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Ted Cruz flayed for mocking AOC for fearing for her life – after she raised $5 million for Texas storm victims
February 26, 2021
U.S. Senator Ted Cruz (R-TX) delivered what many are calling "unhinged" remarks at CPAC, the Conservative Political Action Conference, Friday.
During his speech he once again appeared to try to incite an insurrection, attacked President Joe Biden, screamed for over a minute, closed his speech by yelling at the top of his lungs, "Freedom!" and mocked U.S. Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) who raised over $5 million for Texas storm victims – Cruz's constituents who literally struggled to stay alive in sub-freezing temperates for days without power or water while he vacationed in Cancun.
<p>Cruz name-checked William Wallace, who was portrayed by Mel Gibson in the film "Braveheart." Wallace was a leader in the First War of Scottish Independence, and was put to death for treason. Gibson's character been described as a "nationalist guerrilla leader" in the film, so it's unclear why Cruz would be promoting him, given America faced an attempted coup last month.</p><p>“There is a natural pendulum to politics and the country will come back to sanity and mark my words, 2022 is going to be a fantastic election year, and so is 2024, as we stand together and defend liberty, defend the Constitution, defend the Bill of Rights of every American. In the immortal words of William Wallace, 'Freedom!'" <a href="https://www.thenewcivilrightsmovement.com/2021/02/ted-cruz-at-cpac-slams-biden-yells-u-s-will-return-to-sanity-screams-at-the-top-of-his-lungs-freedom/" rel="noopener" target="_blank">Cruz screamed</a>.</p><p>But before he got to that point, Cruz mocked Congresswoman Ocasio-Cortez.</p><p>Republican Tim Miller, who worked with Republicans Voting Against Trump and appears frequently on MSNBC, put it this way:</p><blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-twitter-extracted-i1614367896966917816="true">
First CPAC mention of the domestic terrorist attack on the capitol comes from Ted Cruz.<br/>
He makes fun of AOC for being scared.
— Tim Miller (@Timodc) <a href="https://twitter.com/Timodc/status/1365330155787329537?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">February 26, 2021</a></blockquote><script async="" charset="utf-8" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js"></script><p>CNN's Jake Tapper weighed in:</p><blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-twitter-extracted-i1614367896966917816="true">
"AOC is telling us she was murdered," Cruz "jokes" to the CPAC crowd<br/>
This was 3 days after saying people shouldn't "be assholes" (a reference to alleged friends sharing texts w reporters about Cruz family going to Cancun during the deadly storm in Texas)....
1/ <a href="https://t.co/FFpu1CzCE8">https://t.co/FFpu1CzCE8</a>
— Jake Tapper (@jaketapper) <a href="https://twitter.com/jaketapper/status/1365357569049583620?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">February 26, 2021</a></blockquote><script async="" charset="utf-8" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js"></script><p>Democrats "control the White House," and "they control every executive branch, where they control both houses of Congress," Cruz screeched. "Bernie is wearing mittens. AOC is telling us she was 'murdered,'" he says, mocking her for <a href="ttps://twitter.com/AOC/status/1354848253729234944" rel="noopener" target="_blank">accusing him of almost having her murdered</a> because he helped to incite the insurrection.</p><p>"And the media, desperately, desperately, desperately wants to see a republican Civil War. Liberty is under assault and what are we gonna do? I'll tell you. We will fight. Liberty," he says, once again appearing to push for insurrection.</p><p>Watch:</p><blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-twitter-extracted-i1614367896966917816="true">
Ted Cruz made fun of <a href="https://twitter.com/AOC?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@AOC</a> for being scared during the Capitol attack that he helped to incite. <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/CPAC?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#CPAC</a> <a href="https://t.co/bspJ9Ndjpo">pic.twitter.com/bspJ9Ndjpo</a><br/>
— Sarah Reese Jones (@PoliticusSarah) <a href="https://twitter.com/PoliticusSarah/status/1365334713351745536?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">February 26, 2021</a></blockquote><script async="" charset="utf-8" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js"></script><p>Here's how people are responding:</p><blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-twitter-extracted-i1614367896966917816="true">
NARRATOR: "<a href="https://twitter.com/AOC?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@AOC</a> raised over $5,000,000 to help the people in <a href="https://twitter.com/tedcruz?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@tedcruz</a>'s state without power, food, and/or water, the same people Ted Cruz had blithely abandoned to lollygag by the pool at a foreign, luxury resort." <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/BadStandupRoutines?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#BadStandupRoutines</a> <a href="https://t.co/Wyahstsi9U">https://t.co/Wyahstsi9U</a><br/>
— Mrs. Betty Bowers (@BettyBowers) <a href="https://twitter.com/BettyBowers/status/1365372974820376578?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">February 26, 2021</a></blockquote><script async="" charset="utf-8" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js"></script><blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-twitter-extracted-i1614367896966917816="true">
AOC raised $5M for Texas winter storm relief. She is a congresswoman from New York. Cruz left town. He should keep his pie hole closed. <a href="https://t.co/keOwfp46UA">https://t.co/keOwfp46UA</a><br/>
— Lloyd Andrews (@Thunderballs2) <a href="https://twitter.com/Thunderballs2/status/1365373523598917632?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">February 26, 2021</a></blockquote><script async="" charset="utf-8" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js"></script><blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-twitter-extracted-i1614367896966917816="true">
<a href="https://twitter.com/tedcruz?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@tedcruz</a>
