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Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin

(108,256 posts)
Tue May 24, 2022, 09:03 PM May 2022

Ted Cruz whines Democrats will 'politicize' Uvalde shooting

Ted Cruz, predictably, began with prayers — and quickly pivoted to politics.

As 14 students and a teacher were shot dead at a Texas elementary school, the Republican senator tried to demonize Democrats, saying they’d be coming after guns.

When a mass shooting happens, Cruz told reporters, “You see politicians try to politicize it,” he said. “You see Democrats and a lot of folks in the media whose immediate solution is to try to restrict the constitutional rights of law-abiding citizens.”

Cruz’s only solution seems to the be thoughts-and-prayers approach common to GOP lawmakers — which leads to no new restrictions on gun sales.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/ted-cruz-says-democrats-will-politicize-uvalde-shooting/ar-AAXGrWl

We see where Cancun Cruz's priorities lie.

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Ted Cruz whines Democrats will 'politicize' Uvalde shooting (Original Post) Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin May 2022 OP
He went there first with that very statement liberal N proud May 2022 #1
FUCK CRUZ spanone May 2022 #2
... And in this manner Cruz politicizes the Uvalde shooting. Beartracks May 2022 #3
How much money does this asshole get from gun lobbies? Emile May 2022 #4
Way more than anyone else, apparently. crickets May 2022 #5
and he says democrats are politicizing this. Jesus fu##! Emile May 2022 #6
Cruz has no conscience dlk May 2022 #7

Beartracks

(12,821 posts)
3. ... And in this manner Cruz politicizes the Uvalde shooting.
Tue May 24, 2022, 09:08 PM
May 2022

Democrats discussing solutions is not politicizing. That's what citizens of a democracy do when there's a problem that MUST be solved.

On the other hand, Republican intransigence is indeed politicizing.

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crickets

(25,986 posts)
5. Way more than anyone else, apparently.
Tue May 24, 2022, 09:17 PM
May 2022

Total Congressional contributions 1990-2016 and top 20 Congressional recipients of gun rights money in 2016:

https://democraticunderground.com/100216722620

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