Sen. <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/ted-cruz" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Ted Cruz</a> (R-TX) unveiled seven pieces of legislation on Tuesday to protect American&#8217;s freedoms by blocking current and future government COVID mandates.
The legislation takes aim at vaccine passports, vaccine mandates, mask mandates, and other restrictions from the government and medical services.
&#8220;President Biden has stated that the COVID-19 pandemic is over, but he continues to wield powers granted during the pandemic, and he continues to desire draconian restrictions and mandates for the American people,&#8221; Cruz told The Daily Wire. &#8220;Congress must step up and outright ban these mandates. We cannot allow the unprecedented actions taken by the federal government to set a new normal in which politicians and unelected bureaucrats force mandates upon the American people at the drop of a hat — all under the justification of protecting public health.&#8221;
Cruz said that the pieces of legislation he introduced &#8220;would ensure that the constitutional rights of Americans are protected and that President Biden cannot change his mind as the political winds blow.&#8221;
The seven pieces of legislation include:
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<li>No Vaccine Passports Act – Among its many provisions, the No Vaccine Passports Act would stop the federal government from establishing COVID-19 passports or working with third parties to establish their own vaccine passports, such as airlines or other global entities. This bill imposes a five-year prohibition on any government vaccine mandate for vaccines first authorized by the FDA through an Emergency Use Authorization. This bill also extends civil rights protections under the Americans with Disabilities Act to ensure that employees have the right to seek an exemption from any employment-based COVID-19 vaccine mandate. As millions of Americans receive the COVID-19 vaccine, Texas and at least 11 other states have already passed legislation preventing statewide vaccine passport mandates.</li>
<li>Doss’s Act – The GIVE LIFE Act (Doss’s Bill) is named after a teenage Texan who was denied a kidney transplant because he had not been vaccinated against COVID-19. Even after the pandemic has subsided, patients across the county continue to [be denied] access to life saving transplants due to the patient’s COVID-19 vaccine status. The GIVE LIFE Act would prohibit denying an individual from donating and organ or receiving an organ transplant because of their COVID-19 vaccination status, and from COVID-19 positive caseloads in the patient’s locality from being used as a factor in determining eligibility to donate or receive an organ transplant. The GIVE LIFE Act would also prevent Medicare and Medicaid providers from denying services to individuals based on their COVID-19 vaccination status.</li>
<li>Ending Discrimination in COVID-19 Treatments Act – The Ending Discrimination in COVID-19 Treatments Act would mandate the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to require that providers do not engage in discriminatory practices such as considering someone’s race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, religion, disability, vaccination status, veteran status, political ideology, or speech when allocating COVID-19 treatments. This bill is in response to reports that states across the country were engaged in discrimination by using race and ethnicity as a factor in determining whether someone was eligible to receive monoclonal antibodies which are critical, life-saving therapies that aide in the recovery from COVID-19.</li>
<li>No Vaccine Mandates Act – The No Vaccine Mandates Act protects the rights of parents by requiring persons who administer a COVID-19 vaccine or booster to first obtain the patient’s informed consent and it protects the rights of parents by requiring the consent of a parent or guardian if the patient is a minor child. The bill also imposes civil penalties for violating a patient’s right by vaccinating against COVID-19 without consent.</li>
<li>Parental Rights Protection Act – The Parental Rights Protection Act would protect the rights of parents by restricting recipients of federal funds, including from the Department of Education and Department of Health and Human Services, from imposing a COVID-19 vaccine mandate affecting minor children. Further, this bill would prohibit vaccinating a minor child without the informed, written consent of a parent or guardian.</li>
<li>No Mask Mandates Act – The No Mask Mandates Act would prohibit future mask mandates on public property or public transportation. The bill also ensures that no taxpayer funds are used to enforce any federal mask mandate in response to COVID-19. Despite President Biden’s own statements declaring the COVID-19 pandemic over, his administration continues to fight in court for the authority to impose mask mandates on the American people.</li>
<li>Let Them Learn Act – The bill would protect students in Washington, D.C., public schools from the city’s COVID-19 vaccine mandate. The D.C. school vaccine mandate would prohibit unvaccinated school-kids from 12 to 15 years of age from attending school in person. The mandate is discriminatory, as it is particularly harmful to black students who are vaccinated at a lower rate than other students. This bill is co-sponsored by Senators Marsha Blackburn (R-TN), Mike Lee (R-UT), James Lankford (R-OK), Mike Braun (R-IN), Josh Hawley (R-MO), and Rick Scott (R-FL).</li>
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Last year, Cruz introduced the &#8220;AMERICANS Act&#8221; to end the Department of Defense&#8217;s Biden-era vaccine mandate and got portions of the bill included in the 2023 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA), which <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/pentagon-ends-vaccine-mandate-for-u-s-military-after-kevin-mccarthy-demanded-to-end-it" target="_blank" rel="noopener">ended the mandate</a>.
The bill was <a href="https://www.cruz.senate.gov/newsroom/press-releases/sen-cruz-introduces-updated-legislation-building-on-vaccine-mandate-ban-to-reinstate-service-members-fired-over-covid-vaccine" target="_blank" rel="noopener">co-sponsored</a> by Sens. Mike Crapo (R-ID), James Risch (R-ID), Kevin Cramer (R-ND), Marsha Blackburn (R-TN), Roger Marshall (R-KS), Mike Lee (R-UT), Rick Scott (R-FL), Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-MS), Mike Braun (R-IN), Steve Daines (R-MT), Lindsey Graham (R-SC), Rand Paul (R-KY), Marco Rubio (R-FL), James Lankford (R-OK), Ron Johnson (R-WI), John Hoeven (R-ND), Cynthia Lummis (R-WY), and Josh Hawley (R-MO).

