During a Senate Judiciary Committee on "ghost guns" (firearms made at home that lack a serial number) on Tuesday, Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Tex.) tried to change the subject to a debate about police funding.
"If you don't support abolishing the police, why do you keep voting for nominees who advocate abolishing the police?," Cruz asked his Democratic colleagues, referring to Associate Attorney General Vanita Gupta and Kristen Clarke, whom President Biden has nominated to run the Justice Department's Civil Rights Division.
Sen. Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.) responded to Cruz's attempted diversion by telling him his words were "a complete distortion of [Gupta's and Clarke's] positions" before adding that "we're not here to talk about those nominees. If you want to stay, we can do it at the end of the hearing, but right now we're gonna move on."
Cruz was next seen getting up and walking out of the room, and though the timing was conspicuous, he left to attend another overlapping committee meeting. Tim O'Donnell
"As you well know, Senator Cruz, that is a complete distortion of their positions" -- Sen. Blumenthal (you can then see Cruz walking out of the gun violence hearing) pic.twitter.com/y9eHZFbwnY — Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) May 11, 2021
This story has been updated to include Cruz's explanation for leaving the hearing.
DUNG_INSPECTOR on May 11st, 2021 at 17:49 UTC »
I wish someone could help me understand why Texans like Ted Cruz, he seems to go against everything I have been told about Texans. I thought Texans like tough guys, not sniveling cowards who kiss the ass of the man who insulted his wife and run away from their duties in the Senate.
bizarromiddleearth on May 11st, 2021 at 17:10 UTC »
Video: https://twitter.com/atrupar/status/1392128820094844930
AHAdanglyparts69 on May 11st, 2021 at 17:05 UTC »
Fuck Ted Cruz. That is all