Cruz...You find what you said about AOC and Bernie funny?. You a low down, dirty, nasty, foul, and vile. It is people like you who should be put out of office. That is the White Supremacy in you. Dont worry, Democrats will continue to prevail before and after you.<br/>
— Kenneth Stanback (@StanbackKenneth) <a href="https://twitter.com/StanbackKenneth/status/1365373336797216779?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">February 26, 2021</a></blockquote><script async="" charset="utf-8" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js"></script><blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-twitter-extracted-i1614367896966917816="true">
Honestly, no one listens to Ted Cruz. He has zero integrity, so we just consider the source. AOC has my thanks.<br/>
— Lyn Rising 🌊💙🖤🌊 (@LynStrange) <a href="https://twitter.com/LynStrange/status/1365373234888269825?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">February 26, 2021</a></blockquote><script async="" charset="utf-8" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js"></script><blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-conversation="none" data-twitter-extracted-i1614367896966917816="true">
Cruz hides his failure as a human by making fun or insulting others. Bottom line: he left the people of Texas to freeze and AOC raised millions to help them.<br/>
— Esther Fusco (@fusco_esther) <a href="https://twitter.com/fusco_esther/status/1365372566169395201?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">February 26, 2021</a></blockquote><script async="" charset="utf-8" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js"></script>
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Crutch-wielding Texas actor arrested for assaulting police at pro-Trump Capitol riot
February 26, 2021
An actor from Dallas, Texas, who stormed the Capitol on Jan. 6 and was captured on video holding a crutch as insurrectionists climbed the stairs to the Capitol building, has been arrested according to the Dallas Morning News.
Luke Russell Coffee, 41, has an online biography that says he worked on two primetime television shows for Warner Brothers and NBC/Universal and started a production company in his hometown in 2010.
<p>He has been charged with assault of a federal law enforcement officer with a dangerous weapon; interference with a law enforcement officer during civil disorder; obstruction of an official proceeding; unlawful entry on restricted grounds; and disorderly conduct on Capitol grounds, the Morning News reports. </p><p>A college classmate of Coffee's, who also happens to be an FBI agent, helped identify him. Another witnesses told the FBI that they saw video featuring Coffee discussing conspiracy theories. </p><p>Coffee admitted to police that he was at the Capitol on Jan 6. and that he was holding a crutch but denies he used it to assault anyone. </p><p>Watch video of Coffee at the Capitol below. He appears at around 0:36:</p><p><br/></p><div class="rm-embed embed-media"><iframe allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/L-z8fvX6NAo" width="560"></iframe></div>
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'Where's Jared Kushner?' New intel report blaming Saudi prince for Khashoggi murder raises questions
February 26, 2021
A newly released U.S. intelligence report directly implicates Saudi crown price Muhammad bin Salman for approving a plan to gruesomely murder Washington Post journalist Jamal Khashoggi -- but one name was conspicuously absent.
The Office of the Director of National Intelligence report said the crown prince viewed the Saudi Arabia-born Khashoggi as a threat to his power and broadly supported his assassination, but many wondered why there was no mention of Jared Kushner -- former president Donald Trump's senior adviser and son-in-law.
<p>Kushner and the crown prince <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2018/12/08/world/middleeast/saudi-mbs-jared-kushner.html" target="_blank">spoke</a> privately and informally with the crown prince while serving in the White House, and questions swirled around their relationship, which continued in the same fashion even after Khashoggi's grisly murder.</p><p>But the report does not indicate whether Kushner or Trump were aware of the plan to murder the U.S.-based journalist, prompting even further questions.</p><p><br/></p>
<div class="rm-shortcode" data-rm-shortcode-id="f00d7cc1e5af3bd5a18e4690753b7367" id="dd8b1"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet twitter-custom-tweet" data-partner="rebelmouse" data-twitter-tweet-id="1365371746535288838"><div style="margin:1em 0">Good thing Jared Kushner helped him “weather the storm” on this one https://t.co/ixkG8roAJE</div> — Virginia Heffernan (@Virginia Heffernan)<a href="https://twitter.com/page88/statuses/1365371746535288838">1614364966.0</a></blockquote></div>
<p><br/></p><p><br/></p><div class="rm-embed embed-media"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet">For two years, we pushed for the truth to be made public:<br/> <br/>The highest levels of the Saudi government, including Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, are responsible for the brutal murder of Jamal Khashoggi.<br/> <br/>There must be accountability, and we will continue to press for it. <a href="https://t.co/gAdf9apsPU">https://t.co/gAdf9apsPU</a><br/>— Adam Schiff (@RepAdamSchiff) <a href="https://twitter.com/RepAdamSchiff/status/1365369211934167043?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">February 26, 2021</a></blockquote> <script async="" charset="utf-8" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js"></script></div><p><br/></p><div class="rm-embed embed-media"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet">In 2018, Trump downplayed intel pointing to the Saudi crown prince for Khashoggi's murder. Regarding whether MBS knew, Trump said in a statement at the time, “Maybe he did and maybe he didn't!" Today US intel releases a report that MBS approved operation.<br/>— Kaitlan Collins (@kaitlancollins) <a href="https://twitter.com/kaitlancollins/status/1365367213172154375?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">February 26, 2021</a></blockquote> <script async="" charset="utf-8" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js"></script></div><p><br/></p>
<div class="rm-shortcode" data-rm-shortcode-id="2845bba076822b6f0741983823b74b10" id="f6198"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet twitter-custom-tweet" data-partner="rebelmouse" data-twitter-tweet-id="1365367678089768961"><div style="margin:1em 0">A US intelligence report found that MBS approved Jamal Khashoggi's killing in 2018.