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Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) said during his podcast on Monday that the key thing to watch for to determine if the Department of Justice is trying to protect President Joe Biden is if they try to keep the criminal investigation into Biden&#8217;s son, Hunter Biden, a separate issue altogether.
Cruz&#8217;s <a href="https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/did-hunter-cut-paste-his-dads-classified-briefings/id1495601614?i=1000597232173" target="_blank" rel="noopener">remarks</a> on the &#8220;Verdict&#8221; come after Hunter Biden has been under criminal investigation for the entire length of Biden&#8217;s presidency, while Biden only recently came under criminal investigation over his handling of classified material while he was vice president in the Obama administration.
&#8220;There does still seem to be, to many of us, a disconnect between the prosecutor in Delaware with Hunter Biden and some of the tax issues and everything he&#8217;s looking into and now what&#8217;s happened with a special prosecutor that is looking into these classified documents,&#8221; co-host Ben Ferguson said. &#8220;When you start looking at these connections, the way that you&#8217;re describing them, is how are these two individuals not going to interconnect at some point and say, &#8216;Here, I have something you need to see, or you have something I need to see.'&#8221;
Cruz said that the situation is like a game of poker where a player will have &#8220;tells&#8221; where they inadvertently give off a slight sign indicating that they have either been dealt a good or bad hand.
&#8220;The tell from this Department of Justice, as to whether it is trying to be political and protect Joe Biden and Democrats on these issues is very simple: If they are trying to keep Hunter Biden and Joe Biden altogether separate, they are engaged in politics, not law,&#8221; Cruz said. &#8220;If they&#8217;re trying to say &#8216;They&#8217;re totally different, they&#8217;re totally separate.&#8217; If they want the Hunter Biden investigation to be about, &#8216;Well, did the guy do drugs? Did he violate his tax laws?&#8217; Did he do things that affect a poor, troubled guy with a serious substance abuse issue?&#8221;
&#8220;Anyone focusing on that is doing it for a reason, and that is to insulate the &#8216;Big Guy,&#8217; to insulate Joe Biden,&#8221; Cruz continued. &#8220;Look, my interest in Hunter Biden is not his personal demons. The reason this is an issue of public concern is the extent to which Hunter Biden implicates his father, Joe Biden, the president and the then-vice president in official corruption. And so it is the connection between the two when they&#8217;re examining Hunter Biden, they need to be examining, what was it that Hunter Biden sold to Burisma for a million bucks a year? What was it that Hunter Biden sold to the Chinese Communists for millions of dollars a year?&#8221;
Cruz noted that while the special counsel&#8217;s mandate is to focus on the classified documents scandal, it also needs to be asking who might have examined them illegally and whether Hunter Biden was selling access to the documents.
&#8220;If the special counsel from the other side of the issue puts blinders on and refuses to examine the connections to Hunter Biden, that would raise the very strong implication that the special counsel is trying to politically protect the White House,&#8221; Cruz said. &#8220;What is a matter of public concern is the intersection between the two that on the face of it screams corruption!&#8221;

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Sen. <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/ted-cruz">Ted Cruz</a> (R-TX) is advocating for the quick removal of Department of Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas as the illegal immigration crisis on the southern border shows no signs of slowing down.
Cruz&#8217;s remarks come after U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) had 251,487 <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/biden-admin-shatters-all-time-record-for-number-of-illegal-alien-encounters-on-southern-border">encounters</a> with illegal aliens last month, the highest number ever recorded in U.S. history.
Last month’s numbers, combined with the first two months of fiscal year 2023 — October and November — put the U.S. on track to have more than 2.87 million illegal alien encounters on the U.S. southern border this year.
December’s numbers mean that the Biden administration has now experienced ten straight months of 200,000+ illegal alien encounters per month on the southern border.
Cruz was asked about Mayorkas during the most recent episode of &#8220;The Verdict&#8221; with co-host Ben Ferguson.
&#8220;There were a lot of people that believe that there&#8217;s a good chance that he could be investigated, even impeached because of him knowing what was happening at the border the entire time and misleading the country about it, claiming that the border is secure when he knew it wasn&#8217;t secure,&#8221; Ferguson said. &#8220;Is there going to be any movement, you think early in this year, at least on the House side?&#8221;
&#8220;I believe the answer is yes,&#8221; Cruz responded. &#8220;I believe the House of Representatives will impeach Alejandro Mayorkas. I think they will do it this year, likely in the first half of the year. I will be shocked if they don&#8217;t go forward. I think it&#8217;s extremely likely and I think it is important. We have never had a cabinet secretary so utterly refuse to do his job and in fact instruct his employees to actively defy federal law, to frustrate federal law.&#8221;
&#8220;Federal immigration law requires that people here illegally be removed, be deported,&#8221; Cruz said. &#8220;Instead, what Mayorkas has done is directed Homeland Security to facilitate and expedite people breaking the law. He wants the turnstile to move more quickly. His entire objective is to have even more people come here illegally. It&#8217;s not to stop them. It&#8217;s not to deport them. It&#8217;s not to secure the border. He wants to make it even more efficient that when you cross illegally, Joe Biden&#8217;s travel agent will take you wherever you want to go and set you up.&#8221;
Cruz said that Mayorkas was really the first cabinet officer of a U.S. administration that has devoted their &#8220;entire time&#8221; to &#8220;abdicating his entire statutory responsibility.&#8221;
&#8220;Even worse, if he simply abdicated and didn&#8217;t do his job, that would be terrible. But he&#8217;s doing even worse, he is directing everyone in his control to actively facilitate law breaking,&#8221; Cruz said. &#8220;And I believe the House will impeach him and then in the Senate, Chuck Schumer will do everything he can to sweep it under the rug and have nobody pay attention. But we need to focus the American people on the tragedy that is unfolding every day on the southern border, that the media ignores, and that the Democrats have caused.&#8221;

