After it was reported on Sunday that President Trump had <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/trump-denies-federal-aid-request-from-minnesota-after-democrat-governor-mayor-fail-to-stop-damage-report-says">rejected the request</a> of Minnesota governor Tim Walz for $500 million to address damage incurred in his state from rioting following the death of George Floyd, Senator Ted Cruz (R-TX) tweeted that he was introducing legislation to make local governments liable to private property owners if the government deliberately withheld police protection.
Cruz wrote:
<blockquote>Minnesota Dems willfully allowed Minneapolis to burn &amp; then blamed the police whom they demonized. Now, they want the fed govt to pay the bill. I’m introducing legislation to make local govt liable to private property owners if officials deliberately withhold police protection.</blockquote>
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Minnesota Dems willfully allowed Minneapolis to burn &amp; then blamed the police whom they demonized. Now, they want the fed govt to pay the bill.
I’m introducing legislation to make local govt liable to private property owners if officials deliberately withhold police protection. <a href="https://t.co/fZZCYgekMI">https://t.co/fZZCYgekMI</a>
&mdash; Ted Cruz (@tedcruz) <a href="https://twitter.com/tedcruz/status/1282340910731321345?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">July 12, 2020</a></blockquote>
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<a href="https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/trump-denies-minnesota-governors-request-for-500-million-to-repair-damage-from-riots">The Washington Examiner</a> reported of Walz’s request: “Walz, a Democrat, requested that Trump declare Minnesota a ‘major disaster’ zone <a href="https://www.startribune.com/feds-deny-walz-s-request-for-aid-to-rebuild-after-riots/571715162/?fbclid=IwAR2rBFfzstFOy1h4ORU9tpNImwdc5lbTiZwdiz3tfeBUzpyVRp9wI8g1Evo">in a request to the Federal Emergency Management Agency</a> on July 2 after more than 1,500 buildings were damaged by looting and rioting in the wake of Floyd’s death, totaling over $500 million in damages.”
Walz’s office released a statement reading, “The Governor is disappointed that the federal government declined his request for financial support. As we navigate one of the most difficult periods in our state’s history, we look for support from our federal government to help us through,” as <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/democrat-gov-waltz-responds-after-trump-rejects-500-million-bailout-ask-conservatives-rejoice">The Daily Wire</a> reported.
Jenna Ellis, a senior legal advisor for Team Trump, said of Trump’s action: “Wise. You want to defund police and let the woke mob run wild, do it on your own dime, Gov. You should have asked the President for help BEFORE you incurred this much damage.”
Days after George Floyd died, and rioters ran rampant through the city of Minneapolis, the <a href="https://www.twincities.com/2020/07/04/they-have-lost-control-how-minneapolis-leaders-failed-to-stop-their-city-from-burning/">Twin Cities Pioneer Press</a> wrote of Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey:
<blockquote>A close examination of the events, including interviews with more than two dozen elected officials, activists, business owners and residents, suggests at least some of the destruction resulted from a breakdown in governance. The mayor and other local leaders, many of them relatively new to their roles, failed to anticipate the intensity of the unrest or put together an effective plan to counter it.
Frey has struggled to regain the confidence of Minneapolis residents. He has been slammed by business owners for not doing enough to protect their property. He has been pilloried by the police for ordering the abandonment of the precinct house.</blockquote>
The Minneapolis Police 3rd Precinct was evacuated in late-May after on <a href="https://bringmethenews.com/minnesota-news/minneapolis-mayor-ordered-evacuation-of-3rd-precinct-due-to-imminent-threat">order</a> from Frey to do so. Frey said he ordered the evacuation due to an &#8220;imminent&#8221; threat of danger. He stated that the “symbolism of a building cannot outweigh the importance of life, of our officers, or the public. We Could not risk serious injury to anyone.”
<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/watch-minneapolis-city-council-president-asked-who-to-call-if-someone-breaks-into-your-house-after-dismantling-police-says-step-back-check-your-privileg">Speaking</a> with CNN’s Alisyn Camerota in early June after the Minneapolis City Council had stated that it intended to “dismantle” the city’s police department, Minneapolis City Council President Lisa Bender was asked what a citizen should do if an intruder broke into their house in the middle of the night and there were no police to call. Bender suggested that the opportunity to call the police “comes from a place of privilege,” adding that those citizens should “step back and imagine what it would feel like to already live in that reality where calling the police may mean more harm is done.”
“Do you understand that the word ‘dismantle’ or ‘police-free’ make some people nervous?” Camerota asked. “For instance, what if in the middle of the night, my home is broken into? Who do I call?”
Bender answered, “Yes, I mean, I hear that loud and clear from a lot of my neighbors, and I know, and myself too, and I know that that comes from a place of privilege because for those of us for whom the system is working, I think we need to step back and imagine what it would feel like to already live in that reality where calling the police may mean more harm is done.”
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Senate Judiciary Cmte Holds Hearing On Transnational Cartels And Border Security

Cruz To Introduce Legislation So Governments Withholding Police Protection Are Liable To Private Property Owners

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Jacob Frey

Minneapolis

Minnesota

Police

Ted Cruz

On Tuesday, The New York Times published an <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2020/07/07/opinion/biden-trump-debate.html">opinion piece</a> by veteran Times writer Thomas L. Friedman titled, “Biden Should Not Debate Trump Unless.” In the piece, Friedman stated that two conditions should be the prerequisite for any debate between President Trump and presumptive Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden: Trump releasing his tax returns for 2016 through 2018 and that a “real-time fact-checking team approved by both candidates be hired by the nonpartisan Commission on Presidential Debates” should deliver a report 10 minutes before the debates end noting any “misleading statements, phony numbers or outright lies” either candidate had offered.
Senator Ted Cruz (R-TX), appraising the situation, the fact that Biden has hardly ventured out in public for months, and the fact that sometimes Biden hasn’t looked particularly sharp when he has spoken impromptu, offered two alternative conditions: “Biden’s two conditions: (1) the debate must occur in his basement, and (2) it cannot be televised or broadcast to anyone in America.”
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Biden’s two conditions: (1) the debate must occur in his basement, and (2) it cannot be televised or broadcast to anyone in America. <a href="https://t.co/3lMA5zyv9R">https://t.co/3lMA5zyv9R</a>
&mdash; Ted Cruz (@tedcruz) <a href="https://twitter.com/tedcruz/status/1281062686915284994?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">July 9, 2020</a></blockquote>
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Friedman surmised the reason Biden has rarely been seen outside his home in recent months was the coronavirus, calling him a “responsible individual and role model” as he wrote, “Because of Covid-19, Biden has been sticking close to home, wearing a mask and social distancing. And with the coronavirus now spreading further, and Biden being a responsible individual and role model, it’s likely that he won’t be able to engage with any large groups of voters before Election Day. Therefore, the three scheduled televised debates, which will garner huge audiences, will carry more weight for him than ever.”
Friedman stated that Trump needed the debates far more than Biden: “Trump is badly trailing in the polls, and he needs these debates much more than Biden does to win over undecided voters. So Biden needs to make Trump pay for them in the currency of transparency and fact-checking — universal principles that will level the playing field for him and illuminate and enrich the debates for all citizens.”
He predicted the future: “Of course, Trump will stomp and protest and say, ‘No way.’ Fine. Let Trump cancel. Let Trump look American voters in the eye and say: ‘There will be no debate, because I should be able to continue hiding my tax returns from you all, even though I promised that I wouldn’t and even though Biden has shown you his. And there will be no debate, because I should be able to make any statement I want without any independent fact-checking.’”
Friedman conjectured that one of the reasons Trump hasn’t released his tax returns may be “Trump’s incomprehensible willingness to give Russian President Vladimir Putin the benefit of every doubt for the last three-plus years,” followed by, “The American people need to know if Trump is in debt in any way to Russian banks and financiers who might be close to Putin. Because if Trump is re-elected, and unconstrained from needing to run again, he will most likely act even more slavishly toward Putin, and that is a national security threat.”
He continued, “Trump literally lies as he breathes, and because he has absolutely no shame, there are no guardrails … Biden has been dogged by bone-headed issues of plagiarism in his career, but nothing compared to Trump’s daily fire hose of dishonesty, which has no rival in U.S. presidential history. That’s why it’s so important to insist that the nonpartisan Commission on Presidential Debates hire independent fact-checkers who, after the two candidates give their closing arguments — but before the debate goes off the air — would present a rundown of any statements that were false or only partly true.”
Friedman concluded, “That kind of debate and only that kind of debate would be worthy of voters’ consideration and Biden’s participation. Otherwise, Joe, stay in your basement.”
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Donald Trump Impeachment Trial

Thomas Friedman Of NYT Wants Two Conditions For Trump-Biden Debate. Ted Cruz Fires Back Two Other Ones.

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Donald Trump

Joe Biden

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Republican Luncheon

Senator Scott: ‘The Country Is Better Off Trying To Create The Future Than Reframe The Past’

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Civil Rights

Michael Knowles

Race

Tim Scott

On Sunday morning, Senator Ted Cruz (R-TX) responded to presumptive Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden apparently refusing to condemn people tearing down statues of Confederate figures. Cruz blasted, “Dems support the riots. The vandals. The anarchists. That’s their base. And they’re terrified to offend them.”
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Dems support the riots. The vandals. The anarchists. 
That’s their base. And they’re terrified to offend them. <a href="https://t.co/B5nRPRGBYM">https://t.co/B5nRPRGBYM</a>
&mdash; Ted Cruz (@tedcruz) <a href="https://twitter.com/tedcruz/status/1279657317315772417?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">July 5, 2020</a></blockquote>
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Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) tried to take on Cruz by theorizing that the fact that Biden was the presumptive nominee indicated that the Democrats’ base was not hard-leftists, tweeting, “Yes, that is precisely why the party nominated&#8230; Joe Biden.”
“Is it me, or is the GOP losing their touch with the conspiracy-theory-as-campaign-rhetoric technique?” she added in a follow-up post.
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Yes, that is precisely why the party nominated&#8230; Joe Biden <a href="https://t.co/ZFx5YAnd9b">https://t.co/ZFx5YAnd9b</a>
&mdash; Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (@AOC) <a href="https://twitter.com/AOC/status/1279827646889824258?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">July 5, 2020</a></blockquote>
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Is it me, or is the GOP losing their touch with the conspiracy-theory-as-campaign-rhetoric technique?
&mdash; Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (@AOC) <a href="https://twitter.com/AOC/status/1279828136641921026?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">July 5, 2020</a></blockquote>
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That triggered a withering response from Cruz: “You’re the base he’s terrified of. Do you support: 1) Tearing down statues of George Washington, Thomas Jefferson &amp; Abraham Lincoln? 2) Destroying Mt. Rushmore. 3) Abolishing the police. 4) Acquiescing to ‘autonomous’ lawless zones like CHAZ/CHOP? 5) ANTIFA mob violence?”
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You’re the base he’s terrified of. 
Do you support:
1) Tearing down statues of George Washington, Thomas Jefferson &amp; Abraham Lincoln?
2) Destroying Mt. Rushmore. 
3) Abolishing the police. 
4) Acquiescing to “autonomous” lawless zones like CHAZ/CHOP?
5) ANTIFA mob violence? <a href="https://t.co/qJCM6Z7yjt">https://t.co/qJCM6Z7yjt</a>
&mdash; Ted Cruz (@tedcruz) <a href="https://twitter.com/tedcruz/status/1279839868080869376?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">July 5, 2020</a></blockquote>
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Cruz’s tweet was issued early Sunday afternoon. By midnight there were still only crickets from Ocasio-Cortez.
In April, Ocasio-Cortez spoke to <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2020/04/13/us/politics/aoc-progressives-joe-biden.html?action=click&amp;module=News&amp;pgtype=Homepage">The New York Times</a> about what she expected about working with Biden. &#8220;The whole process of coming together should be uncomfortable for everyone involved — that’s how you know it’s working,&#8221; she said. &#8220;And if Biden is only doing things he’s comfortable with, then it’s not enough.&#8221;
Despite her implication in her Sunday tweet that she believes the Democratic base is not hard-left, she told the Times in April, “While Biden is the nominee, we also know that he didn’t win because of policy — I don’t think he won because of his agenda, he won because of different factors. In state after state after state, Democratic voters support a progressive agenda.&#8221;
She added, &#8220;I think people understand that there are limits to what Biden will do and that’s understandable — he didn’t run as a progressive candidate. But, at the bare minimum, we should aspire to be better than what we have been before. And I just don’t know if this message of ‘We’re going to go back to the way things were’ is going to work for the people for who the way things were was really bad.&#8221;
Ocasio-Cortez’s own radical message was in evidence in December 2019, when she said at a Bernie Sanders rally in Los Angeles, “So we need to fight to start this work, an establishment of an advanced society. Because as much as much as we like to say that the United States is the richest country in the history, or rather in modern history, for who? The richest country, who cares about how much gold is being amassed if we can’t realize an advanced society with those resources? And we’re here to say that what we’re living in right now is not an advanced society. It is fascism! What we have, what we&#8217;re evolving into as well.&#8221;
In March 2019, Ocasio-Cortez suggested to an audience at the South by Southwest Conference &amp; Festivals that America was “10% better than garbage,” asserting, &#8220;It’s just that now we’ve strayed so far away from what has really made us powerful, and just, and good, and equitable, and productive, and so I think all of these things sound radical compared to where we are but where we are is not a good thing. And this idea of like 10% better from garbage, is, shouldn’t be what we settle for …&#8221;
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Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, Sen. Ted Cruz

