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Leghorn21

(13,526 posts) Tue Jan 21, 2020, 03:32 PM Jan 2020

Hey wait, Ted Cruz is tweeting?

Link to tweet

Senators on the floor are sworn to silence and have no electronic devices. So how is this Senator tweeting? Did he sneak a phone in. Is he willing to go to prison? Or is the tweet from someone other than Cruz. @jack you should investigate

His proxy, I suppose?

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Hey wait, Ted Cruz is tweeting? (Original Post) Leghorn21 Jan 2020 OP

Man, Ted Cruz is a real, actual Spartan! DavidDvorkin Jan 2020 #1

Just following the lead of his boss Wednesdays Jan 2020 #2

Hope someone calls him out on this! bluestarone Jan 2020 #3

The graphic appears to be the outline of a cellphone Fragment Jan 2020 #4

I interpret it differently Polybius Jan 2020 #5

DavidDvorkin

(19,489 posts)

1. Man, Ted Cruz is a real, actual Spartan!

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Tue Jan 21, 2020, 04:41 PM

Jan 2020

Wednesdays

(17,412 posts)

2. Just following the lead of his boss

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Tue Jan 21, 2020, 04:42 PM

Jan 2020

"I can do anything I want. Try and stop me."

bluestarone

(17,058 posts)

3. Hope someone calls him out on this!

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Tue Jan 21, 2020, 04:51 PM

Jan 2020

ALL of THEM!!!

Fragment

(68 posts)

4. The graphic appears to be the outline of a cellphone

Reply to Leghorn21 (Original post)

Tue Jan 21, 2020, 04:56 PM

Jan 2020

And the motto, Come and Take It, was displayed on banners at the gun rally in Virginia.

So it appears (no surprise) that he is aligned with the terrorist, far right militant groups, and he is daring someone to seize his phone.

I visited a fringe rightwing website last night, and it sounds as though they are expecting a rightwing coup d’etat — I would be very surprised if they don’t have something planned if the impeachment doesn’t go their way.

Polybius

(15,497 posts)

5. I interpret it differently

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Tue Jan 21, 2020, 05:17 PM

Jan 2020

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Cell phones are banned today (and possibly throughout the trial). He's saying "I brought my cell anyway. Come get it." It has nothing to do with guns, he's just showing that he doesn't care for Senate rules and is not leaving his phone behind.

Can Roberts dismiss him for this?

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