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U.S. Senator Ted Cruz (R-TX) called on the Federal Bureau of Investigation to search the home and office of Hunter Biden for any classified materials following reports of an email exchange involving the president&#8217;s son in 2014.
Cruz made the suggestion based on a 1,300-word email that discussed destabilization in Ukraine found in Biden&#8217;s abandoned laptop to his former Burisma energy company business partner Devon Archer, who was sentenced in 2022 to more than a year in prison after being convicted of a fraud scheme.
GOP lawmakers began raising questions about whether the first son had improper access to classified information after officials found a trove of other documents at President Joe Biden&#8217;s home in Delaware and a Washington, D.C.
&#8220;It seems he leaves classified documents wherever he goes,&#8221; Cruz told Fox News host Maria Bartiromo on &#8220;<a href="https://www.foxnews.com/media/hunter-bidens-email-burisma-business-partner-infers-direct-access-classified-information-cruz">Sunday Morning Futures</a>,&#8221; add Hunter Biden declared as his residence at such residences at times.
Cruz joined Bartiromo after new information surfaced about a bulk of documents President Biden allegedly donated to his alma mater at the University of Delaware. The Fox News host reported lawyers representing the parties are attempting to obtain the documents that include 1,850 boxes and 415 gigabytes of electronic records — enough to fill up two tractor-trailer trucks.
&#8220;I believe the natural next step that is necessary is for the FBI to examine the 1,850-plus boxes of documents from Joe Biden&#8217;s Senate tenure that&#8217;s at the University of Delaware,&#8221; Cruz said. &#8220;And I also believe it is critical for the FBI to search Hunter Biden&#8217;s home and office residences to make sure there are no classified documents there — given all the evidence that&#8217;s piling up.&#8221;
&#8220;We need to ascertain who&#8217;s had access to what and when,&#8221; he added.
The contents of such classified documents found at Biden&#8217;s home remain unknown. However, the senator said that classified documents range from &#8220;general geopolitical observations&#8221; to others involving sources and methods gathering secret information that could endanger covert operative lives.
Cruz asserted lawmakers should know whether such classified documents Biden had &#8220;illegally&#8221; at multiple locations involve &#8220;family business activities and potential corruption.&#8221;
&#8220;Whether they involve Burisma and Ukraine, whether they involve Communist China and the entities that were paying the Biden family millions of dollars,&#8221; Cruz said. &#8220;If he, in fact, had classified documents that implicate his own financial well-being, that raises the potential of very serious criminal liability.&#8221;
The email exchange between the president&#8217;s son and Archer in question was from 2014, which reads, &#8220;some sort of decentralization will likely occur in the East.&#8221;
&#8220;If it doesn&#8217;t, the Russians will continue to escalate there (sic) destabilization campaign, which could lead to a full scale takeover of the eastern region most critically Donetsk. The strategic value is to create a landbridge for Russia to Crimea.&#8221;
Sen. Ron Johnson (R-WI), a leading congressional investigator into allegations of Biden family corruption, <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/incredibly-suspicious-detailed-hunter-biden-email-raises-questions-amid-classified-docs-scandal">said</a> the email looks like a &#8220;scene-setter&#8221; from the State Department for overseas travel, as it contained &#8220;highly detailed information&#8221; about Ukraine.
&#8220;It&#8217;s obvious that Hunter Biden is selling access to information,&#8221; Johnson added in an interview with Fox Business anchor Maria Bartiromo. &#8220;Does that have anything to do with some of the classified documents that Vice President Biden was squirreling away in his residence? I don&#8217;t know. But it looks incredibly suspicious.&#8221;
Daniel Chaitin contributed to this report.

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Sen. Cruz Calls On FBI To Search Hunter Biden's Home, Office For Classified Documents

Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) introduced a bill this week to stop non-citizens from voting in local elections in Washington, D.C.
The legislation comes in response to a newly passed law in the nation&#8217;s capital that gives non-citizens, including illegal immigrants, the right to vote in municipal races.
“Allowing non-citizens, including aliens occupying our nation illegally, to exercise a right reserved for American citizens not only violates the constitutional principles our nation was founded upon, but also naively invites foreign meddling in our elections,&#8221; Cruz said in a <a href="https://www.cruz.senate.gov/newsroom/press-releases/sen-cruz-introduces-bill-to-help-block-non-citizens-from-voting-in-washington-dc">press release</a>.
&#8220;Voting is a privilege and the tool by which American citizens exercise their say in who leads our country, how we spend our tax dollars, and what policies should be instituted. I am vehemently against unconstitutionally cheapening the votes of American citizens and ignoring the rule of law in this nation,&#8221; he added.
Cruz&#8217;s bill is co-sponsored in the Senate by Sens. John Kennedy (R-LA), Steve Daines (R-MT), J.D. Vance (R-OH) and Rick Scott (R-FL).
This legislation is being led in the House of Representatives by Rep. Chip Roy (R-TX).
The Washington, D.C., City Council <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/washington-d-c-advances-bill-to-let-non-citizens-vote" target="_blank" rel="noopener">voted</a> in October to pass the Local Resident Voting Rights Amendment Act of 2022 in a 12-1 vote. Democratic Mayor Muriel Bowser <a href="https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/house-oversight-committee-moves-to-strike-down-dc-law/ar-AA16i1kp" target="_blank" rel="noopener">allowed</a> the bill to pass without her signature, as she refused to veto the legislation.
The U.S. Congress has <a href="https://www.wusa9.com/article/news/verify/verify-congress-can-abolish-dcs-government/65-c626a7ae-1c6b-404b-a6d5-5aa57f33bc86">legislative authority</a> over the District of Columbia. The city council transmitted the bill to Congress on January 11, with the House Oversight Committee seeking to block it the next day.
“The D.C. Council’s reckless decision to allow non-U.S. citizens and illegal immigrants the right to vote in local elections is an attack on the foundation of this republic,&#8221; <a href="https://www.wusa9.com/article/news/local/dc-noncitizens-voting-rights-act-house-oversight-james-comer/65-45aa16d2-0a11-40dd-a117-7ae53b3c7f4c" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a> Committee Chairman James Comer (R-KY) in a statement. &#8220;This move by the Council is irresponsible and will only exacerbate the ongoing border crisis, subvert the voices of American citizens, and open the door for foreign adversaries to peddle influence in our nation’s capital.&#8221;
The bill would permit non-citizen residents in the District of Columbia to vote in local elections deciding the mayor, attorney general, and school board members. The residency requirement is only 30 days for non-citizens.
R.J. Hauman, head of government relations and communications at the Federation for American Immigration Reform (FAIR), blasted the move by the D.C. City Council.
&#8220;The right to vote is at the very core of the principle of self-determination and what it means to be a citizen,&#8221; Hauman wrote in the press release from Cruz&#8217;s office. &#8220;The actions of the D.C. city government are the next and most damaging steps in an ongoing effort to erase any distinction between American citizens and noncitizens.&#8221;
Fellow GOP Sen. Tom Cotton (R-AR) also <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/politics/cruz-dc-push-illegal-immigrants-vote-bill-withhold-federal-funding" target="_blank" rel="noopener">introduced</a> a resolution in Congress in December to block the non-citizen voting law from taking effect, calling it an &#8220;insane policy.&#8221;
The District of Columbia is not the only place to attempt to allow non-citizens the right to vote.
A similar law in New York City proposed to permit up to 800,000 non-citizens to vote in city elections. The law was <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2022/06/27/nyregion/noncitizen-voting-ruling-nyc.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">struck down</a> by the state’s Supreme Court in June.
San Francisco also passed a city ordinance allowing non-citizens to vote in school board elections. The policy was <a href="https://usjf.net/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/Complaint-Filed.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener">struck down</a> in August and did not move forward.
In Vermont, the state&#8217;s Supreme Court <a href="https://apnews.com/article/vermont-state-government-phil-scott-8ef6bd772536c3fc076315a02a69d3a7" target="_blank" rel="noopener">ruled</a> Friday that non-citizens may continue to vote in city elections in the capital of Montpelier based on a 2021 law.
In addition to select American cities, at least one state has moved ahead with an effort to offer non-citizen voting statewide. Connecticut state Democratic Rep. Juan Candelaria <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/politics/connecticut-state-bill-allow-illegal-immigrants-vote-state-elections" target="_blank" rel="noopener">introduced</a> a bill this week to allow illegal immigrants in the state to vote in city and state elections if they are considered residents.

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Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) and Rep. Ralph Norman (R-SC) introduced a constitutional amendment on Tuesday to impose term limits on members of Congress.
The <a href="https://www.cruz.senate.gov/imo/media/doc/term_limits_constitutional_amendment.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener">amendment</a> would limit U.S. senators to two terms of six years each and representatives to three terms of two years each from the time of the amendment&#8217;s enactment.
“Term limits are critical to fixing what’s wrong with Washington, D.C. The Founding Fathers envisioned a government of citizen legislators who would serve for a few years and return home, not a government run by a small group of special interests and lifelong, permanently entrenched politicians who prey upon the brokenness of Washington to govern in a manner that is totally unaccountable to the American people,&#8221; Cruz said in a statement sent to The Daily Wire.
&#8220;Terms limits bring about accountability that is long overdue and I urge my colleagues to advance this amendment along to the states so that it may be quickly ratified and become a constitutional amendment,&#8221; the statement added.
Cruz has previously introduced the constitutional amendment in 2017, 2019, and 2021.
Norman shared the importance of the proposed amendment in a Monday press release.
“Elected office should represent a short-term privilege of public service, not a career choice,&#8221; he <a href="https://www.cruz.senate.gov/newsroom/press-releases/sen-cruz-introduces-constitutional-amendment-to-impose-term-limits-for-congress" target="_blank" rel="noopener">wrote</a>. &#8220;Those of us in Congress ought to serve for a reasonable period of time and then return home to live under the laws we enacted.&#8221;
The constitutional amendment is co-sponsored by 11 Republican senators, including Sens. J.D. Vance (R-OH), Bill Hagerty (R-TN), Cynthia Lummis (R-WY), Roger Marshall (R-KS), Mike Lee (R-UT), Steve Daines (R-MT), Todd Young (R-IN), Mike Braun (R-IN), Rick Scott (R-FL), Josh Hawley (MO), and Tommy Tuberville (R-AL).
Nick Tomboulides, executive director of <a href="https://www.termlimits.com/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">U.S. Term Limits</a>, thanked Cruz for his leadership on the issue in the press release.
“Supermajorities of Republicans and Democrats favor term limits because they know Congress will never be fixed without it. We applaud Sen. Cruz for continuing to lead on this issue,&#8221; he stated.
A two-thirds majority in both houses of Congress is required to <a href="https://www.whitehouse.gov/about-the-white-house/our-government/the-constitution/#:~:text=An%20amendment%20may%20be%20proposed,in%20each%20State%20for%20ratification.">propose</a> a constitutional amendment. It must then be ratified by three-fourths of the state legislatures.
The amendment comes as leaders in both parties have served for nearly five decades in the Senate. Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-IA) has served in the House and Senate for a combined 48 years, with 42 of his years in the Senate. Sen. Ed Markey (D-MA) has been in Congress for 46 years.
Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) ranks just behind Grassley for current senators with the longest tenure, with 38 years in office, serving since 1985. In contrast, the youngest member of Congress is recently elected Rep. <a href="https://frost.house.gov/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Maxwell Alejandro Frost</a>, 26, who was born in 1997.
U.S. Term Limits <a href="https://www.termlimits.com/why-term-limits/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">documented</a> that between 1964-2018 Congress had a 90% re-election rate. The organization argues that term limits would allow a way to open up more seats and reverse the trend, offering more choice for the American people.
The president already has term limits, thanks to the 22nd Amendment, as do 36 governors and 15 state legislatures, according to the organization.