Cruz Says Democrats Support Hard-Left. AOC Taunts Him. Cruz Responds With Radical Checklist.

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Senator Ted Cruz (R-TX) unloaded on The New York Times on the Fourth of July for characterizing President Donald Trump’s speech at Mount Rushmore — where he unapologetically defended American principles, described the history of the four presidents depicted on the monument, and encouraged the country to live up to its ideals — as “dark and divisive” in nature.
President Donald Trump gave “a majestic speech before Mt. Rushmore, celebrating America &amp; recounting the magnificent champions for Liberty Washington, Jefferson, Lincoln &amp; Teddy Roosevelt,&#8221; said Cruz.
“He vows to defend America,” continued the Texas senator, who then pointed out that The New York Times characterized the speech as “dark &amp; divisive.” Cruz added: “We are living in parallel universes.”
“Only in the mind of deranged Leftists is defending Mt. Rushmore, Washington, Jefferson, Lincoln, &amp; Teddy Roosevelt ‘leaning in to the culture wars.’ The culture warriors are the mobs burning our cities, defacing American heroes,” concluded Cruz.
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2/x Only in the mind of deranged Leftists is defending Mt. Rushmore, Washington, Jefferson, Lincoln &amp; Teddy Roosevelt “leaning in to the culture wars.”
The culture warriors are the mobs burning our cities, defacing American heroes.
— Ted Cruz (@tedcruz) <a href="https://twitter.com/tedcruz/status/1279539232231632897?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">July 4, 2020</a></blockquote>
As <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/media-outlets-describe-trumps-rushmore-speech-as-dark-and-divisive">The Daily Wire</a> previously reported, other mainstream media outlets have run stories about the president’s speech, framing it through the lens of division and not as an embrace of American principles and ideals and the founding of the country.
As Trump said during the speech:
<blockquote>We gather tonight to herald the most important day in the history of nations: July 4th, 1776. At those words, every American heart should swell with pride, every American family should cheer with delight, and every American patriot should be filled with joy, because each of you lives in the most magnificent country in the history of the world, and it will soon be greater than ever before.
Our Founders launched not only a revolution in government, but a revolution in the pursuit of justice, equality, liberty, and prosperity. No nation has done more to advance the human condition than the United States of America. And no people have done more to promote human progress than the citizens of our great nation.
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And yet, as we meet here tonight, there is a growing danger that threatens every blessing our ancestors fought so hard for, struggled, they bled to secure.
Our nation is witnessing a merciless campaign to wipe out our history, defame our heroes, erase our values, and indoctrinate our children.</blockquote>
The Los Angeles Times accused Trump of using the “Fourth of July celebration to stoke a culture war.”
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At Mt. Rushmore, Trump uses Fourth of July celebration to stoke a culture war <a href="https://t.co/NpL0aHq5Nz">https://t.co/NpL0aHq5Nz</a>
— Los Angeles Times (@latimes) <a href="https://twitter.com/latimes/status/1279277510778331141?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">July 4, 2020</a></blockquote>
ABC News accused Trump of pushing for “racial division,” despite Trump explicitly saying during the speech that Americans “embrace tolerance, not prejudice” and that “we believe in equal opportunity, equal justice, and equal treatment for citizens of every race, background, religion, and creed. Every child of every color — born and unborn — is made in the holy image of God.”
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Pres. Donald Trump pushes racial division, flouts virus rules at the foot of Mount Rushmore. <a href="https://t.co/xMXv7fLaXN">https://t.co/xMXv7fLaXN</a>
— ABC</blockquote>
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Senate Impeachment Trial Of President Trump

‘We Are Living In Parallel Universes’: Ted Cruz Unloads On NYT Over Rushmore Speech Coverage

4th of July

Media Bias

Mount Rushmore

Attorney General William Barr told &#8220;Verdict with Ted Cruz&#8221; this week that the way that the big tech companies obtained the overwhelming level of power that they have was through &#8220;the biggest bait and switch in history,&#8221; arguing that they gained power by allowing diverse views on their platforms and once they became dominate in the market, they started censoring views they didn&#8217;t like.
“We have antitrust investigation of all the major Internet platforms or most of the major Internet platforms, and that&#8217;s very much underway,&#8221; Barr said on the show, which is co-hosted by Daily Wire podcast host Michael Knowles. &#8220;I expect to be making decisions in the next few weeks about actions on that. I think during the summer we&#8217;ll see some developments. But this issue of censorship is very troubling because our country was based and the Framers, as you know, believed the thing that would ultimately keep us free and keep a majority from repressing the minority is a lot of diversity of voices out there — a robust marketplace.&#8221;
&#8220;But these behemoths have gotten vast, strong control over the expression of views and the public forum here in the United States. And they got there and I&#8217;ve said this is the biggest bait and switch in history,&#8221; Barr continued. &#8220;They got there by saying, ‘Hey, we&#8217;re going to be open to all views, you know, come join us because then you can have your views.’ So they built up this powerful network, very strong market power based on the representation that they were sort of open to all, as a sort of a bulletin board. But then when they got that market power, now they&#8217;re censoring views just like the example you gave. And they&#8217;re now censoring views. And so we&#8217;re getting increasingly monolithic viewpoints being presented to the American people rather than the kind of robust debate.&#8221;
&#8220;So one thing we&#8217;re doing there is we’re saying that Rule 230, which is a rule that gave immunity to companies for taking down things and didn&#8217;t, therefore, convert them into a publisher where they&#8217;d be responsible for everything that appears on their site, we want to modify that so that they have to have clear terms of service,&#8221; Barr concluded on the subject. &#8220;They have to show that what they took down they had reasonable grounds for saying it violated their terms of service. And they have to give notice and process to people&#8217;s whose content they take down. That&#8217;s one of the things that we&#8217;re proposing.&#8221;
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<blockquote>CO-HOST MICHAEL KNOWLES: “[They] played an important role in that one too. On this point of enforcing the law and going after these people who are causing violence &#8211; the place that the president announced this policy was, as one might expect, on Twitter. Then Twitter censored the president&#8217;s tweet. So the president said we are going to enforce the law against people committing crimes. And Twitter said this violated the policy. I know, Senator, you have been talking about this kind of thing for years, at this point. I think it ties into another question people are asking of the DOJ: what are we going to do about abuses at big technology companies?”
ATTORNEY GENERAL WILLIAM BARR: “Well, there&#8217;s sort of a couple of lines being pursued. We have antitrust investigation of all the major Internet platforms or most of the major Internet platforms, and that&#8217;s very much underway. I expect to be making decisions in the next few weeks about actions on that. I think during the summer we&#8217;ll see some developments. But this issue of censorship is very troubling because our country was based and the Framers, as you know, believed the thing that would ultimately keep us free and keep a majority from repressing the minority is a lot of diversity of voices out there &#8212; a robust marketplace. But these behemoths have gotten vast, strong control over the expression of views and the public forum here in the United States. And they got there and I&#8217;ve said this is the biggest bait and switch in history. They got there by saying, ‘Hey, we&#8217;re going to be open to all views, you know, come join us because then you can have your views.’ So they built up this powerful network, very strong market power based on the representation that they were sort of open to all, as a sort of a bulletin board. But then when they got that market power, now they&#8217;re censoring views just like the example you gave. And they&#8217;re now censoring views. And so we&#8217;re getting increasingly monolithic viewpoints being presented to the American people rather than the kind of robust debate. So one thing we&#8217;re doing there is we’re saying that Rule 230, which is a rule that gave immunity to companies for taking down things and didn&#8217;t, therefore, convert them into a publisher where they&#8217;d be responsible for everything that appears on their site, we want to modify that so that they have to have clear terms of service. They have to show that what they took down they had reasonable grounds for saying it violated their terms of service. And they have to give notice and process to people&#8217;s whose content they take down. That&#8217;s one of the things that we&#8217;re proposing.”
KNOWLES: “This is perfectly reasonable to me. And yet, Senator, I know when you&#8217;ve brought up Rule 230 that people have harangued you for it, and said this is absolutely not the right way to go and just leave Twitter alone and leave Google alone and let them control the flow of information on the Internet.”
SEN. TED CRUZ (R-TX): “Well, look, there&#8217;s good news on this in that I think there&#8217;s a growing and even bipartisan frustration with Big Tech, that you&#8217;ve got a handful of Silicon Valley billionaires that are the new colossus and they behave as if they&#8217;re untouchable. Let’s use the Twitter example from this week. You don&#8217;t have to go back very far. So the President of the United States sent out a tweet that if violent anarchists try to set up a lawless autonomous zone in Washington, D.C., that law enforcement will stop them. Twitter blocked that tweet. And said it was abusive for the president to say, ‘We&#8217;re not going to let violent anarchists take over our capital.’ I assume you&#8217;ve got a Silicon Valley billionaire on his yacht saying, ‘No, no. Silence, little one.’ And by the way, if they have the right to do that, if they can silence the president, if they can silence media outlets, what hope does an ordinary citizen have? The president at least has a pretty big megaphone, even if they do silence him. He doesn&#8217;t have difficulty being heard. How about the rest of us? And the absolute brazenness of it. Another example from this week, Google went after The Federalist, a conservative media outlet. Called them up and said, ‘Okay. Our problem is actually not with your content.’ They said, ‘We&#8217;re going to demonetize you because there&#8217;s some comments on your comment section that are objectionable.’ I don’t know if they identified the comments.”
KNOWLES: “So they&#8217;re going to take this news organization off of the advertising platform, which the advertising is what allows the news organization to exist. If you kick them off, you&#8217;re bankrupting the news.”
CRUZ: “It is doing exactly that. It is sucking the oxygen out. And a quick perusal of liberal websites show a bunch of them have comments sites, and you can find all sorts of obnoxious and offensive comments on the liberal websites. They&#8217;re not imposing that on them. And this is an interesting development, actually, for the DOJ investigation. One place you find comments is YouTube. Now, YouTube is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Google. It&#8217;s an incredibly profitable subsidiary of Google. I guarantee you could go right now today on YouTube, take a look at the comments and you will find racists, you will find profane, you will find offensive comments all over YouTube.”
KNOWLES: “And that&#8217;s just what they write to us. That&#8217;s just what they say about us. Imagine all the other people.”
CRUZ: “And Google is not imposing those terms on its wholly-owned YouTube, but is instead using, and this is where the censorship and free speech and issues intersect with antitrust laws. Because they&#8217;re a monopoly power, imposing differential standards on their competitors than they are on their own wholly-owned subsidiary.”
BARR: “Also, just think of the hypocrisy. The point that these big companies are saying is, ‘Look, we shouldn&#8217;t be held responsible for third party content on our website.’ So YouTube says, ‘If people say things that are defamatory on our website, we shouldn&#8217;t be held accountable for that because it&#8217;s good to have this kind of forum for people to come in.’ And yet when someone comes in on their website, they&#8217;re saying, ‘The rules that we want applied to us don&#8217;t apply to you. You&#8217;re responsible for what&#8217;s on your comments section.’”</blockquote>
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Attorney General William Barr Participates In Roundtable Discussion With Law Enforcement

