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workinclasszero

(28,270 posts)
Wed Oct 24, 2018, 01:58 PM Oct 2018

Ted Cruz Calls for Civility Amid Bomb Threats, Hours After Discussing Putting Beto O'Rourke, Hillary

Ted Cruz Calls for Civility Amid Bomb Threats, Hours After Discussing Putting Beto O'Rourke, Hillary Clinton In Jail

BY JASON LE MIERE ON 10/24/18 AT 11:44 AM

Senator Ted Cruz on Tuesday called for political disagreements to be “civil” and for opponents to respect one another's “humanity” amid a wave of explosive devices being being sent to Hillary Clinton, Barack Obama and CNN. Cruz’s tweet came hours after he responded to a “lock him up” chant at one of his rallies by joking about locking up Beto O'Rourke, his opponent in the upcoming Texas Senate race, with Hillary Clinton.

“Violence is never OK. Reports of bombs sent to the homes of Obama, Clinton and Soros are deeply, deeply disturbing,” Cruz tweeted. “America is better than this. Political disagreements are fine, even healthy, but we should always be civil and respect each other’s humanity.”

But Cruz struck a very different tone during a campaign stop on Tuesday.

“Well, you know, there’s a double-occupancy cell with Hillary Clinton,” Cruz said after one of his supporters shouted "lock him up".


https://www.newsweek.com/ted-cruz-clinton-obama-bomb-beto-1186001
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Ted Cruz Calls for Civility Amid Bomb Threats, Hours After Discussing Putting Beto O'Rourke, Hillary (Original Post) workinclasszero Oct 2018 OP
What a JERK! calimary Oct 2018 #1
Republican leadership always tries to have it both ways. Caliman73 Oct 2018 #2
Sleaze Solly Mack Oct 2018 #3
well, America used to be better than this...and we can be again anarch Oct 2018 #4
its never going to be the same Cosmocat Oct 2018 #6
true, just as a person will never be the same after they stick their hand in a meat grinder anarch Oct 2018 #7
Sigh... maxrandb Oct 2018 #5
Same here workinclasszero Oct 2018 #8

Caliman73

(11,738 posts)
2. Republican leadership always tries to have it both ways.
Wed Oct 24, 2018, 02:03 PM
Oct 2018

They call for civility and then "joke" about political violence. Cruz is an ass. What possible reason would Beto O'Rourke have to go to jail. When Cruz's idiot supporters started chanting "Lock Him Up" Cruz had an opportunity to be civil and tell his supporters to stop, but he didn't he spurred them on by going after Hillary Clinton (Again, no reason whatsoever to talk about her going to jail) and then lumped O'Rourke in for good measure.

Damn hypocrite!

anarch

(6,535 posts)
4. well, America used to be better than this...and we can be again
Wed Oct 24, 2018, 02:08 PM
Oct 2018

but right now, right at this moment, this fits in just about perfectly with how America "is." And Asshat Cruz definitely had a hand in making it that way.

Also, being opposed to separating children from their families, or otherwise treating anyone as if they have no basic fundamental rights is not a "political disagreement."

I've already cast my vote against this assclown, and it felt good.

Cosmocat

(14,565 posts)
6. its never going to be the same
Wed Oct 24, 2018, 02:18 PM
Oct 2018

We can maybe stem the tide, but Frankenstein has been let loose ...

anarch

(6,535 posts)
7. true, just as a person will never be the same after they stick their hand in a meat grinder
Wed Oct 24, 2018, 02:34 PM
Oct 2018

which is my metaphor for what happened in 2016 (or maybe we were pushed into it, but nonetheless...). But we can stop jamming the rest of our arm and shoulder into the grinder, try not to bleed out, and hope to go on in our diminished capacity, or we can do what the redhats seem to want and go ahead and just jump all the way into that grinder enthusiastically. I guess we'll find out soon....

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