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Sen. <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/ted-cruz">Ted Cruz</a> (R-TX) called on the U.S. Department of Justice and the FBI to search President Joe Biden&#8217;s Senate records that are stored at the University of Delaware to see if they contain more classified materials.
Classified documents connected with Biden were first found in his private office at the Penn Biden Center, a think tank in Washington, D.C., on November 2 — less than a week before the 2022 midterm elections. Since then, Biden’s attorneys have located more classified documents at Biden’s home in Wilmington, Delaware, on three separate occasions: an unspecified number found in the garage on December 20, one document found in Biden’s study on January 11, and five more found in the study on January 12.
The FBI conducted a 13-hour search of Biden’s home in Delaware on Friday where they found &#8220;six items consisting of documents with classification markings.&#8221;
Cruz said on an episode of &#8220;The Verdict&#8221; that the next step was for federal officials to look into Biden&#8217;s Senate records at the University of Delaware.
&#8220;Let me tell you what the next step in this scandal is going to be,&#8221; Cruz <a href="https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/damnit-i-did-it-again-biden-finds-more-classified-docs/id1495601614?i=1000596026466">said</a>. &#8220;The next step in this scandal is going to be, okay, if Biden&#8217;s Senate documents include classified documents outside of classified settings — which is illegal — how many more classified documents are illegally in his Senate papers? And here&#8217;s where this matters in particular, which is the University of Delaware has more than 1850 boxes of records from Joe Biden&#8217;s Senate tenure which he gave to the University of Delaware.&#8221;
&#8220;Now the University of Delaware presumably does not have them in a SCIF,&#8221; he continued. &#8220;It does not have them in a secure location. During the 2020 campaign, there was a concerted media effort to try to get access to those documents in particular, there were allegations of sexual harassment raised against Joe Biden, and the media wanted to examine the documents on those allegations of sexual harassment. The University of Delaware has said, ‘Nope, they&#8217;re not releasing the documents to anybody until two years after Biden retires from public life.’&#8221;
Cruz ended by saying, &#8220;I am right now calling for the Department of Justice, for the FBI to examine all 1850 boxes of those Senate records to see how many additional classified documents are in those records. The answer should be none. But given Biden&#8217;s pattern, we should have zero reason have any confidence that there are not multiple classified documents within those 1850 boxes of Senate records.”

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When California Democrat Rep. Eric Swalwell — who once accused Texas GOP Senator Ted Cruz of “defending Nazis” — challenged Cruz with a bet on the upcoming playoff game between the Dallas Cowboys and the San Francisco 49ers, Cruz fired back a stinging response.
The Cowboys and 49ers face off in the NFC Divisional Round on Sunday, the ninth time the two teams have met each other in playoffs.
“I will make this open bet to @tedcruz — if the @dallascowboys beat the @49ers I won’t tweet for the rest of January. If the @49ers win you can’t tweet for rest of January. How Texan are you, Ted? Deal?” Swalwell tweeted.
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I will make this open bet to <a href="https://twitter.com/tedcruz?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@tedcruz</a> — if the <a href="https://twitter.com/dallascowboys?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@dallascowboys</a> beat the <a href="https://twitter.com/49ers?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@49ers</a> I won’t tweet for the rest of January. If the <a href="https://twitter.com/49ers?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@49ers</a> win you can’t tweet for rest of January. How Texan are you, Ted? Deal?
&mdash; Rep. Eric Swalwell (@RepSwalwell) <a href="https://twitter.com/RepSwalwell/status/1615217117087031296?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">January 17, 2023</a></blockquote>
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Cruz had a ready response referencing Swalwell’s infamous association with a Chinese spy, replying, “How about we bet a Chinese dinner instead?”
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How about we bet a Chinese dinner instead? <a href="https://t.co/7sSk1jwiGl">https://t.co/7sSk1jwiGl</a>
&mdash; Ted Cruz (@tedcruz) <a href="https://twitter.com/tedcruz/status/1615457724589907971?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">January 17, 2023</a></blockquote>
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In October 2021, Swalwell took a swipe at Cruz, saying that Cruz was “defending Nazis”  after Cruz referenced a parent who gestured with a Nazi salute at a school board meeting in order to point out that the incidents in the NSBA letter that seemingly precipitated Attorney General Merrick Garland’s memo targeting parents at school board meetings were largely non-violent incidents.
Cruz fired back, “You are frequently a liar (when you’re not sleeping with Chinese spies).”
He added, “But here, you’re [sic] lie is exactly 180 degrees false. I was defending the right of citizens to denounce authoritarian policies. In other words, to OPPOSE Nazis (or petty tyrants), not to support them.”
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You are frequently a liar (when you’re not sleeping with Chinese spies).
But here, you’re lie is exactly 180 degrees false. I was defending the right of citizens to denounce authoritarian policies. In other words, to OPPOSE Nazis (or petty tyrants), not to support them. <a href="https://t.co/EghsxDaWBo">https://t.co/EghsxDaWBo</a>
&mdash; Ted Cruz (@tedcruz) <a href="https://twitter.com/tedcruz/status/1453453963727101952?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">October 27, 2021</a></blockquote>
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The exchange that prompted Swalwell’s attempt at smearing Cruz involved Cruz questioning Garland.
Cruz asked Garland, “Let me ask you something, [Attorney] General Garland: In the letter, which you told the House of Representatives was the basis for this abusive memo targeting parents, how many incidents are cited in that memo?”
“I have to look back through the memo,” Garland answered.
“You don’t know. How many of them were violent?” Cruz asked.
“Again, the general report—” Garland began.
“How many of them were violent?” Cruz persisted.
“I don’t know,” Garland admitted.
Cruz asserted, “You don’t know. And there’s a reason you don’t know. Because you didn’t care and nobody in your office cared to find out. I did a quick count just sitting here during this hearing; I counted 20 incidents cited. Of the 20, 15 on their face are non-violent. They involve things like insults; they involve a Nazi salute. That’s one of the examples. My God, a parent did a Nazi salute at a school board because he thought the policies were oppressive. General Garland, is doing a Nazi salute at an elected official, is that protected by the First Amendment?”
Garland replied, “Yes, it is.”
That was <a href="https://dailywire.com/news/cruz-ive-said-screw-the-chinese-communists-little-did-i-know-how-closely-swalwell-was-listening/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">not the first time</a> Cruz has blistered Swalwell for his past actions vis-à-vis China; in December 2020, Cruz issued a tweet targeting Swalwell, who had denounced President Trump as an agent of Russia but then was revealed to have gotten so “close” with a Communist Chinese spy that the FBI felt compelled to intervene. Cruz tweeted, “More than once, I’ve said ‘screw the Chinese communists.’ Little did I know how closely Swalwell was listening.”
As The Daily Wire <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/alleged-chinese-spy-got-close-to-democrat-eric-swalwell-fbi-had-to-intervene" target="_blank" rel="noopener">reported</a>, a suspected Chinese spy operating in the Bay Area during the Obama administration reportedly got so close to Rep. Eric Swalwell (D-CA) that the FBI had to intervene and provide him with a defensive briefing. Alleged Chinese spy Christine Fang’s ties to Swalwell began when he was a councilmember for Dublin City, California, which is part of China’s long-term strategy of getting in with people before they make it big on the national stage. Fang met Swalwell through a Chinese student organization and by 2014 had quickly “developed close ties to Swalwell’s office” and was a “bundler” for him — meaning that she helped him bring in big donors.
<a href="https://www.axios.com/china-spy-california-politicians-9d2dfb99-f839-4e00-8bd8-59dec0daf589.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Axios</a> reported that federal investigators were alarmed by Fang’s behavior and activities and, in 2015, they shared their concerns with the congressmen in a defensive briefing. After the briefing, Swalwell cut off all ties to Fang, according to a current U.S. intelligence official.
Related: <a href="https://dailywire.com/news/swalwell-says-cruz-defends-nazis-cruz-fires-you-are-frequently-a-liar-when-youre-not-sleeping-with-chinese-spies/">Swalwell Says Cruz Defends Nazis. Cruz Fires, ‘You Are Frequently A Liar (When You’re Not Sleeping With Chinese Spies)’</a>

