Ted Cruz defended an anti-mask parent who did a Nazi salute at a school board meeting

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

Source: Business Insider

During a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing with Attorney General Merrick Garland, Sen. Ted Cruz defended parents opposed to mask mandates in school, including an Ohio woman who made a Nazi salute at a school board meeting.

The hearing revolved around an October 4 memo that Garland issued, where he asked the Federal Bureau of Investigation to, alongside local and state officials, tackle the heightened threats facing public school officials.

"In this hearing I counted 20 incidents cited, of the 20, 15 on their face are non-violent," Cruz said, referring to disturbances at school board meetings brought up by Democrats in the hearing. "They involved insults, they involved a Nazi salute, that's one of the examples," he added.

"My god! A parent did a Nazi salute at a school board meeting because they thought the policy was oppressive. Attorney General Garland, is doing a Nazi salute at an elected official protected by the First Amendment?" Cruz asked Garland.



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[ms liberty]

1. Well Senator Shitforbrains, it is protected by the First Amendment

But it's morally bankrupt, repugnant, disgusting and deserving of societal shunning for life. Does that answer your question?

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

3. 👍

[dixiechiken1]

8. This ☝️☝️☝️

[rebe303]

11. It does

Also I think you should run for Senate 🙂

[marble falls]

2. It's as impossible for Cruz to do any less as it is improbable he's capable of doing better.

[MichMan]

4. I wish AG Garland would have stood up and given Cruz a Nazi salute

[NullTuples]

5. Nothing like watching Rafael when he thinks he's got someone smarter than him in a 'Gotcha'

[EarlG]

6. This is America dammit!

If a parent wants to *checks notes* do a Nazi salute at a *checks notes again* school board meeting, then *checks notes for a third time* Ted Cruz will loudly defend his right to do that!

[AllaN01Bear]

7. our parents or our parents parents fought against hiltler and the itialian leader and the japanese

leader . and we discrace our parents and parents parents with this nonsense.well, when they do the zig heiel salute here @ least we know where they stand .
https://www.aclu.org/other/freedom-expression-aclu-position-paper

[babylonsister]

9. Jeeze. I keep hearing how smart and educated he is, but it's

never apparent to me.

[2naSalit]

12. I've yet to see any sign of it.

[GB_RN]

14. An Education Is Not Equivalent To...

Being Intelligent. Just because one can test well and spew rote facts, does not mean that one is, in fact, intelligent, nor wise. Raphael "Ted" sCruz-ball (R-Batshit Crazy), is a case-in-point.

He was born into crazy: Look at his fucked up father, Raphael, Sr. That guy is a big time Dominionist and thinks that Teddy was born to save the US.

[Rhiannon12866]

10. Howard Dean weighs in:

'Wing-Nut Racism': Howard Dean Crushes Ted Cruz - The Beat - MSNBC
https://www.democraticunderground.com/1017689924

Senator Ted Cruz appeared to defend the right to do the Nazi salute, saying it’s “free speech,” after it was reported that a parent at an Ohio school board meeting did the salute in response to a request to put on a mask. MSNBC’s Chief Legal Correspondent Ari Melber explains that while it is legally accurate that a salute by itself is First Amendment speech, Cruz is willfully ignoring the issue of rising hate and illegal incidents of violence. Former Vermont governor Howard Dean joins Melber to discuss Cruz’s comments. Aired on 10/27/2021.

[Evolve Dammit]

13. Good little fascist isn't he? Still one of the "ten most punchable faces" in my book.

Go shine your orange fuehers boots, lackey

[El Mimbreno]

15. How about we send...

Cruz and his school meeting buddy to Germany. They can do their salute there which might get them out of our hair for up to 3 years.

[dalton99a]

16. Kick