‘Biggest Bait And Switch In History’: Attorney General Barr Slams Tech Giants For How They Gained Power

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Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) unloaded on Google in a letter late Tuesday over a debacle that played out on social media in which NBC News ran a hit piece on the conservative publication The Federalist in an apparent attempt to get them demonetized from Google — a move that would damage their business.
<a href="http://archive.is/OvelP">Far-left</a> NBC News Verification Center reporter Adele-Momoko Fraser published a <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20200616191520/https://www.nbcnews.com/tech/tech-news/google-bans-two-websites-its-ad-platform-over-protest-articles-n1231176">report</a> claiming: &#8220;The Federalist, will no longer be able to generate revenue from any advertisements served by Google Ads. A Google spokesperson said in an email that it took action after determining the websites violated its policies on content related to race.&#8221;
Once backlash quickly built online from media organizations and from multiple U.S. Senators, Google publicly disputed the claim by NBC News, writing: &#8220;The Federalist was never demonetized.&#8221;
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The Federalist was never demonetized.
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Google later suggested that the issue was related to The Federalist&#8217;s &#8220;comments section,&#8221; adding, &#8220;as the comment section has now been removed, we consider this matter resolved and no action will be taken.&#8221;
Fraser, who appeared to originally state that she &#8220;collaborated&#8221; with two far-left foreign-based activist organizations, came out and said that she did &#8220;not collaborate on the research,&#8221; even though she thanked the two organizations for their &#8220;collaboration&#8221; in her original tweet.
Furthermore, one of the groups, Stop Funding Fake News, thanked the NBC News Verification Center, tweeting, &#8220;&#8230;and thanks to our investigation with [NBC Verification Center], [Google Ads] also took action to defund [The Federalist], a racist Fake News site pushing misinformation about [Black Lives Matter].&#8221;
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Yet another bizarre inconsistency. 
“thanks to our investigation with NBC” that NBC is now outright denying it played a role in &#8230;
I’m megacurious what all the communications looked like between these two and then NBC and Google. <a href="https://t.co/TWE8IuA8l8">pic.twitter.com/TWE8IuA8l8</a>
&mdash; Geoffrey Ingersoll (@GPIngersoll) <a href="https://twitter.com/GPIngersoll/status/1273126816195268611?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">June 17, 2020</a></blockquote>
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The entire debacle quickly spiraled out of control on social media, with NBC News and Google facing backlash for the entire incident in which far-left foreign activist groups tried to attack an American company.
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As the piece notes, NBC brought this to Google&#39;s attention. NBC found a ridiculous advocacy group to make allegations. Without offering any quotes, NBC claimed a specific story was the reason for the penalty&#8211; a story critical of NBC. NBC tried to have the site demonitized. <a href="https://t.co/xVGTNx6f7A">https://t.co/xVGTNx6f7A</a>
&mdash; David Harsanyi (@davidharsanyi) <a href="https://twitter.com/davidharsanyi/status/1273024246156058630?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">June 16, 2020</a></blockquote>
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Sen. Cruz later sent a letter to Google CEO Sundar Pichai and copied Attorney General William Barr and Federal Trade Commission Chairman Joseph Simons on the letter.
In the letter, Cruz highlighted the &#8220;serious concerns&#8221; that Google&#8217;s alleged actions raised with respect to an apparent attempt to &#8220;censor political speech with which it disagrees.&#8221;
The following is the full letter that Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) sent to Google CEO Sundar Pichai:
<blockquote>The recent actions of Google to “demonetize” a conservative media publisher, The Federalist, raise serious concerns that Google is abusing its monopoly power in an effort to censor political speech with which it disagrees.
This is part of a bigger problem. The culture of free speech in this country is under attack, and Google is helping lead the charge. Whereas Americans once understood that the best response to speech was more speech, some Americans, with the help of some of the most powerful companies on the planet, are now pressing to silence and punish those expressing views that do not align with the prevailing and ever-shifting progressive orthodoxy. These individuals demand that people with different views lose their livelihoods if they step out of line. Employers must fire dissenters. Companies like Google must—to use a most Orwellian term— “demonetize” them.
As evidenced by its actions yesterday, Google seems more than happy to play this censorship role by trying to break the financial back of a media publication with which it disagrees. As NBC News reported, The Federalist—a conservative media organization and publisher—was banned from generating revenue from any advertisements served by Google Ads. According to the report, Google took this action after NBC News Verification Unit, apparently working at the behest of the so-called Center for Countering Digital Hate notified Google that The Federalist had published an article claiming that “the media had been lying about looting and violence during the protests, which were both included in the report sent to Google.”
Whether or not one agrees with this characterization, destroying the publisher’s ability to use advertising to reach willing readers should be wholly beyond the pale. The so-called “Center for Countering Digital Hate” is now actively fundraising off its success enlisting Google in its efforts to silence views contrary to its political agenda.
Perhaps knowing that its actions were indefensible, Google appears to have backtracked, saying that the decision to “demonetize” The Federalist is not due to the article itself, but instead due to offensive reader comments that allegedly violated Google advertising policies. Google reportedly gave The Federalist three days to eliminate the offensive comments, or face immediate “demonetization.” Moreover, Google apparently stated that The Federalist could use Google Ads if it simply turned off its comments section. This is no better.
Google’s decision to target The Federalist is transparently politically motivated. Numerous “progressive” media outlets allow comments, including, Huffington Post, Mother Jones, Daily Kos, Talking Points Memo, Wonkette, Slate, Jezebel, The Root, Salon, The Intercept, The Young Turks, and many others. I don’t know what the objectionable comments were that individual users might have posted on The Federalist, but any objective review would no doubt demonstrate at least as many profane, racist, or indefensible user comments on these other sites that would equally violate Google’s alleged standards.
But one need not look that far. On any given day, there are thousands of profane, racist, and indefensible comments posted on YouTube, which is a wholly owned subsidiary of Google.
It is also deeply ironic that Google is financially punishing a website for speech that appears on its platform. Google has defended section 230’s grant of immunity to Big Tech by arguing that “the best way to protect online speech—and indeed the internet itself—is to allow platforms to set and enforce standards for appropriate speech on their services, and to do so generally free from . . . the threat of private litigation.” But while Google demands that it cannot be held financially accountable for unlawful speech on its own platform, it is all too willing to use its market power to hold a conservative media outlet financially responsible for allowing disfavored speech on its platform.
Google’s actions yesterday were antithetical to American values. The Constitution Subcommittee of the Senate Judiciary Committee is charged with protecting the Constitution and the Bill of Rights; Google’s facially discriminatory conduct is contrary to the principles of Free Speech embodied in the First Amendment, and may well violate federal antitrust laws as well.
Within seven days, by June 24, 2020, Google is requested to provide to the Subcommittee the following:
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<li>All communications in the past year between Google and the NBC News Verification Unit concerning The Federalist.</li>
<li>All communications in the past year between Google and the Center for Countering Digital Hate concerning The Federalist.</li>
<li>All internal communications or deliberations in the past year at Google or YouTube concerning The Federalist.</li>
</ol>
Google is also requested to answer, in writing, by June 24, 2020, the following questions:
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<li>Has Google examined the comments sections of any of the “progressive” organizations listed in this letter and made any assessment whatsoever how they compare to the comments on The Federalist that were claimed as a basis for demonetization?</li>
<li>Will Google apply the same standards to all media organizations, or just those with which it has political disagreements?</li>
<li>Does Google believe Section 230 protects The Federalist? Why or why not?</li>
<li>If any offensive comments appear on YouTube, will Google begin immediately demonetizing its subsidiary? Within three days, the deadline given to The Federalist?</li>
<li>Is Google’s preferential treatment to YouTube, on far more favorable terms than those extended to The Federalist, consistent with the Sherman Act? Why or why not?</li>
</ol>
Thank you for your attention to this matter. I look forward to your response.</blockquote>
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Senate Leadership Holds News Conference After Weekly Caucus Meeting

Cruz Unloads On Google Over Debacle In Failed NBC News Hit On The Federalist, Gets AG Barr Involved