Swalwell Offers Bet To Cruz On NFL Playoff Game. Cruz’s Response Is Classic.

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A grand jury declined to indict a Houston man accused of throwing alcoholic beverage cans at Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) at a Houston Astros parade last fall.
Joseph Halm Arcidiacono, a 33-year-old who was charged with aggravated assault with a deadly weapon, was instead no-billed, according to court documents. That means the grand jury was <a href="https://www.dcd.uscourts.gov/sites/dcd/files/HandbookFederalGrandJurors.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener">not persuaded by the evidence</a> to issue an indictment.
&#8220;The grand jury now asks the Court to discharge and release this Defendant from custody,&#8221; said a filing in the District Court of Harris County, Texas, that was dated January 6.
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Update: The charges have been dropped against the man accused of throwing cans of White Claw at Sen. Ted Cruz during the Astros World Series parade.
A grand jury failed to find an indictment <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/HouNews?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#HouNews</a> <a href="https://t.co/m3ef6ri5U6">https://t.co/m3ef6ri5U6</a> <a href="https://t.co/gWNbEs77Qf">pic.twitter.com/gWNbEs77Qf</a>
&mdash; John Wayne Ferguson (@JohnWFerguson) <a href="https://twitter.com/JohnWFerguson/status/1611780615883587585?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">January 7, 2023</a></blockquote>
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The Daily Wire reached out to Cruz&#8217;s office for comment.
Video footage posted to social media showed a can flying at Cruz while he was standing in the bed of a moving jeep during the <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E3PDcO1MK0c" target="_blank" rel="noopener">World Series victory parade</a> in Houston for the Astros in early November. A man standing beside Cruz tried to block the can, but it did hit the senator in the area of his chest and neck.
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Beer flies at Ted Cruz during Astros World Series Parade <a href="https://t.co/lRALgyXCe2">pic.twitter.com/lRALgyXCe2</a>
&mdash; Alien Truther Wildwest (@wcgroovy) <a href="https://twitter.com/wcgroovy/status/1589708360076922880?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">November 7, 2022</a></blockquote>
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<a href="https://www.cnn.com/videos/politics/2022/11/08/ted-cruz-can-astros-parade-contd-orig-bb-vf.cnn" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Houston police said</a> Cruz &#8220;did not require medical attention,&#8221; and the senator himself quipped about the incident afterwards on Twitter.
&#8220;As always I&#8217;m thankful for the Houston Police and Capitol Police for their quick action,&#8221; <a href="https://twitter.com/tedcruz/status/1589758574078570496?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1589758574078570496%7Ctwgr%5E3dfc46959e03dc69d0a527a4d7b41c7c5ab059c8%7Ctwcon%5Es1_&amp;ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.dailywire.com%2Fnews%2Fsuspect-charged-with-aggravated-assault-after-throwing-alcoholic-beverages-at-ted-cruz" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Cruz said</a>. &#8220;I’m also thankful that the clown who threw his White Claw had a noodle for an arm.&#8221;
Arcidiacono allegedly threw two cans at Cruz from the crowd at the parade. A prosecutor said a witness stopped Arcidiacono as he tried to run away and walked him over to the police, according to <a href="https://www.click2houston.com/news/local/2023/01/07/houston-man-previously-accused-of-throwing-beer-can-at-ted-cruz-no-billed-by-court-docs-say/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">KPRC-TV, an NBC affiliate in Houston</a>.
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UPDATE: Booking photo of Joseph Halm Arcidiacono, 33, now charged with aggravated assault in this incident.<a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/hounews?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#hounews</a> <a href="https://t.co/njt9hruEIf">https://t.co/njt9hruEIf</a> <a href="https://t.co/DzeAwtuzyB">pic.twitter.com/DzeAwtuzyB</a>
&mdash; Houston Police (@houstonpolice) <a href="https://twitter.com/houstonpolice/status/1589963750076923904?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">November 8, 2022</a></blockquote>
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Arcidiacono allegedly <a href="https://twitter.com/therecount/status/1589965093642850305" target="_blank" rel="noopener">told the arresting officer</a>, &#8220;I know, I&#8217;m an idiot, I&#8217;m sorry.&#8221; He posted bond, which was set at $40,000.
Arcidiacono&#8217;s attorney released a statement following the arrest, arguing his client did not commit an act of political violence or &#8220;aggravated assault with a deadly weapon,&#8221; <a href="https://www.fox26houston.com/news/man-accused-of-throwing-can-at-ted-cruz-during-astros-parade-no-billed" target="_blank" rel="noopener">according to Fox 26 Houston</a>.
The statement also said Arcidiacono apologized &#8220;for how his actions alarmed Senator Cruz, his family, and his security detail and put a damper on an otherwise beautiful celebration for millions of Houstonians.&#8221;

