don’t know ... what those motives were, but whatever they were, it’s unacceptable, and it’s horrific and wrong,” the Republican presidential hopeful told reporters here before a town hall.
Cruz is among the first — if not the first — GOP candidate to denounce the shooting, which happened Friday in Colorado Springs and left a police officer and two civilians dead. A suspect, Robert Dear, has been taken into custody.
"I have spent much of my adult life working in law enforcement, working against murderers and those who commit violent crime, and that one officer lost his life is particularly tragic," Cruz said.
Cruz appeared to be the first GOP candidate to directly address the shooting Saturday morning, when he tweeted that he was "Praying for the loved ones of those killed, those injured & first responders who bravely got the situation under control in Colorado Springs."
Cruz has been perhaps the harshest critic of Planned Parenthood in the GOP field, especially after the release of undercover videos showing officials with the group discussing business practices. Cruz has referred to the organization as an "ongoing criminal enterprise," and he regularly promises to initiate a federal investigation into the group as one of his first acts in office if elected president.
Disclosure: Planned Parenthood was a corporate sponsor of The Texas Tribune in 2011. A complete list of Tribune donors and sponsors can be viewed here.
Dumbass.
I love it when you sign off with your name like that.
Wow. An I-know-you-are-but-what-am-I response from you.
LOL. How old are you?
There you go signing off again. I’m glad you appreciated my comment enough to adopt that as a regular practice.
See, you’re not such a bad guy after all. Dumb as a brick, but nice none the less.
Well, so far older than you judged by participation on this thread.
I called you dumbass again?
Really?
You're so stupid that you have no idea that I only called you that once, and that you're responding to the same post.
LOL.
It's the post that keeps on giving.
You're the one who started it on this thread and multiple other threads.
I just post in kind.
If you don't give respect then you don't get respect.
Act like an adult and you get treated like an adult.
Pretty simple.
You remind me of a fish flopping around on the boat after being caught.
What? No sign off?
Awwwaaa...
I’ve acted like an adult.
Sometimes children have a hard time understand what adults do.
Sorry about your case.
I would ask the Mods to remove that embarrassing post if I were you.
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