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On Sunday, after Hollywood actor/leftist/Trump-hater Ron Perlman had segued from an argument with Florida GOP congressman Matt Gaetz to swerving and attacking Ohio GOP congressman Jim Jordan, posting a picture of Jordan and writing, “You’re lucky for this guy Matt. If it weren’t for him you’d be the ugliest politician walking,” Texas Senator Ted Cruz, a good friend of Jordan’s, fired back with relish, tweeting, “You talk good game when you’ve got Hollywood makeup &amp; stuntmen.”
The exchange started with Perlman targeting Gaetz and President Trump, tweeting, “US Soccer team called and you guessed it … said they couldn’t give any less of a f*** about what you two dipshits think. @realDonaldTrump @mattgaetz.”
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The US Soccer team called and you guessed it&#8230; said they couldn’t give any less of a fuck about what you two dipshits think. <a href="https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@realDonaldTrump</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/mattgaetz?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@mattgaetz</a>
&mdash; Ron Perlman (@perlmutations) <a href="https://twitter.com/perlmutations/status/1271942394900971520?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">June 13, 2020</a></blockquote>
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Perlman&#8217;s tweet came in response to Gaetz stating he was <a href="https://sports.yahoo.com/gop-congressman-floats-bill-that-would-force-us-soccer-players-to-stand-for-the-national-anthem-223508170.html">drafting legislation</a> to get U.S. Soccer to reverse their decision to repeal Policy 604-1, which had previously required players to stand for the national anthem. Gaetz tweeted, &#8220;I’d rather the US not have a soccer team than have a soccer team that won’t stand for the National Anthem.  You shouldn’t get to play under our flag as our national team if you won’t stand when it is raised.&#8221;
Gaetz responded to Perlman&#8217;s tweet: “This racial justice warrior had no problem in Hollywood portraying the White Supremacist leader of a motorcycle gang. #SOA”
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This racial justice warrior had no problem in Hollywood portraying the White Supremacist leader of a motorcycle gang. <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/SOA?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#SOA</a> <a href="https://t.co/mKUFz4y5ru">https://t.co/mKUFz4y5ru</a>
&mdash; Matt Gaetz (@mattgaetz) <a href="https://twitter.com/mattgaetz/status/1272177761088569345?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">June 14, 2020</a></blockquote>
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Perlman suddenly swerved to Jordan: &#8220;PS: You’re lucky for this guy Matt. If it weren’t for him you’d be the ugliest politician walking.&#8221;
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PS: You’re lucky for this guy Matt. If it weren’t for him you’d be the ugliest politician walking. <a href="https://twitter.com/mattgaetz?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@mattgaetz</a> <a href="https://t.co/uUgUDKHgZA">pic.twitter.com/uUgUDKHgZA</a>
&mdash; Ron Perlman (@perlmutations) <a href="https://twitter.com/perlmutations/status/1272324959616958464?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">June 15, 2020</a></blockquote>
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Cruz then entered the fray, mocking Perlman: “Listen Hellboy. You talk good game when you’ve got Hollywood makeup &amp; stuntmen. But I’ll bet $10k—to the nonpolitical charity of your choice—that you couldn’t last 5 min in the wrestling ring w/ <a href="https://twitter.com/Jim_Jordan" data-mentioned-user-id="18166778" data-scribe="element:mention">@Jim_Jordan</a> w/o getting pinned. You up for it? Or does your publicist say too risky?”
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Listen Hellboy. You talk good game when you’ve got Hollywood makeup &amp; stuntmen. But I’ll bet $10k—to the nonpolitical charity of your choice—that you couldn’t last 5 min in the wrestling ring w/ <a href="https://twitter.com/Jim_Jordan?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@Jim_Jordan</a> w/o getting pinned. You up for it? Or does your publicist say too risky? <a href="https://t.co/eRerYVe5kj">https://t.co/eRerYVe5kj</a>
&mdash; Ted Cruz (@tedcruz) <a href="https://twitter.com/tedcruz/status/1272390385327837193?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">June 15, 2020</a></blockquote>
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Perlman, avoiding the issue, segued to, “Wait, is this THEE Ted Cruz? Holy shit man! Is this the same guy let little Donnie call his wife A dog and his father an assassin and now kisses his ass? Yo, can I get your autograph man?”
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Wait, is this THEE Ted Cruz? Holy shit man! Is this the same guy let little Donnie call his wife A dog and his father an assassin and now kisses his ass? Yo, can I get your autograph man? <a href="https://t.co/6QDwCaEkpv">https://t.co/6QDwCaEkpv</a>
&mdash; Ron Perlman (@perlmutations) <a href="https://twitter.com/perlmutations/status/1272404126064754688?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">June 15, 2020</a></blockquote>
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Then he added, without accepting the challenge, “I tell you what teddy boy, since mentioning jim jordan and wrestling is&#8230; problematic, why don’t we say f*** him and just make it you &amp; me. I’ll give 50k to Black Lives Matter and you can keep all the tax payer money you were thinking of spending.”
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I tell you what teddy boy, since mentioning jim jordan and wrestling is&#8230; problematic, why don’t we say fuck him and just make it you &amp; me. I’ll give 50k to Black Lives Matter and you can keep all the tax payer money you were thinking of spending. <a href="https://t.co/6QDwCaEkpv">https://t.co/6QDwCaEkpv</a>
&mdash; Ron Perlman (@perlmutations) <a href="https://twitter.com/perlmutations/status/1272409174798856193?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">June 15, 2020</a></blockquote>
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Cruz laughed, “I get it, you’re rich. But, apparently, soft. You sure seem scared to wrestle Jordan (whom you keep insulting). Can’t take the heat? Need to get a manicure?”
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I get it, you’re rich. But, apparently, soft. You sure seem scared to wrestle Jordan (whom you keep insulting). 
Can’t take the heat? Need to get a manicure? <a href="https://t.co/giLnJjZNKr">https://t.co/giLnJjZNKr</a>
&mdash; Ted Cruz (@tedcruz) <a href="https://twitter.com/tedcruz/status/1272496026197413888?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">June 15, 2020</a></blockquote>
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Perlman has shown his tough-guy side before, as when he boasted about how he treated Hollywood mogul Harvey Weinstein as well as his well-known disdain for President Trump, tweeting, &#8220;Did I ever tell ya about when Harvey Weinstein told me to make sure I shook his hand at a charity event, so I stopped in the mens room and pissed all over my hand, then went straight up to him on the receiving line? I think about that every time lil donnie opens up his KFC.&#8221;
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Did I ever tell ya about when Harvey Weinstein told me to make sure I shook his hand at a charity event, so I stopped in the mens room and pissed all over my hand, then went straight up to him on the receiving line? I think about that every time lil donnie opens up his KFC.
&mdash; Ron Perlman (@perlmutations) <a href="https://twitter.com/perlmutations/status/1011295781653921793?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">June 25, 2018</a></blockquote>
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Social media responded by noting that Perlman had done nothing to brag about, with this response, among others:
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&mdash; John Hawkins (@johnhawkinsrwn) <a href="https://twitter.com/johnhawkinsrwn/status/1011469427177648128?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">June 26, 2018</a></blockquote>
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Hollywood Tough Guy Targets Cruz. Cruz Has A Suggestion For Him.

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On Monday, <a href="https://pagesix.com/2020/06/08/chris-cuomo-apparently-caught-naked-in-wife-cristinas-yoga-video/">Page Six</a> of the New York Post reported that CNN anchor Chris Cuomo was allegedly caught in the nude during an Instagram Live yoga video shot by his wife Cristina. That prompted Senator Ted Cruz to mock CNN, tweeting, “It’s about time CNN embraced transparency!”
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It’s about time CNN embraced transparency! <a href="https://t.co/LHE5Y7vLm2">https://t.co/LHE5Y7vLm2</a>
&mdash; Ted Cruz (@tedcruz) <a href="https://twitter.com/tedcruz/status/1270108057268367365?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">June 8, 2020</a></blockquote>
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Page Six reported that Cuomo “is seemingly seen in a screengrab strutting his stuff in the buff outside his home in Southampton, where he had been broadcasting from his basement while under quarantine,” adding that the “super-fit newsman” “was allegedly seen au naturel outside, captured from behind through the large windows of their home, during an Instagram Live yoga video shot by Cristina.”
Page Six added that although the video was deleted quickly after being posted in late March, someone grabbed a screenshot.
CNN and Cuomo got blasted in April after a segment on &#8220;Cuomo Prime Time&#8221; claimed that Cuomo had just emerged from quarantine in his basement after testing positive with the coronavirus. As The Daily Wire <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/a-proven-lie-cnn-chris-cuomo-blasted-for-suspicious-claim-about-cuomo-in-quarantine">reported</a>:
<blockquote>The controversy centers around a police report that was filed over a week ago by a man who claimed that he got into a verbal altercation with Cuomo after he encountered Cuomo allegedly violating quarantine after Cuomo tested positive for the coronavirus a couple of weeks ago.</blockquote>
&#8220;Over Easter weekend, Cuomo was reportedly involved in a heated altercation that took place at his East Hampton property after a bicyclist claimed that the CNN anchor was violating quarantine guidelines that were being enforced by his brother, New York Governor Andrew Cuomo,&#8221; Fox News <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/media/cnns-chris-cuomo-accused-of-faking-his-own-emergence-from-basement-after-spat-with-bicyclist">reported</a>. &#8220;A 65-year-old East Hampton resident named David was riding his bike on Easter Sunday when he spotted who he thought was the CNN anchor with two women and three children outside on their property. Cuomo had been recovering from his widely publicized coronavirus diagnosis.&#8221;
NewsBusters Managing Editor Curtis Houck tweeted of the &#8220;Cuomo Prime Time&#8221; segment: &#8220;This is a proven lie. As usual, CNN doesn&#8217;t care about the facts (or most of you).&#8221;
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This is a proven lie. As usual, CNN doesn&#39;t care about the facts (or most of you) <a href="https://t.co/zkBpv6Ts9h">https://t.co/zkBpv6Ts9h</a>
&mdash; Curtis Houck (@CurtisHouck) <a href="https://twitter.com/CurtisHouck/status/1252452594758430720?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">April 21, 2020</a></blockquote>
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Political commentator Stephen Miller wrote: &#8220;This is a performative lie. There is a police report and witnesses. Any comment on this one @mdornic or do you think your audience is somehow as full of s*** as your on air anchors? Like holy s***, this isn’t a news network. Between this and Stelter turning a bedtime cry into a 4 day personal news cycle. What the f*** is going on over there? @mdornic&#8221;
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Like holy shit, this isn’t a news network. Between this and Stelter turning a bedtime cry into a 4 day personal news cycle. What the fuck is going on over there? <a href="https://twitter.com/mdornic?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@mdornic</a>
&mdash; Stephen L. Miller (@redsteeze) <a href="https://twitter.com/redsteeze/status/1252449517078638593?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">April 21, 2020</a></blockquote>
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In January, after Sen. Martha McSally (R-AZ) called CNN&#8217;s Manu Raju a &#8220;liberal hack,” Cuomo targeted McSally, snapping that she “acted like a punk today; she did a disservice to herself and the seat that she holds, which was held by John McCain.” He claimed McSally insulted Raju because she wanted to “impress” President Trump.
Cruz fired back at Cuomo on Twitter. He began by tweeting, “NY Dem royalty Chris Cuomo declares ‘I can’t believe people would vote for’ McSally, or McConnell, or any GOP candidate. Clutching his pearls, in the very same breath, he says he can’t understand why anyone might think CNN are liberal hacks&#8230;.&#8221; He then offered some free advice for Cuomo: &#8220;Pro tip: real &#8216;journalists&#8217; don’t (1) kiss up to every Dem, (2) refuse to ask them hard Qs, (3) relentlessly attack every Republican, (4) lie when doing so &amp; (5) always, always push the prevailing Dem narrative of the moment. You know this, as does Manu. You just choose not to.&#8221;
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Chris Cuomo Allegedly Caught Naked On Wife’s Yoga Video. Ted Cruz Uses It To Mock CNN.