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Senator Ted Cruz (R-TX), a consistently staunch ally of the state of Israel, <a href="https://www.cruz.senate.gov/newsroom/press-releases/sen-cruz-issues-statement-after-biden-administration-condemns-israel">laced into the Biden administration</a> after it criticized Israeli National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir for visiting Judaism’s holiest site, the Temple Mount, on Tuesday.
Last Sunday, the terrorist group Hamas <a href="https://dailywire.com/news/we-will-not-be-dictated-to-by-hamas-new-israeli-national-security-minister-visits-temple-mount/">threatened Israel</a> if Ben-Gvir visited the Temple Mount. “The extremist Ben-Gvir is trying to convince his voters that he is implementing his promises by breaking into Al-Aqsa (Mosque),” Hamas official Harun Nasser El-Din snapped, then called the Israeli government the “government of the occupation.&#8221;
“We hold the government of the occupation responsible for any escalation if there is damage to Al-Aqsa (Mosque) or to our people who are clinging to Jerusalem,&#8221; Nasser El-Din said. &#8220;We call on our people to protect Al-Aqsa (Mosque), and we are sure that our people will thwart all attempts to impose a new reality on Al-Aqsa (Mosque).”
“The Israeli government of which I am a member will not surrender to a vile murdering organization,” Ben-Gvir tweeted. “The Temple Mount is open to everyone and if Hamas thinks that if it threatens me it will deter me, let them understand that times have changed. There is a government in Jerusalem!”
Meanwhile, a spokesman for the U.S. Embassy in Israel, referring to Ben-Gvir’s simple 15-minute walk around the Temple Mount, <a href="https://www.timesofisrael.com/jordan-accuses-ben-gvir-of-storming-al-aqsa-by-visiting-temple-mount/">said</a> of the Biden administration’s ambassador to Israel, “Ambassador Nides has been very clear in conversations with the Israeli government on the issue of preserving the status quo in Jerusalem’s holy sites. Actions that prevent that are unacceptable.”
A spokesperson for the Biden White House National Security Council echoed, “The United States stands firmly for preservation of the status quo with respect to the holy sites in Jerusalem. Any unilateral action that jeopardizes the status quo is unacceptable.”
“The Biden administration&#8217;s pathological obsession with undermining Israel is endangering the national security of America and our allies,” Cruz fired. “A visit by a minister from Israel’s government to a site inside Israel is not a change in any status quo arrangement, and it should not be controversial for a Jew to visit the holiest site in Judaism.”
Cruz warned that the Biden administration’s statements would inflame the tensions between Israel and Palestinians, declaring, “The statements from the Biden White House and State Department, which suggest otherwise, will further destabilize the Middle East and risk inciting terrorism. They convince Palestinian officials that compromise is unnecessary because Democrat administrations will coerce our Israeli allies into making dangerous concessions.”
“The Biden administration has consistently sought to undermine Israel’s security and sovereignty over its territory,” Cruz noted. “It prohibited even mentioning the ‘Abraham Accords,’ sought to open a Palestinian consulate in Israel&#8217;s capital Jerusalem, unleashed the FBI against the Israeli army, and publicly ostracized parts of Israel’s democratically-elected government. Meanwhile, the administration is pouring over a billion dollars into Palestinian areas and bringing officials from the terrorist Palestine Liberation Organization to Washington, D.C. Now it is doubling down on these disastrous policies.”
Related: <a href="https://dailywire.com/news/the-temple-mount-is-judaisms-holiest-site-and-it-always-has-been-heres-everything-you-need-to-know/">The Temple Mount Is Judaism’s Holiest Site, And It Always Has Been. Here’s Everything You Need To Know</a>.

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‘Pathological Obsession With Undermining Israel’: Cruz Rips Biden Administration For Slamming Israeli Minister’s Visit To Temple Mount

