A man gave a Nazi salute at a school board meeting to oppose mask rules. Ted Cruz defended it as a f

[Jilly_in_VA]

A man gave a Nazi salute at a school board meeting to oppose mask rules. Ted Cruz defended it as a form of protest.

In a hearing on Wednesday, Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Tex.) pressed Attorney General Merrick Garland over his recent efforts to understand and curb the risk of violence at public school board meetings about coronavirus policies and race-based lessons.

Attempting to illustrate that the threats do not warrant Justice Department involvement, the Texas Republican referenced a letter from the National School Boards Association that listed examples. “They involve things like insults,” Cruz said. “They involve a Nazi salute — that’s one of the examples.”

Slamming his hands on dais and raising his voice, Cruz continued: “My God! A parent did a Nazi salute at a school board because he thought the policies were oppressive.”

The senator was referring to an August incident in which police removed a man from a Birmingham, Mich., school board meeting about a student mask mandate after officials said he flashed the Nazi salute and chanted “Heil Hitler.”

https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2021/10/28/ted-cruz-nazi-salute-senate-hearing/
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We all know what Rafaelito is.......

[Kid Berwyn]

1. Three Year felony in Germany.

Maybe because NAZI salutes inspire something in certain minds, pendejito.

[Deminpenn]

2. Awful, but lawful

And AG Garland agreed that this is protected under the 1st amendment.

[SeattleVet]

3. Garland should have stood up and saluted Carnival Cruz to see how he liked it.

As a matter of fact, it would be rather fitting if EVERYONE would greet Cruz that way, from now on.

[gratuitous]

4. Sen. Cruz has a soft spot for Nazis

Protests like Colin Kaepernick's? Not so much. There's probably some distinguishing difference between the two, but I'll be darned if I can pull the sheet back and tell what it is.

[CrackityJones75]

5. He defensed the first amendment.

I wouldn’t have been so quick to defend it but it is protected.