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On Sunday, The New York Times announced that their editorial page editor has resigned after blowback erupted because the paper published an op-ed by Arkansas Republican Senator Tom Cotton arguing that the government should &#8220;<a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2020/06/03/opinion/tom-cotton-protests-military.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">send in the troops</a>&#8221; as a last resort in response to the wave of riots and looting that swept the country.
The Times had already issued a <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2020/06/04/business/new-york-times-op-ed-cotton.html?auth=login-email&amp;login=email">statement on Thursday</a> saying that they should have never published Cotton’s op-ed. &#8220;We’ve examined the piece and the process leading up to its publication,&#8221; a spokesperson said. &#8220;This review made clear that a rushed editorial process led to the publication of an Op-Ed that did not meet our standards. As a result, we’re planning to examine both short-term and long-term changes, to include expanding our fact-checking operation and reducing the number of Op-Eds we publish.&#8221;
The resignation of the editorial page editor triggered Texas GOP senator Ted Cruz to issue a scathing obituary for the paper, writing:
<blockquote>The NYT literally fired their editorial page editor because he dared publish an op-ed that Leftists disagreed with. 
The totalitarian Left will brook no dissent. To hell with Free Speech—we are Pravda. 
New York Times: founded as an actual newspaper 9/18/1851. 
Died: 6/7/2020.</blockquote>
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The NYT literally fired their editorial page editor because he dared publish an op-ed that Leftists disagreed with. 
The totalitarian Left will brook no dissent. To hell with Free Speech—we are Pravda. 
New York Times: founded as an actual newspaper 9/18/1851.
Died: 6/7/2020. <a href="https://t.co/YIzBihdhtO">https://t.co/YIzBihdhtO</a>
&mdash; Ted Cruz (@tedcruz) <a href="https://twitter.com/tedcruz/status/1269857708863299584?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">June 8, 2020</a></blockquote>
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The publisher for the Times, A.G. Sulzberger, wrote a <a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2020/06/07/james-bennet-resigns-editorial-page-editor-new-york-times/">memo</a> to the the paper’s staff arguing that the Times’ &#8220;essential role&#8221; requires &#8220;fearless engagement with ideas from across the political spectrum, particularly those we disagree with.&#8221;
Sulzberger also stated, “There are also fundamental questions to address about the changing role of opinion journalism in a digital world, and we will begin work to reinvent the op-ed format so that readers understand why we choose to elevate each argument and where it fits in the national debate. None of these changes mark a retreat from The Times’s responsibility to help people understand a range of voices across the breadth of public debate. That role is as important as it’s ever been.&#8221;
&#8220;We believe deeply in principles of fairness, equality and human rights,&#8221; he concluded. &#8220;Those values animate both our news report and our opinion report. Thank you for your dedication to helping us to live up to our highest ideals.&#8221;
After the Times issued the statement on Thursday saying Cotton’s op-ed should never have been published, Cotton <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/senator-tom-cotton-rips-the-new-york-times-to-pieces-for-caving-to-leftists-over-op-ed-that-featured-opinion-shared-by-majority-of-americans">fired back</a>:
<blockquote>I can tell you my op-ed doesn&#8217;t meet The New York Times&#8217; standards, it far exceeds their standards, which are normally full of left-wing sophomoric dribble. And I find it amazing that in the last 24 hours, the editor of “The New York Times” and the publisher of “The New York Times” have both defended the decision to publish the op-ed, but in the face of the woke mob of woke kids that are in their news room, they tucked tail and they ran, they confessed and said they were gonna go into reeducation camp and they were gonna cut the number of op-eds they run, and for that I will say to the world, you’re welcome for getting “The New York Times” to run less of the garbage that you normally see in their pages.</blockquote>
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NYT Editorial Page Editor Resigns After Blowback For Cotton Op-Ed. Ted Cruz Publishes Scathing Obituary For The Paper.

Tom Cotton

On Wednesday night, the national press secretary for Hillary Clinton’s 2016 presidential campaign, Brian Fallon, decided he had found a simple solution to America’s problems, tweeting, “Defund the police.”
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Defund the police
&mdash; Brian Fallon (@brianefallon) <a href="https://twitter.com/brianefallon/status/1268370015612477440?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">June 4, 2020</a></blockquote>
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Senator Ted Cruz, who apparently doesn’t bear the same hostility to policemen and policewomen that Fallon does, fired back on Twitter with a film reference: “Hillary’s press secretary makes the 2020 Dem agenda clear: &#8216;Defund the police.&#8217; Take your guns. Cheer on the rioters &amp; looters who burn your city. It’s like Mad Max at Thunderdome, brought home to America.”
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Hillary’s press secretary makes the 2020 Dem agenda clear:
“Defund the police.”
Take your guns. 
Cheer on the rioters &amp; looters who burn your city. 
It’s like Mad Max at Thunderdome, brought home to America. <a href="https://t.co/mlVZWI2Pf1">https://t.co/mlVZWI2Pf1</a>
&mdash; Ted Cruz (@tedcruz) <a href="https://twitter.com/tedcruz/status/1268560141680611328?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">June 4, 2020</a></blockquote>
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Senator Tom Cotton wrote bitingly, “Wealthy liberals like Hillary Clinton&#8217;s former press assistant have no problem calling to defund the police—they can live in gated communities and hire security guards.”
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Wealthy liberals like Hillary Clinton&#39;s former press assistant have no problem calling to defund the police—they can live in gated communities and hire security guards. <a href="https://t.co/mw2ooySELZ">https://t.co/mw2ooySELZ</a>
&mdash; Tom Cotton (@TomCottonAR) <a href="https://twitter.com/TomCottonAR/status/1268561973156950016?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">June 4, 2020</a></blockquote>
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Senator Josh Hawley echoed, “This is Hillary Clinton’s former spokesperson. Is this now the official position of the Democrat Party?”
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This is Hillary Clinton’s former spokesperson. Is this now the official position of the Democrat Party? <a href="https://twitter.com/JoeBiden?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@JoeBiden</a>? <a href="https://t.co/9qhJyYHf3Z">https://t.co/9qhJyYHf3Z</a>
&mdash; Josh Hawley (@HawleyMO) <a href="https://twitter.com/HawleyMO/status/1268568709200830465?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">June 4, 2020</a></blockquote>
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In 2018, Fallon tweeted that he had a plan to deal with academics who broke with the expected leftist line espoused by the Democratic Party: put them on a list:
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Progressives should keep a list of names of the sellouts at Yale and elsewhere who are right now trying to smooth a path for the overturning of Roe and gutting of the New Deal. They should be unwelcome in future Democratic administrations.
&mdash; Brian Fallon (@brianefallon) <a href="https://twitter.com/brianefallon/status/1017582935229325312?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">July 13, 2018</a></blockquote>
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Fallon has an extensive Democratic Party resume, having worked on the Kerry-Edwards campaign as a press aide in 2004, on the Robert Menendez 2006 senatorial campaign in a similar position, then later becoming chief spokesman for New York Senator Chuck Schumer. In 2011 he became the spokesman for the Senate Democratic Policy and Communications Center. In 2013 he moved to the Justice Department as the department&#8217;s director of public affairs under Attorney General Eric Holder.
In December 2015, after Hillary Clinton <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/2058/videos-benghazi-isis-clinton-refuses-apologize-robert-kraychik">refused to apologize</a> for falsely claiming that videos of Donald Trump&#8217;s statements regarding Islamic terrorism were being used by ISIS to recruit Muslims, Fallon stated, “Hell no. Hillary Clinton will not be apologizing to Donald Trump for correctly pointing out how his hateful rhetoric only helps ISIS recruit more terrorists. The person that needs to apologize in this matter is Donald Trump, for his hateful bigoted rhetoric toward Muslim Americans.”
Just how far-left Fallon stands was amply demonstrated in July 2019, when Fallon lavished praise on far-left Reps. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez of New York, Ilhan Omar of Minnesota, Ayanna Pressley of Massachusetts, and Rashida Tlaib of Michigan, writing that they had “done more to define the vision and moral center of today&#8217;s Democratic party than all of the message bills pushed by the party leadership combined.”
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The four House freshmen whom Pelosi dismisses in the Dowd column have done more to define the vision and moral center of today&#39;s Democratic party than all of the message bills pushed by the party leadership combined.
&mdash; Brian Fallon (@brianefallon) <a href="https://twitter.com/brianefallon/status/1147869654934872071?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">July 7, 2019</a></blockquote>
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Dave Abrams, Republican State Leadership Committee deputy executive director, responded to calls from Democrats to defund the police, asserting, “Every single Democrat in the country must answer to whether he or she agrees with this radical idea to rid communities of the women and men in blue who put their lives on the line to keep Americans safe. Silence is part of the problem, isn’t it? Time for Democrats to speak up,” as <a href="https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2020/jun/4/hillary-clintons-2016-campaign-spokesman-brian-fal/">The Washington Times</a> reported.
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Hillary’s 2016 Press Secretary: ‘Defund The Police.’ Cruz, Cotton, Hawley Fire Back Hard.

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Hillary Clinton

Josh Hawley

On Saturday, pop star Justin Timberlake added his voice to the celebrities offering to fund bail for rioters who were too poor to make bail.
“Please join me in supporting the Minneapolis protestors by donating to the @mnfreedomfund,&#8221; the musician and actor tweeted. &#8220;The freedom fund is combating the harms of incarceration by paying bail for low income individuals who cannot otherwise afford: minnesoatafreedomfund.org.”
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Please join me in supporting the Minneapolis protestors by donating to the <a href="https://twitter.com/MNFreedomFund?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@mnfreedomfund</a>. The freedom fund is combatting the harms of incarceration by paying bail for low income individuals who cannot otherwise afford: <a href="https://t.co/tFr8Jh7TUX">https://t.co/tFr8Jh7TUX</a>
&mdash; Justin Timberlake (@jtimberlake) <a href="https://twitter.com/jtimberlake/status/1266853404346810369?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">May 30, 2020</a></blockquote>
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On Sunday night, Senator Ted Cruz (R-TX) responded on Twitter with a suggestion that Timberlake instead offer his support to law-abiding citizens who had been harmed by the looters and rioters among the protesters.
“Justin, how about giving your millions to a fund to help the African-American and Hispanic small businesses that are being burned &amp; looted, rather than a fund to bail out the spoiled (often white) ANTIFA terrorists who are destroying minority communities?” Cruz wrote.
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Justin, how about giving your millions to a fund to help the African-American and Hispanic small businesses that are being burned &amp; looted, rather than a fund to bail out the spoiled (often white) ANTIFA terrorists who are destroying minority communities? <a href="https://t.co/klWyoy4fwn">https://t.co/klWyoy4fwn</a>
&mdash; Ted Cruz (@tedcruz) <a href="https://twitter.com/tedcruz/status/1267310486439288834?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">June 1, 2020</a></blockquote>
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Cruz also took note Sunday night that a Minneapolis City council member had tweeted his support for Antifa.
Cruz responded bluntly, “This is deranged. They are literally burning your city.”
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This is deranged. They are literally burning your city. <a href="https://t.co/3fNb5ymlCd">https://t.co/3fNb5ymlCd</a>
&mdash; Ted Cruz (@tedcruz) <a href="https://twitter.com/tedcruz/status/1267309566875795456?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">June 1, 2020</a></blockquote>
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The impact of the destruction of the rioters was highlighted in a report by an ABC-affiliate, which interviewed a disabled Minneapolis resident on Saturday. Asked how she was doing amid the chaos, south Minneapolis resident Stephanie Wilford sobbed, explaining that the only stores she could reach were being destroyed.
&#8220;I have nowhere to go now. I have no way to get there because the buses aren’t running,&#8221; she said, weeping. &#8220;These people did this for no reason. It’s not going to bring George (Floyd) back here.&#8221;
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<blockquote>Wilford: Scary. I live in that high-rise back here, and I’d seen them as they came down Lake Street, but then they turned and started coming over here. And I’m sitting up looking in my window. And they went straight to Office Max and Dollar Store and every store over here that I go to. I have nowhere to go now. I have no way to get there because the buses aren’t running. These people did this for no reason. It’s not going to bring George (Floyd) back here; George is in a better place than we are. And last night, I’m going to be honest, I wished I was where George was because this is ridiculous. These people are tearing up my livelihood. This is the only place I can go to shop. And now I don’t have anywhere to go. I don’t have any way to get there.
When the National Guard came down 31stand they realized that they were coming down 31st, they tried to run in the building where I live at. And they couldn’t get in because that was security, and I’m glad they were there. Because if they had got in that building, there’s no telling where they would have hid to stay safe and try to mess with us inside the building because we’re handicapped. And I’m not trying to use handicapped as a crutch, but there are certain things I can or cannot do. And for them to do what they did last night was just stupid; it was ignorant. Now what are you gonna do? Where you gonna shop at? Half the people probably don’t even live in Minnesota. They don’t care.&#8221;</blockquote>
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Justin Timberlake: I’ll Help Pay Bail For Arrested Protesters. Ted Cruz Suggests Better Use Of His Money