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President <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/joe-biden" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Joe Biden</a> traveled to the U.S. Virgin Islands this week for a vacation with his family as millions suffered from one of the worst winter storms to hit the country in years.
One of the worst hit areas was in Erie County, New York, where 34 people have died amid heavy snowfall and dangerously cold temperatures. Hundreds of National Guard soldiers were deployed to deliver food to residents and check on their well-being. In all, at least 86 people were rescued “from hazardous situations,” the National Guard <a href="https://www.nationalguard.mil/News/Article/3255046/new-york-national-guard-deploys-for-snowstorm-response/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a> in a statement.
CNN <a href="https://www.cnn.com/2022/12/28/weather/buffalo-winter-storm-new-york-blizzard-wednesday/index.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">noted</a> that the storm killed an additional 25 people in 11 other states and left millions without power.
Meanwhile, Biden <a href="https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-11579783/The-St-Croix-vacation-home-Biden-staying-free-owned-billionaire-Democratic-donor.html">traveled</a> to St. Croix for a vacation, reportedly staying for free at a luxury villa owned by billionaire Democrat donors Bill and Connie Neville.
The media coverage that Biden received for taking a vacation as millions of Americans suffered from a natural disaster was very different than the coverage that Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) received when he went on vacation last February as people in Texas faced power outages from a winter storm.
Political commentator Stephen L. Miller compiled a list of the difference in media coverage from the following publications over the two events:
CNN:
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<li>Biden &#8211; &#8220;President Joe Biden this week returns to St. Croix, one of his and first lady Jill Biden&#8217;s beloved vacation spots, seeking a final opportunity for rest before what is expected to be a contentious 2023 and reelection run.&#8221;</li>
<li>Cruz &#8211; &#8220;Sen. Ted Cruz and his family flew to Cancun, Mexico, as a winter disaster in his home state of Texas left millions without power or water, according to photos posted on social media and confirmed to CNN by a person familiar with the travel itinerary.&#8221;</li>
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NBC Bay Area:
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<li>Biden &#8211; &#8220;President Biden is in St. Croix in the U.S. Virgin Islands to enjoy some downtime and warmer weather and to ring in the new year with family.&#8221;</li>
<li>Cruz &#8211; &#8220;Sen. Ted Cruz of Texas traveled to Mexico for a family vacation as his home state struggles with a winter weather crisis that has left many residents struggling without power, photos posted to social media appear to show.&#8221;</li>
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CBS News:
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<li>Biden &#8211; &#8220;President Biden traveled to a place very familiar to him &#8211; the U.S. Virgin Islands &#8211; to enjoy some downtime and warmer weather and to ring in a new year with family.&#8221;</li>
<li>Cruz &#8211; &#8220;BREAKING: Senator Ted Cruz travels to Cancun with family as Texas faces winter storm crisis.&#8221;</li>
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The Associated Press:
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<li>Biden &#8211; &#8220;President Joe Biden on Tuesday was headed to a place very familiar to him the U.S. Virgin Islands to enjoy some downtime and warmer weather and to ring in a new year with family.&#8221;</li>
<li>Cruz &#8211; &#8220;Texas Sen. Ted Cruz traveled to Mexico for a family vacation as his home state struggles with a weather crisis. a source tells AP. The high-profile Republican was expected to return immediately, according to the source, who spoke on condition of anonymity.&#8221;</li>
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&mdash; Stephen L. Miller (@redsteeze) <a href="https://twitter.com/redsteeze/status/1608099579316301824?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">December 28, 2022</a></blockquote>
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Biden Heads On Vacation Amid Multiple Crises At Home. Media Gives Him Different Coverage Than It Did Ted Cruz.

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Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) released a statement condemning the Chinese Communist Party&#8217;s COVID policies &#8212; and the White House&#8217;s weak response.
The Texas lawmaker, a member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, issued a statement Monday after reports of the Biden administration&#8217;s tepid words regarding the unrest in China over its strict lockdown policies.
“The Chinese Communist Party has since the beginning been desperate to cover up the origins, nature, and consequences of COVID-19. They lied and continue to lie to the world, and as a result millions of lives were lost and immense suffering was caused,&#8221; Cruz <a href="https://www.cruz.senate.gov/newsroom/press-releases/sen-cruz-issues-statement-on-ccp-crackdown" target="_blank" rel="noopener">wrote</a>.
&#8220;The people of China are not to blame for the CCP&#8217;s actions. In fact, many of them were already protesting the CCP’s handling of the pandemic, and now those protests have escalated into open criticism of the regime. They are bravely standing up for their rights,&#8221; he continued.
The senator went on to lash out at the Biden administration over its failure to show strong support for the protesters speaking out against the oppressive CCP. The Daily Wire previously <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/white-house-releases-tepid-statement-on-protests-in-china" target="_blank" rel="noopener">reported</a> that the White House released a statement on Monday that focused on the difficulty of a “zero COVID” approach rather than offering support to back the freedoms of the Chinese people.
“The Biden administration’s response has been worse than expected. The CCP should know that one way or another, in the coming months or in the coming years, the United States will hold accountable each and every CCP official responsible for atrocities against these protesters.”
Sen. Marco Rubio (R-FL), another Republican member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, also released a <a href="https://www.rubio.senate.gov/public/index.cfm?p=Press-Releases&amp;id=8F83E260-9D38-4BEE-AF33-2325C1CDADAE" target="_blank" rel="noopener">statement</a> with Rep. Chris Smith (R-NJ) on Monday to address China&#8217;s actions.
“The CCP’s ‘zero-Covid’ policy is outrageous. In addition, the CCP restricts all human rights and freedoms in Xinjiang, Hong Kong, and across China. It has robbed the Chinese people of their human dignity,&#8221; Rubio and Smith wrote.
“The Biden Administration&#8217;s weak rejection of the CCP’s zero-Covid policy and refusal to call out General Secretary Xi’s totalitarian grip is nothing short of cowardly. Just weeks after shaking hands with Xi in Bali, President Biden and his administration have once again demonstrated that they are unwilling to stand up to the CCP and stand in solidarity with the Chinese people,&#8221; they added.
Senate Foreign Relations Committee Chair Sen. Bob Menendez (D-NJ) and other Democrats on the committee have remained relatively silent regarding the recent Chinese protests.
None of the Democrats on the committee have released a statement regarding China&#8217;s lockdown abuses since a high-rise fire last Thursday that killed 10 Chinese residents that many have blamed on <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/protesters-call-for-xi-jinping-to-step-down-over-chinas-extreme-covid-lockdowns" target="_blank" rel="noopener">COVID restrictions</a>.

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