Tag Archives: Ted Cruz

Ted Cruz Lies That Biden Is Handing Out “Crack Pipes”

Mediaite reports: Texas Sen. Ted Cruz (R) amplified and embellished a false and debunked claim, telling his viewers that President Joe Biden “Wants to give crack pipes to minorities to destroy minority communities.” On the most recent edition of Verdict with Ted Cruz, the podcast co-hosted by Cruz and Michael Knowles, Knowles read a question from a viewer, then prompted …

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Eight Republican Senators Oppose Federal No-Fly List

The Insider reports: A group of Republican senators pressed the Department of Justice to block the creation of a federal no-fly list of disruptive passengers since it would be unfair to people who break mask mandates. They noted that most of the recent uptick in unruly behavior on planes was down to people not obeying mask rules, and said it …

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2024 Republican Hopefuls To Headline NH Fundraiser

Politico reports: A slew of potential 2024 GOP presidential candidates are headlining an upcoming New Hampshire Republican Party fundraiser, an illustration of how contenders are gearing up ahead of the party’s upcoming nomination process. The host committee for the March 30 event includes Texas Sen. Ted Cruz, National Republican Senatorial Committee Chairman Rick Scott (R-Fla.), Arkansas Sen. Tom Cotton, and …

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Cruz Pushes Claim Biden Will Tap Harris For SCOTUS

Mediaite reports: Texas Senator Ted Cruz (R-TX) on Sunday promoted the highly unlikely idea that President Joe Biden will nominate Vice President Kamala Harris to the Supreme Court, filling outgoing Justice Stephen Breyer’s seat. “I think there is a chance they name Kamala to the court, in part because they can’t stand her. And one of the virtues of naming …

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Cruz Money Beg Accuses FBI Of Planning Capitol Riot

Mother Jones reports: A few days ago, Cruz sent out a fundraising email embracing the right-wing crackpot notion that the insurrectionist January 6 attack on the US Capitol was orchestrated by the FBI or another government agency. Hardcore Trumpists, most notably Fox host Tucker Carlson, have pushed the fact-free idea that the Deep State engineered the assault on Congress to …

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SCOTUS Likely To Side With Cruz On Campaign Finance

The Washington Post reports: In the final days of the 2018 election, Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Tex.) loaned his campaign $260,000, specifically so he could challenge an obscure campaign finance restriction that only $250,000 in personal loans can be repaid with money raised after an election. Oral arguments at the Supreme Court on Wednesday indicated Cruz is in position to collect …

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Man At Center Of Cultist Conspiracy Claims To Testify

Politico reports: Ray Epps, the former Arizona Oath Keeper at the center of pro-Trump conspiracy theories related to Jan. 6., intends to sit for a transcribed interview Friday with the select committee investigating the attack on the Capitol, his attorney said in a phone interview. Epps, who has become the centerpiece of an unsupported GOP claim that the FBI incited …

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SCOTUS Case Could Legalize Quid Pro Quo Donations

Courthouse News reports: As the U.S. heads into an election year, the Supreme Court will hear a case on Wednesday advocating for changing the limits for how much money candidates can recoup from their campaigns. A day before Election Day in 2018, Cruz loaned his campaign $260,000 — $10,000 more than the FEC’s limit for repayment. With $2.38 million in …

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Alex Jones Blames Cruz For Arrests Of Oath Keepers

“We’ve asked why Ray Epps hasn’t been arrested. And that’s really what’s happening here. Stewart Rhodes has been indicted for doing absolutely nothing and not calling for a breach in the Capitol to cover up for Ray Epps because Sen. Ted Cruz and others brought it up in Congress as one of the top trending stories on Google, Twitter, Facebook, …

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Gorka: Ted Cruz Is An Insult To The Word Conservative

“I am done. I am done with Ted Cruz. He always made me feel a little bit hinky. I know he’s super smart, he went to Harvard. But what he did is betrayed the truth when he said ‘terrorists.’ Really? Grandmothers who were arrested, put in solitary confinement? “Did he even mention Ashli Babbitt’s name, the only person who was …

