‘Cruz spoke exactly 16 words about the protestors. The rest of his statement was hitting Trump.’
It’s a page out of Obama’s playbook. If you’ve ever seen him in a situation where he HAD to criticize Muslims you know what I mean. He gets a one sentence, obligatory and starkly bloodless comment out of the way, and then he goes to work on the REAL object of his hatred: generally the US, but sometimes the West in general and sometimes Christianity. Obama’s short, dispassionate criticisms of Muslims never ring true. When he criticizes the US, though, his heart is in in; he’s fully engaged.
This was Cruz getting the obligatory jab at the anti-American rioters out of the way, so he could go to work on his real villain: Trump, for exercising his right to free speech.
It’s a page out of Obama’s playbook. If you’ve ever seen him in a situation where he HAD to criticize Muslims you know what I mean. He gets a one sentence, obligatory and starkly bloodless comment out of the way, and then he goes to work on the REAL object of his hatred: generally the US, but sometimes the West in general and sometimes Christianity. Obama’s short, dispassionate criticisms of Muslims never ring true. When he criticizes the US, though, his heart is in in; he’s fully engaged.
This was Cruz getting the obligatory jab at the anti-American rioters out of the way, so he could go to work on his real villain: Trump, for exercising his right to free speech.
Exactly, do you know what Cruz would have done if he truly was who he pretends to be - he would have went on and on about the Founders, liberty, the preeminence of freedom speech and all sorts of historical narratives. He once said about Trump if you want to make America great again, you need to know what made America great in the first place ... looks like Uncle Ted forgot. He is, after all, the Consistent Principled Pure Conservative. Just a hack. Just a hack.
Judge Jeanine on Fox did a 5-star takedown about this whole thing.