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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsTed Cruz Cracks Joke About Gun Control Days After Shooting in Charleston Church ..Huff Post
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2015/06/20/ted-cruz-gun-control-charleston_n_7628960.html?utm_hp_ref=politicsHuffington Post | By Samantha-Jo Roth
Posted: 06/20/2015 6:41 pm EDT Updated: 06/20/2015 6:59 pm EDT
RED OAK, Iowa - Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) dropped a few gun control jokes during his latest swing through Iowa, days after the shooting deaths of nine people in a Charleston, South Carolina, church.
"You know the great thing about the state of Iowa is, I'm pretty sure you all define gun control the same way we do in Texas -- hitting what you aim at," Cruz said at a town hall meeting Friday in Red Oak.
Before a crowd of nearly 70 people, Cruz recalled a recent excursion to a gun range in New Hampshire that had fully automatic machine guns.
"My wife, Heidi, who is a petite, 5'2 California blonde, she was standing at the tripod unloading the full machine gun with a pink baseball cap that said 'armed and fabulous,'" he said.
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Ted Cruz Cracks Joke About Gun Control Days After Shooting in Charleston Church ..Huff Post (Original Post)
Stuart G
Jun 2015
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brer cat
(24,576 posts)1. What a clueless ass.
I hope Texas comes to its collective senses and gets this jerk out of the limelight.
onehandle
(51,122 posts)2. He's a laugh riot! No wonder there are so many Canadian comedians. nt
tanyev
(42,566 posts)3. If he gets enough criticism maybe he'll issue another phony apology, like he did for his Biden jokes
Stuart G
(38,434 posts)5. Yes, it will be a phony apology...good point,
Ted Cruz has completely defined himself as the living proof of an ," insensitive asshole"......
I hope he gets his in the next election. Hard to imagine anyone this stupid/insensitive.
.But Ted Cruz is it...
Paladin
(28,264 posts)4. Fuck you where you breathe, Cruz. (nt)
Laurian
(2,593 posts)6. Is the man clueless or just cruel? N/T
MoonRiver
(36,926 posts)7. My vote is for cruel. I can't post what I really think about that cretin.
Guy Whitey Corngood
(26,501 posts)10. He's the sociopath son of a raving lunatic. nt
edhopper
(33,587 posts)8. What a vile POS.
This can be said everyday about the whole GOP, but,
"At long last, have you no shame?"
TwilightGardener
(46,416 posts)9. Just an awful man.
Stuart G
(38,434 posts)12. Yes, awful..an awful person.
How could the exact same insensitive type of behavior happen a second time?.
Beyond awful.
Faux pas
(14,681 posts)11. Classless Ass
surrealAmerican
(11,362 posts)13. ... and how did the audience react?
Unless they boo him off the stage, he will keep saying things like this.