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Sen. Ted Cruz Pathetically Grovels Before Raging Tucker Carlson After Calling Capitol Rioters “Terrorists” [Video]

Mediaite reports: Senator Ted Cruz’s appeared on Tucker Carlson Tonight Thursday night and something miraculous seems to have happened as a result: a divided nation has united to call out just how cringe-worthy his shameless groveling to Tucker Carlson was. Cruz appeared on Fox News prime time after Carlson excoriated the Texas senator for labeling those who attacked the capitol …

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Cruz Seeks To Block Vax Mandate For DC School Kids

The DCist reports: Senator Ted Cruz (R-Texas) says he plans to introduce a bill that would overturn a vaccine mandate for school kids in D.C., which is more than 1,100 miles from the border of the state he actually represents in the U.S. Senate. “These mandates, we’re seeing them all over the place. You know, we’re seeing them in schools. …

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Cruz: GOP Will Impeach Biden If They Win The House

The Texas Tribune reports: U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz predicted Republicans will impeach President Joe Biden as political payback if they win back the U.S. House this year in the midterm elections. “Yeah, I do think there’s a chance of that, whether it’s justified or not,” he said on the latest episode of his podcast. “​​Democrats weaponized impeachment,” he said, referring …

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Cruz Explains Why He’d Likely Be GOP’s 2024 Nominee

“You know, I ran in 2016. It was the most fun I’ve ever had in my life. We had a very crowded field with 17 candidates in the race. A very strong field, and I ended up placing second. “And you know, there’s a reason historically that the runner-up is almost always the next nominee. And that’s been true going …

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Major Missouri Paper Demands Senate Investigate Cruz And Hawley For Their Roles In “Sparking” Capitol Riot

From the editorial board of the St. Louis Post-Dispatch: Ten months after a group of Senate Democrats lodged ethics complaints into the conduct of Republican Sens. Josh Hawley of Missouri and Ted Cruz of Texas regarding their roles in sparking the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol, the Senate Ethics Committee has shown no sign of movement. Both senators tell …

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Fauci Roasts Ted Cruz’s Call For Him To Be Prosecuted: “What Happened On January 6th, Senator?” [VIDEO]

Mediaite reports: Appearing on Face the Nation Sunday, the infectious disease expert went after Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) — who, earlier this year, called on the attorney general to prosecute Fauci. “Anybody who spins lies and threatens and all that theater that goes on with some of the investigations and the congressional committees and the Rand Pauls and all that …

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Ted Cruz Refuses To Say 2020 Election Wasn’t Stolen

Mediaite reports: Face the Nation host Margaret Brennan took Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) to task over his support of the Big Lie in a tense interview on CBS. During a contentious exchange on the Sunday morning program, Brennan confronted Cruz over revelations from the recent Bob Woodward and Robert Costa book “Peril” detailed in conversations Cruz had with former President …

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GOP Reps Savage Ted Cruz In Twitter “Slap Fight”

Mediaite reports: The online slap fight between Liz Cheney (R) and Ted Cruz (R) kept going on Saturday when Adam Kinzinger (R-IL) and Eric Swalwell (D-CA) hopped into the fray with the Texas senator. As Cruz comes off of his war against Sesame Street’s attempts to promote public health, he wound up in a Twitter fight when he went after …

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SNL Riffs On Ted Cruz’s Battle With Big Bird [VIDEO]

NBC News reports: “Saturday Night Live” took sides in the culture wars between Democrats and Republicans when it mocked Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, for picking a fight with “Sesame Street” character Big Bird, a fictional 6-year-old. On “SNL,” Aidy Bryant’s version of the senator hosted a show, “Cruz Street,” on the imaginary Newsmax Kids channel. The show’s vision of “Cruz …

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Cruz Lays Out Why Texas May One Day Secede [VIDEO]

“I think Texas has a responsibility to the country. And I’m not ready to give up on America. I love this country. Texas is, right now, an amazing force keeping America from going off the cliff. Keeping America grounded on the values that built this country. “Now listen, if the Democrats end the filibuster if they fundamentally destroy the country …

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