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Ted Cruz: ‘Matt Walsh Has Done Heroic Efforts Exposing What’s Going On’ With Radical Trans Ideology

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U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) speaks on Title 42 immigration policy on May 03, 2023 in Washington, DC.
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Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) praised Daily Wire host Matt Walsh for his efforts in exposing the radical transgender ideology being pushed on children by the political Left.

Cruz’s remarks come after Walsh’s “What is a Woman?” documentary garnered significant international interest last week after Twitter owner Elon Musk promoted the video to his more than 140 million followers.

Cruz made the remarks about Walsh during a segment on his podcast “Verdict” while he was talking about comments from a New York Times podcast.

“So a minute ago, he just admitted the gay rights groups needed a reason to exist and needed a business model. And so they decided to embrace the trans issues in order to keep raising money,” Cruz said, recalling the clip he just played from The New York Times’ podcast. “They’re envisioning some nefarious Republican strategist in a smoke-filled room, saying this is the issue. The campaign against transgender rights has mobilized conservatives, now they don’t name them, they don’t know who it is, either. And they’re making it up.”

“Here’s the dirty little secret: Most Republican officeholders are terrified to talk about this,” he said. “I serve in the United States Senate, I served with 48 other Republicans — 40 of them wouldn’t bring this topic up if you put a gun to their head.”

Cruz said that most Republicans want to talk about reducing taxes and avoiding culture war issues because they are “afraid of their own shadows.”

“So the idea that it was some political strategist that came up with this is insane,” he said. “Frankly, the people talking about this are a handful of journalists and activists, people like Matt Walsh. Matt Walsh has done heroic efforts exposing what’s going on. Libs of TikTok has done heroic efforts exposing what’s going on.”

“And then folks like you and me, who are talking about it, but to be honest, not only is there not this mysterious Republican strategist,” he continued. “Almost all the Republican strategists are like, ‘no, no, no, please don’t talk about these issues. Please don’t talk about them. We’re scared of them.'”

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“So they are, The New York Times, just acknowledged that on the Left, it is a business model decision. The irony is on the right, everyone engaged in the business model is saying, ‘don’t get anywhere near this,'” he concluded. “And I gotta say, look, my view is very simple. Which is we should protect children. And no child, no 8-year-old, no 9-year-old, no 10-year-old, has the emotional maturity to make a decision that is life-altering.”

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