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applegrove

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Thu May 26, 2022, 02:12 PM May 2022

Exchange of the Day

Exchange of the Day

May 26, 2022 at 10:20 am EDT By Taegan Goddard 100 Comments

https://politicalwire.com/2022/05/26/exchange-of-the-day-198/

"SNIP......

Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) was confronted by Mark Stone of Sky News about the astounding number of mass shootings in the United States:

STONE: Is this the moment to reform gun laws?

CRUZ: You know, it’s easy to go to politics…

STONE: But it’s important, it’s at the heart of the issue.

CRUZ: I get that that is where the media likes to go… The proposals from Democrats and the media, inevitably when some violent psychopath murders people…

STONE: A violent psychopath who’s able to get a weapon so easily. An 18-year-old with two AR-15s… But why does this only happen in your country? I really think that’s what many people around the world cannot fathom, why only in America. Why is this American exceptionalism so awful?

Cruz then tried to walk away.

......SNIP"

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Exchange of the Day (Original Post) applegrove May 2022 OP
Every reporter needs to be pushing at LEAST this hard Novara May 2022 #1
Where the media likes to go? How about the majority of Americans Sen. Asshole? We want change now! chowder66 May 2022 #2
cruz is such llashram May 2022 #3
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