Justin Timberlake

Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) wrote a letter to the Justice Department and the Treasury Department on Friday urging a criminal investigation into Twitter for potential criminal activity related to the International Emergency Economic Powers Act and sanctionable activities prohibited by Executive Order 13876.
The letter, addressed to Attorney General William Barr and Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin, states that Cruz informed Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey early this year that &#8220;Twitter and its principals face criminal liability and sanctions exposure for providing social media accounts to Iranian persons designated as Specially Designated Nationals (SDNs) by the Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) pursuant to E.O. 13876.&#8221;
&#8220;The letter spelled out in detail how Twitter is in violation of IEEPA,&#8221; the senator&#8217;s <a href="https://www.cruz.senate.gov/files/documents/Letters/2020.05.29%20-%20Letter%20to%20DoJ%20and%20Treasury%20on%20Twitter%20Criminal%20Probe.pdf">letter</a> to the Justice Department and Treasury Department explains. &#8220;It explained that the President invoked his powers under IEEPA to issue E.O. 13876, which prohibits &#8216;the making of any contribution or provision of… goods or services&#8217; to persons designated pursuant to that order. It then cited two specific and active Twitter accounts belonging to individuals designated pursuant to E.O. 13876 – Ali Khamenei (@khamenei_ir), the Supreme Leader of the Islamic Republic, and Javad Zarif (@JZarif), the Iranian Foreign Minister – and called on Twitter to come into compliance with United States law by ceasing to provide services to these individuals.&#8221;
Cruz noted in his letter that despite being in violation of the Executive Order and the IEEPA, Twitter continues to provide its services to top Iranian officials despite the clear prohibition.
&#8220;First and foremost, Twitter argues that its corporate values require it to provide these accounts. Twitter stated that it will not eliminate these accounts because &#8216;to deny our service to [Iran’s] leaders at a time like this would be antithetical to the purpose of our company,&#8217; and because Twitter’s &#8216;goal is to elevate and amplify authoritative health information as far as possible,'&#8221; the letter continues. &#8220;The position cannot be aligned with Iranian policy as it actually exists or with how designated Iranian officials use Twitter. Iranian officials ban Iranian citizens from accessing Twitter. In early April, Khamenei and Zarif used their Twitter accounts to post anti-American disinformation and conspiracy theories, not authoritative health information. They use their accounts provided by Twitter to threaten and taunt their enemies real and imagined. In any event, Twitter’s corporate values and grave misapprehension of the threat that Khamenei and Zarif pose are irrelevant. An American person’s disagreement with IEEPA or E.O. 13876 is no excuse for noncompliance.&#8221;
&#8220;Second, Twitter incorrectly argues that its actions do not violate IEEPA because &#8216;[m]aking the Twitter platform available for use . . . as a tool of communication is broadly exempted from OFAC prohibitions.&#8217; This is false, and Twitter should know that is false, because our letter explained in no uncertain terms why this broad exemption does not apply to Khamenei and Zarif’s accounts,&#8221; the letter continues. &#8220;The General License D-1 (GL D-1) to which Twitter implicitly refers creates an exception for services and software incident to Internet-based communication. But it expressly &#8216;does not authorize&#8217; the services &#8216;to any person whose property and interests in property are blocked pursuant to any part of 31 C.F.R. chapter V, other than persons whose property and interests in property are blocked solely pursuant to Executive Order 13599 as the Government of Iran[.]&#8217; Khamenei and Zarif are designated pursuant to E.O. 13876 and so the exception does not apply.&#8221;
Cruz notes that &#8220;when a company willfully and openly violates the law after receiving formal notice that it is unlawfully supporting designated individuals, the federal government should take action,&#8221; and that IEEPA includes criminal penalties of &#8220;up to $1 million in fines and imprisonment for up to 20 years for willful violations.&#8221;
Cruz concludes: &#8220;The cohesion and legitimacy of our laws rest on their equal application to all citizens and entities, no matter how large or how powerful. The Department of Treasury and the Department of Justice should investigate what appears to be Twitter’s blatant and willful violation of IEEPA and E.O. 13876 by providing services to Khamenei, Zarif, and other designated Iranian entities, and, to the extent appropriate, enforce any violation through sanctions and by seeking civil and criminal penalties.&#8221;
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Ted Cruz Contacts DOJ, Demands Criminal Investigation Of Twitter Over Potential Crimes Related To Iran

Iran

Twitter

On Sunday morning a spokesperson for the Foreign Ministry of Communist China issued a warning to the United States vis-à-vis Taiwan, citing the “great sensitivity of the Taiwan question,” advising the United States to “ditch its illusions and political calculations,” and eschew “any attempt to challenge China’s red line.”
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We urge the <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/US?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#US</a> side to fully appreciate the great sensitivity of the Taiwan question. We advise the US side to ditch its illusions and political calculations. We ask the US side not to make any attempt to challenge China&#39;s red line.
&mdash; Hua Chunying 华春莹 (@SpokespersonCHN) <a href="https://twitter.com/SpokespersonCHN/status/1264558636363210752?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">May 24, 2020</a></blockquote>
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Senator Ted Cruz (R-TX), who has taken a harsh stance toward the Chinese Communist government, fired back that the Chinese government should “appreciate the great sensitivity of 343k people dead because CCP lied &amp; covered up a damn global pandemic,” asking the Communist Chinese party not to “hide behind a fake red line of lies.”
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We urge the Chinese govt to fully appreciate the great sensitivity of 343k people dead because CCP lied &amp; covered up a damn global pandemic. We advise CCP to ditch its illusions &amp; political calculations. We ask CCP not to make any attempt to hide behind a fake red line of lies. <a href="https://t.co/vCVDB6yCHZ">https://t.co/vCVDB6yCHZ</a>
&mdash; Ted Cruz (@tedcruz) <a href="https://twitter.com/tedcruz/status/1264662175727091714?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">May 24, 2020</a></blockquote>
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Cruz has staunchly supported the Taiwanese government for some time. In February, Cruz <a href="https://focustaiwan.tw/politics/202002140007">introduced a bill</a> permitting Taiwanese diplomats and members of the military to display Taiwan&#8217;s flag and wear their uniform if they were conducting official business in the United States.
Cruz’s website stated of the bill, the Taiwan Symbols of Sovereignty (Taiwan SOS) Act, &#8220;This reverses the Obama administration policy, formalized in a 2015 confidential memo, prohibiting the display of the Taiwanese flag at the request of the Chinese Communist Party. These guidelines have restricted U.S. support for Taiwan, by prohibiting both the Department of State and Department of Defense from even posting such symbols on social media.”
Cruz stated, “America should not do the bidding of the Chinese Communist Party in forcing service members and diplomats of free, democratic governments to hide their flag or discard their uniforms. As China grows more hostile toward Taiwan and our friends in the region, it&#8217;s critically important for the United States and the rest of the world to stand unshakably with Taiwan. Allowing Taiwanese officials to proudly display their flag while in the United States is a step in the right direction.”
In September 2018, Cruz <a href="https://www.cruz.senate.gov/?p=press_release&amp;id=4098">issued a statement</a> cheering the Trump administration’s decision to conduct regular arms sales to Taiwan: “I am glad to see the Trump administration conducting regular arms sales to our Taiwanese allies, after many years in which the Obama administration played politics with our legal obligations to Taipei. These sales advance American national security both by empowering our allies to defend themselves and by visibly demonstrating that America stands with our friends. We should be constantly looking for ways to deepen cooperation.”
After meeting with President Tsai Ing-wen of Taiwan in January 2017, Cruz <a href="https://www.cruz.senate.gov/?p=press_release&amp;id=2951">slammed</a> the Communist Chinese government for trying to interfere with the meeting, stating:
<blockquote>Shortly before our meeting, the Houston congressional delegation received a curious letter from the Chinese consulate asking members of Congress not to meet with President Tsai, and to uphold the “One-China policy.” The People’s Republic of China needs to understand that in America we make decisions about meeting with visitors for ourselves. This is not about the PRC.  This is about the U.S. relationship with Taiwan, an ally we are legally bound to defend.  The Chinese do not give us veto power over those with whom they meet. We will continue to meet with anyone, including the Taiwanese, as we see fit. The U.S.-Taiwan relationship is not on the negotiating table. It is bound in statute and founded on common interests. I look forward to working with President Tsai to strengthen our partnership.</blockquote>
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Senate Impeachment Trial Of President Trump Continues

China Warns U.S.: ‘Appreciate Great Sensitivity’ Of Taiwan Question. Cruz: ‘Appreciate The Great Sensitivity Of 343k People Dead’

China

Taiwan

With an election involving a former top Obama administration official looming, leftists are desperate to explain away the so-called &#8220;Obamagate&#8221; scandal, calling the Obama administration&#8217;s &#8220;unmasking&#8221; of former national security advisor Michael Flynn everything from &#8220;routine&#8221; to &#8220;conspiratorial&#8221; (on the part of supporters of President Donald Trump).
Left-leaning Vanity Fair opinion writer Gabriel Sherman tried to back Trump supporters into a corner over the issue on Monday, suggesting that Flynn got what he deserved for communicating with a Russian ambassador.
&#8220;Serious questions for Trumpers,&#8221; Sherman tweeted. &#8220;What is the scandal of unmasking an American official caught on an intercept discussing US sanctions policy with Ambassador of a hostile foreign country that had just launched a massive cyber attack on our election?&#8221;
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Serious questions for Trumpers: What is the scandal of unmasking an American official caught on an intercept discussing US sanctions policy with Ambassador of a hostile foreign country that had just launched a massive cyber attack on our election?
&mdash; Gabriel Sherman (@gabrielsherman) <a href="https://twitter.com/gabrielsherman/status/1261285305547657216?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">May 15, 2020</a></blockquote>
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Texas Republican Senator Ted Cruz didn&#8217;t even need to bat an eye to bat down Sherman&#8217;s theory.
Addressing Sherman in a quote-tweet, Cruz explained it perfectly.
&#8220;Uhh, he was the incoming National Security Advisor &amp; a 3-star general,&#8221; Cruz shot back. &#8220;He’s SUPPOSED to discuss sanctions policy. That’s his job. The unmasking was part of outgoing admin launching a massive sting operation to try to entrap him. Maybe this helps: imagine Bush doing same to Obama.&#8221;
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Uhh, he was the incoming National Security Advisor &amp; a 3-star general. He’s SUPPOSED to discuss sanctions policy. That’s his job. The unmasking was part of outgoing admin launching a massive sting operation to try to entrap him. Maybe this helps: imagine Bush doing same to Obama. <a href="https://t.co/ofKNYvrRKl">https://t.co/ofKNYvrRKl</a>
&mdash; Ted Cruz (@tedcruz) <a href="https://twitter.com/tedcruz/status/1262371343024168963?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">May 18, 2020</a></blockquote>
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Indeed, Flynn was discussing sanctions with a Russian official &#8212; not simply a random Russian citizen, but a Russian ambassador, albeit one that was under surveillance by the Obama administration&#8217;s Department of Justice. As the national security advisor for an incoming administration, Flynn was charged with establishing Trump administration communications with ambassadors of global governments, including Russia.
&#8220;Unmasking&#8221; typically refers to requests, made to intelligence agencies, to identify unnamed officials mentioned in surveillance reports. In this case, it appears that members of the Obama administration &#8212; as senior as President Barack Obama and former Vice President-turned-2020 Democratic presidential candidate, Joe Biden &#8212; repeatedly requested &#8220;unmaskings,&#8221; likely to determine whether Trump campaign and transition team members were communicating with any unsavory individuals, in order to discover a &#8220;smoking gun,&#8221; tying the campaign to Russian efforts to upended the 2016 presidential election.
It&#8217;s also simpler than that: it was Flynn&#8217;s job to establish lines of communication, and it was a job the Obama administration was pledged to assist with. The State Department, although it seemed like a joke at the time, indicated <a href="https://twitter.com/tracybeanz/status/1137198457968635905">back in June of 2019 that they would</a>, indeed, help members of an incoming Trump administration make those contacts.
Then there&#8217;s the matter of the Obama administration leaking information about Flynn&#8217;s communications which is, in and of itself, a separate and perhaps more critical issue tied closely in with the theory that the Obama administration intended to paint the Trump administration as crooked from the beginning.
Fortunately, Ted Cruz was able to put it more succinctly: it was simply Flynn&#8217;s job, and the issue might not be the same if the parties involved were switched.
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Leftist Commentator Asks Conservatives Why Obamagate Is A Scandal. Ted Cruz Explains It All.

