I know very well the weasel-worded Cruz quote you cling to.
Taking something out of context to twist the truth is... lying.
Ah, so you don’t understand ANY of the words”Now the responsibility for that lies with protestors who took violence into their own hands.
When the Mom takes the 2 kids aside she might say to the one who punched the other in the face, “You are responsible for punching him in the face. Nobody else controls you. YOU control you. You have no excuse.”
And then she might say to the other, “You were responsible for telling him to f**k off. Nobody made you say that, and when you act that way you can expect trouble.”
So which of those kids did the mother “blame” for what happened? All she said was that BOTH parties were responsible for their own actions, and actions have consequences. A truth generally accepted by conservatives but not usually by leftists and Muslims.
Based on what you’ve said to me, your response would be that the mom really didn’t tell the first kid that he was responsible for punching the other.
So which are you - leftist, or Muslim?