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On Wednesday, Senator Ted Cruz introduced a bill in the Senate that would lessen American dependence on China for life-saving medications and treatments and turn toward cooperation with Israel instead.
The bill, which was offered by a bipartisan group of senators including Chris Coons (D-DE), Martha McSally (R-AZ), Jacky Rosen (D-NV), Richard Blumenthal (D-CT), Tom Cotton (R-AR), and Ron Wyden (D-OR), is titled the ‘‘Expanding Medical Partnerships with Israel to Lessen Dependence on China Act.’’ It <a href="https://www.cruz.senate.gov/files/documents/Bills/2020.05.12%20-%20Expanding%20Medical%20Partnerships%20with%20Israel%20to%20Lessen%20Dependence%20on%20China%20Act.pdf">states</a> it would “authorize funding for a bilateral cooperative program with Israel for the development of health technologies with a focus on combating COVID-19.”
This week, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, in a brief eight-hours in Israel, told Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, “You’re a great partner. You share your information, unlike some other countries that try and obfuscate and hide information. And we’ll talk about that country, too,” as <a href="https://www.jpost.com/israel-news/us-senate-legislation-would-expand-covid-19-projects-with-israel-628117">The Jerusalem Post</a> reported.
A senior State Department official asserted China is “not a reliable partner,” adding, “I think COVID sort of highlights the dangers of dealing with states that are not transparent, that don’t have fair trade practices, that really leverage and torque their trade to leverage certain things out of their trade partners … I think it’s important for us as allies, strategic partners to be able to discuss the type of threats and the types of ways to mitigate those kind of threats.”
Cruz stated: “Our dependence on China for life-saving medications and treatments is deeply problematic. We’re now seeing leaders of the Chinese Communist Party – in the midst of a public health crisis they allowed to go global and endanger millions – threaten to withhold live-saving medical supplies and medications from the United States. By expanding partnerships with Israel – an ally and a global leader in medicine – to develop coronavirus treatments, this legislation is a common sense step to address that threat.”
<a href="https://www.collins.senate.gov/newsroom/collins-joins-bipartisan-group-introducing-bill-enhance-medical-partnerships-israel-lessen">Collins</a> echoed:
<blockquote>The COVID-19 pandemic has highlighted the significant risk of overreliance on any one country for lifesaving medical products. We should redouble our efforts to work with friendly nations to diversify our medical supply chains.  This bipartisan bill would strengthen our partnership with our ally Israel and combine our research and manufacturing efforts to develop new medications and medical products that will help fight COVID-19.</blockquote>
The bill states:
<blockquote>There is authorized to be appropriated to the Secretary of Health and Human Services $4,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2021 through 2023 for a bilateral cooperative program with the Government of Israel for awarding grants for the development of health technologies, including such technologies described in subsection (b), subject to subsection (c), with an emphasis on collaboratively advancing the use of technology, personalized medicine, and data in relation to COVID-19.
The health technologies described in this subsection shall include technologies such as artificial intelligence, sensors, monitoring devices, drugs and vaccinations, respiratory assist devices, diagnostic tests, telemedicine, and remote monitoring.
The funding under subsection (a) is subject to a matching contribution from the Government of Israel.</blockquote>
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Cruz, Cotton, Introduce Bill To Turn Away From China And Toward Israel To Fight Virus

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Speaking rapidly, New York senator Chuck Schumer started ranting about the GOP&#8217;s focus on the recent revelations about the Flynn investigation, saying, &#8220;These ridiculous conspiracy theories, on Obama — Chairman Johnson wants to go after Biden and this Hunter Biden conspiracy theory, which came from the Russians, of all people. This is amazing to me. What alternative universe do they live in? Spending their time on discredited conspiracy theories, against Obama, against Biden …&#8221;
Senator Ted Cruz (R-TX) noted the frantic nature of Schumer’s rant, then tweeted a deathless reply consisting of one word of advice:
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Breathe. <a href="https://t.co/gDDIEmagtf">https://t.co/gDDIEmagtf</a>
&mdash; Ted Cruz (@tedcruz) <a href="https://twitter.com/tedcruz/status/1260760191441780736?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">May 14, 2020</a></blockquote>
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Schumer has been mocking Cruz for years; in November 2013, Schumer <a href="http://www.politico.com/story/2013/11/chuck-schumer-hillary-clinton-iowa-99259.html">urged Hillary Clinton to run</a> for president, saying, &#8220;With a strong platform and with Hillary leading the charge, we will vanquish the Ted Cruz, tea party Republicans in 2016. And create a generation of Democrats who will make sure the middle class gets what it needs, our country advances and the torch held by that beautiful lady in New York’s harbor burns more brightly than ever.&#8221;
In July 2017, Schumer <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/chuck-schumer-ted-cruz-healthcare-proposal-a-hoax-2017-7">attacked Cruz’s amendment</a> to the GOP healthcare bill, calling it a “hoax” as he stated:
<blockquote>Make no mistake, the Cruz amendment is a hoax.Under the guise of lowering premiums, it makes healthcare more expensive because deductibles and copayments would be so onerous that many Americans would pay much more out of their pockets than they pay today. It&#8217;s a foolhardy trade to exchange lower premiums for far more expensive deductibles and copayments. In addition, Americans with pre-existing conditions will almost certainly be left without access to affordable and quality healthcare, making this even worse than the House bill on this issue.</blockquote>
But recently, Cruz sent a message Schumer’s way; in March, Schumer <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/ted-cruz-weighs-in-on-left-wing-responses-to-schumers-threat-against-justices">attacked two conservative justices of the Supreme Court</a>, ranting, &#8220;Republican legislatures are waging a war on women, all women, and they’re taking away fundamental rights. I want to tell you Gorsuch; I want to tell you Kavanaugh; you have released the whirlwind and you will pay the price. You won’t know what hit you if you go forward with these awful decisions.&#8221;
Cruz hammered Schumer on Twitter, writing, &#8220;Disgraceful political attack on the Supreme Court &amp; the rule of law. This attempt at judicial intimidation is not OK. [Sen. Schumer] should be ashamed. He should retract. And he should apologize.&#8221;
Cruz quoted left-leaning law professor Laurence Tribe, who stated, &#8220;These remarks by [Sen. Schumer] were inexcusable. Chief Justice Roberts was right to call him on his comments. I hope the Senator, whom I’ve long admired and consider a friend, apologizes and takes back his implicit threat. It’s beneath him and his office.&#8221;
Cruz commented, &#8220;@tribelaw is exactly right. (!!) The attempt by [Sen. Schumer] at judicial intimidation—a threat of political retaliation, or worse—is wrong &amp; profoundly dangerous. Politics are one thing; trying to politicize &amp; destroy the Supreme Court is altogether different.&#8221;
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Schumer Hyperventilates About Obamagate. Cruz Gives Him One Word To Live By.

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MSNBC host Joe Scarborough has apologized to Mike Pence and Sen. Ted Cruz after he posted a phony video about the vice president and then bashed the Texas Republican when he complained about it.
“About last night: I gotta work on some things myself,” Scarborough wrote on Twitter. “I feel really bad about retweeting the Jimmy Kimmel video. I feel worse about being provoked. I apologize again to Mike Pence, to my Twitter followers, and to Ted. I’ve got to do better.”
The brouhaha started after Scarborough, host of &#8220;Morning Joe,&#8221; shared a video created by late-night talk show host Kimmel over the weekend. The clip showed Pence carrying &#8220;empty&#8221; boxes of personal protective equipment (PPE) into a hospital &#8212; supposedly for just a photo-op. But the clip was missing some key context: the full footage from C-SPAN showed Pence helping out with full boxes of PPE and later jokingly asking his staff that maybe he could carry the empty ones &#8220;just for the camera.&#8221;
Scarborough shared the Kimmel video, which Twitter eventually labeled as &#8220;manipulated media.&#8221;
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Mike Pence caught on hot mic delivering empty boxes of PPE for a PR stunt. <a href="https://t.co/IduvGhiPwj">pic.twitter.com/IduvGhiPwj</a>
&mdash; Matt McDermott (@mattmfm) <a href="https://twitter.com/mattmfm/status/1258750892448387074?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">May 8, 2020</a></blockquote>
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“Mike Pence pretending to carry empty boxes of PPEs into a hospital is the perfect metaphor for who he is and what he’s doing. A big box of nothin’ delivering another box of nothin&#8217;,&#8221; Kimmel said. The video has more than six million views.
But Pence was just making a joke, which was apparent to anyone who watched the full video.
&#8220;Here&#8217;s an unedited version of @VP Pence delivering PPE to Woodbine Rehab Center. The clip from @JimmyKimmel and sent viral by @mattmfm &amp; others is quite deceptive. Pence is clearly joking when he talks about empty boxes for the camera, &amp; shuts the van doors right after the quip,&#8221; Washington Examiner reporter Jerry Dunleavy wrote.
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Here&#39;s an unedited version of <a href="https://twitter.com/VP?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@VP</a> Pence delivering PPE to Woodbine Rehab Center. The clip from <a href="https://twitter.com/jimmykimmel?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@JimmyKimmel</a> and sent viral by <a href="https://twitter.com/mattmfm?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@mattmfm</a> &amp; others is quite deceptive. Pence is clearly joking when he talks about empty boxes for the camera, &amp; shuts the van doors right after the quip. <a href="https://t.co/HyV8iBiljS">pic.twitter.com/HyV8iBiljS</a>
&mdash; JERRY DUNLEAVY (@JerryDunleavy) <a href="https://twitter.com/JerryDunleavy/status/1258778675564228612?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">May 8, 2020</a></blockquote>
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Scarborough eventually pulled down his tweet, saying, &#8220;I guess Twitter is a full time job. I apologize to Mike Pence for retweeting a tweet that had been disproved. I’m deleting now.&#8221;
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I guess Twitter is a full time job. I apologize to Mike Pence for retweeting a tweet that had been disproved. I’m deleting now.
&mdash; Joe Scarborough (@JoeNBC) <a href="https://twitter.com/JoeNBC/status/1258876876673691649?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">May 8, 2020</a></blockquote>
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But Cruz had already gone on the offensive by then.
&#8220;Hmm. When you’re on the defensive for being dishonest &amp; corrupt, perhaps best not to forward fraudulent stories from Jimmy Kimmel (that he’s admitted were false)? You are claiming to be a journalist, after all&#8230;.&#8221; Cruz tweeted at Scarborough.
Scarborough fired back.
&#8220;Ted, when I make a mistake I admit it. You remain mired in shame because you kowtow to a man who called your wife ugly and said your daddy assassinated JFK. Me messing up a tweet or two will never erase the shame you carry every day of your life,&#8221; he wrote.
But Cruz came back with a powerful counter punch.
&#8220;Joe, you chased after Trump for 2 years like a teenage girl throwing her panties at the latest boy band; now you pretend to be this indignant paragon of virtue outraged at everything he says &amp; does. All to get invited to DC cocktail parties &amp; thrill the 13 people watching MSNBC,&#8221; Cruz tweeted.
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Joe, you chased after Trump for 2 years like a teenage girl throwing her panties at the latest boy band; now you pretend to be this indignant paragon of virtue outraged at everything he says &amp; does. All to get invited to DC cocktail parties &amp; thrill the 13 people watching MSNBC. <a href="https://t.co/XG9P0Bwrbp">https://t.co/XG9P0Bwrbp</a>
&mdash; Ted Cruz (@tedcruz) <a href="https://twitter.com/tedcruz/status/1258894748447891458?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">May 8, 2020</a></blockquote>
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Kimmel also apoligized, but threw in a dig. &#8220;It would appear that @vp was joking about carrying empty boxes for a staged publicity stunt. The full video reveals that he was carrying full boxes for a staged publicity stunt. My apologies. I know how dearly this administration values truth,” Kimmel wrote.
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‘I’ve Got To Do Better’: Joe Scarborough Apologizes To Ted Cruz After Twitter Spat

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After MSNBC host Joe Scarborough publicly apologized for tweeting an out-of-context quote that Vice President Mike Pence intended as a joke, Senator Ted Cruz (R-TX) dunked on him in a series of exchanges that promptly derailed into accusations that the “Morning Joe” co-host dedicated two years to chasing anti-Trump stories “like a teenage girl throwing her panties at the latest boy band.”
It started with a clip from Jimmy Kimmel Live.
On Friday morning, pollster Matt McDermott tweeted a segment from Kimmel’s show — about Vice President Mike Pence delivering boxes of PPE as a publicity stunt — but also added his own caption: “Mike Pence caught on hot mic delivering empty boxes of PPE for a PR stunt.”
The tweet has since been labeled as “manipulated media,” and the full video <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/jimmy-kimmel-runs-supposedly-damning-video-of-mike-pence-delivering-empty-boxes-kimmel-was-lying">actually showed</a> Pence making a joke about wanting to carry empty boxes “just for the camera” after delivering the real boxes of equipment.
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Mike Pence caught on hot mic delivering empty boxes of PPE for a PR stunt. <a href="https://t.co/IduvGhiPwj">pic.twitter.com/IduvGhiPwj</a>
— Matt McDermott (@mattmfm) <a href="https://twitter.com/mattmfm/status/1258750892448387074?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">May 8, 2020</a></blockquote>
Scarborough, apparently not knowing the story was fake, posted the “just for the camera” quote in an effort to dunk on the Trump administration.
Enter Cruz. 
“Hmm. When you’re on the defensive for being dishonest &amp; corrupt, perhaps best not to forward fraudulent stories from Jimmy Kimmel (that he’s admitted were false)? You are claiming to be a journalist after all,” Cruz told Scarborough.
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Hmm. When you’re on the defensive for being dishonest &amp; corrupt, perhaps best not to forward fraudulent stories from Jimmy Kimmel (that he’s admitted were false)? You are claiming to be a journalist, after all&#8230;. <a href="https://t.co/tYsgKJGxpR">https://t.co/tYsgKJGxpR</a>
— Ted Cruz (@tedcruz) <a href="https://twitter.com/tedcruz/status/1258857624562470918?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">May 8, 2020</a></blockquote>
Although Scarborough deleted the tweet and apologized about an hour later, it’s unclear if he got Cruz’s original message, because he proceeded to bash the senator about his association with Trump despite the bitter 2016 primary season.
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I guess Twitter is a full time job. I apologize to Mike Pence for retweeting a tweet that had been disproved. I’m deleting now.
— Joe Scarborough (@JoeNBC) <a href="https://twitter.com/JoeNBC/status/1258876876673691649?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">May 8, 2020</a></blockquote>
“Ted, when I make a mistake, I admit it. You remain mired in shame because you kowtow to a man who called your wife ugly and said your daddy assassinated JFK. Me messing up a tweet or two will never erase the shame you carry every day of your life,” Scarborough told Cruz.
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Ted, when I make a mistake I admit it. You remain mired in shame because you kowtow to a man who called your wife ugly and said your daddy assassinated JFK. Me messing up a tweet or two will never erase the shame you carry every day of your life. <a href="https://t.co/eJa4qWzqA2">https://t.co/eJa4qWzqA2</a>
— Joe Scarborough (@JoeNBC) <a href="https://twitter.com/JoeNBC/status/1258877672417120258?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">May 8, 2020</a></blockquote>
After Scarborough accused Cruz of having been “mired in shame,” Cruz told the MSNBC host who he thought should really be the one feeling ashamed.
“Joe, you chased after Trump for 2 years like a teenage girl throwing her panties at the latest boy band; now you pretend to be this indignant paragon of virtue outraged at everything he says &amp; does. All to get invited to DC cocktail parties &amp; thrill the 13 people watching MSNBC,” said Cruz.
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Joe, you chased after Trump for 2 years like a teenage girl throwing her panties at the latest boy band; now you pretend to be this indignant paragon of virtue outraged at everything he says &amp; does. All to get invited to DC cocktail parties &amp; thrill the 13 people watching MSNBC. <a href="https://t.co/XG9P0Bwrbp">https://t.co/XG9P0Bwrbp</a>
— Ted Cruz (@tedcruz) <a href="https://twitter.com/tedcruz/status/1258894748447891458?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">May 8, 2020</a></blockquote>
Scarborough responded at-length, including an accusation Cruz sold his soul to Trump.
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Ted, Trump called your wife ugly and said your dad killed JFK. The difference between you and me is the closer Trump got to power, the more I criticized him. The closer Trump got to power, the more you sold your soul to him. You even sold out your own father’s name for Trump. <a href="https://t.co/jx83IE6JQ4">https://t.co/jx83IE6JQ4</a>
— Joe Scarborough (@JoeNBC) <a href="https://twitter.com/JoeNBC/status/1258905469898366977?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">May 8, 2020</a></blockquote>
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PS. I don’t do cocktail parties. I went to University of Alabama and University of Florida. You’re a Harvard and Princeton boy who spends your life around lobbyists and billionaires. You can cut out the man-of-the-people BS. Nobody believes anything you say.
— Joe Scarborough (@JoeNBC) <a href="https://twitter.com/JoeNBC/status/1258906661567320064?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">May 8, 2020</a></blockquote>
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Ted Cruz Exchanges Blows With Joe Scarborough Over ‘Manipulated’ Pence Story

After the San Antonio City Council in Texas <a href="https://news4sanantonio.com/news/local/san-antonio-mayor-proposes-resolution-denouncing-covid-19-hate-speech">unanimously passed a resolution</a> calling use of the terms &#8216;Chinese virus&#8217; and &#8216;Kung Fu Virus&#8217; to describe COVID-19 &#8220;hateful speech,&#8221; writing that the city would “prosecute and curb hate acts related to COVID-19,” Senator Ted Cruz (R-TX) issued a fiery tweet condemning the action, writing, “This is NUTS. SA City Council behaving like a lefty college faculty lounge, triggered by Chick-fil-A &amp; the words ‘Wuhan virus.’ If they want to investigate someone, start with NYT &amp; CNN who both repeatedly (and rightly) referred to it as ‘the Chinese coronavirus.’ #NoSpeechPolice.”
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This is NUTS. SA City Council behaving like a lefty college faculty lounge, triggered by Chick-fil-A &amp; the words “Wuhan virus.” If they want to investigate someone, start with NYT &amp; CNN who both repeatedly (and rightly) referred to it as “the Chinese coronavirus.” <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/NoSpeechPolice?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#NoSpeechPolice</a> <a href="https://t.co/a10BZAvleQ">https://t.co/a10BZAvleQ</a>
&mdash; Ted Cruz (@tedcruz) <a href="https://twitter.com/tedcruz/status/1258464008350380032?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">May 7, 2020</a></blockquote>
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San Antonio Mayor Ron Nirenberg wrote a letter to council members in which he stated:
<blockquote>This coronavirus has held no regard for race, religion, creed, or political boundary. As such, our efforts must meet the indiscriminate nature of COVID-19 with empathy and compassion for all our neighbors. I ask that you consider adopting the attached resolution &#8211; which declares that our COVID-19 response efforts will be free of hate and discrimination &#8211; at the next Council A-Session.</blockquote>
The <a href="https://sanantonio.legistar.com/LegislationDetail.aspx?ID=4452051&amp;GUID=03EBD8FE-0D2B-431E-856D-220CA2FC85AA">resolution</a> itself stated that COVID-19 “was not created or caused by any race, nationality or ethnicity, and the World Health Organization has cautioned against using geographic descriptors that can fuel ethnic and racial discrimination.” It added, “COVID-19 is a public health issue, not a racial, religious or ethnic one, and the deliberate use of terms such as &#8216;Chinese virus&#8217; or &#8216;Kung Fu virus&#8217; to describe COVID-19 only encourages hate crimes and incidents against Asians and further spreads misinformation at a time when communities should be working together to get through this crisis …”
The resolution continued, “The City of San Antonio will continue its efforts to protect residents and targets and victims of hate, and to prosecute and curb hate acts related to COVID-19 in partnership with nonprofit organizations, the Bexar County District Attorney’s Office, the San Antonio Police Department and other law enforcement partners.&#8221;
In early March, The New York Times reported that critics had singled out conservatives such as Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and Senator Tom Cotton (R-AR) for using the term &#8220;Wuhan&#8221; when describing the coronavirus that has affected various parts of the world. The Times tweeted:
<blockquote>Some conservatives, including Mike Pompeo, Sen. Tom Cotton and Rep. Paul Gosar, are using the term “Wuhan virus” to describe Covid-19. Critics accused the term, which goes against the recommendation of health officials, of being racist and xenophobic.</blockquote>
But the Times itself had used the term “Wuhan” numerous times when describing the coronavirus, as can be seen <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/ny-times-notes-gop-leaders-get-accused-of-racism-for-calling-coronavirus-wuhan-check-out-these-ny-times-tweets">here</a>. Additionally, <a href="https://www.cnn.com/2020/02/09/asia/wuhan-citizen-journalist-intl-hnk/index.html">CNN referred to</a> &#8220;Wuhan virus&#8221; in January, and <a href="https://www.wsj.com/articles/what-we-know-about-the-wuhan-virus-11579716128">The Wall Street Journal,</a>which later changed its headline, appears to have referred to coronavirus as &#8220;Wuhan virus&#8221; around the same time. The original title for the WSJ piece appeared in the site&#8217;s URL.
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