Around that time, MBS and Jar… https://t.co/Y2JtJffvUM</div> — Citizens for Ethics (@Citizens for Ethics)<a href="https://twitter.com/CREWcrew/statuses/1365367678089768961">1614363996.0</a></blockquote></div>
<p><br/></p><div class="rm-embed embed-media"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-conversation="none">Confirms what we suspected all along. Now lock Kushner & his FIL up.<br/>— Bernie's Mittens Are Speaking (@Peacefulrealit1) <a href="https://twitter.com/Peacefulrealit1/status/1365369507523485700?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">February 26, 2021</a></blockquote> <script async="" charset="utf-8" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js"></script></div><p><br/></p><div class="rm-embed embed-media"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-conversation="none">So I'm also assuming that Jared Kushner knew about it the whole time.<br/>— Ellen “got the vax wears the mask" Rosewall (@EllenRosewall) <a href="https://twitter.com/EllenRosewall/status/1365369440183975941?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">February 26, 2021</a></blockquote> <script async="" charset="utf-8" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js"></script></div><p><br/></p><div class="rm-embed embed-media"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-conversation="none">This punk doesn't have Jared Kushner running cover for him anymore.<br/>— Barton Hall (@brtnhll77) <a href="https://twitter.com/brtnhll77/status/1365369330104434690?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">February 26, 2021</a></blockquote> <script async="" charset="utf-8" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js"></script></div><p><br/></p><div class="rm-embed embed-media"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet">Time to put restrictions and sanctions on Americans doing business with Saudi Arabia.<br/><br/>Time to shutdown Kushner and Mnuchin business deals<br/>— Roadrunner (@BeeepBeeep33) <a href="https://twitter.com/BeeepBeeep33/status/1365369305005760512?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">February 26, 2021</a></blockquote> <script async="" charset="utf-8" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js"></script></div><p><br/></p><div class="rm-embed embed-media"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet">So, what did Kushner and Trump get in exchange for protecting him? <a href="https://t.co/wR8e5zqjC4">https://t.co/wR8e5zqjC4</a><br/>— Hudson River Croc (@HudsonRiverCroc) <a href="https://twitter.com/HudsonRiverCroc/status/1365369276060827650?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">February 26, 2021</a></blockquote> <script async="" charset="utf-8" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js"></script></div><p><br/></p><div class="rm-embed embed-media"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-conversation="none">Just follow the money. Time to subpoena Kushner's tax returns.<br/>— Janice (@Boomerbabe3) <a href="https://twitter.com/Boomerbabe3/status/1365369430520266758?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">February 26, 2021</a></blockquote> <script async="" charset="utf-8" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js"></script></div><p><br/></p><div class="rm-embed embed-media"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-conversation="none">Just follow the money. Time to subpoena Kushner's tax returns.<br/>— Janice (@Boomerbabe3) <a href="https://twitter.com/Boomerbabe3/status/1365369430520266758?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">February 26, 2021</a></blockquote> <script async="" charset="utf-8" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js"></script></div><p><br/></p><div class="rm-embed embed-media"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-conversation="none">Jared Kushner where are you?<br/>— IWriteLeft (@iwriteleft) <a href="https://twitter.com/iwriteleft/status/1365369415693459459?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">February 26, 2021</a></blockquote> <script async="" charset="utf-8" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js"></script></div><p><br/></p><div class="rm-embed embed-media"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-conversation="none">Let's get Kushner in on that “accountability".<br/>— Mena Ganey 🐇🐇 (@mena_ganey) <a href="https://twitter.com/mena_ganey/status/1365369365089181706?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">February 26, 2021</a></blockquote> <script async="" charset="utf-8" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js"></script></div><p><br/></p><p><br/></p><div class="rm-embed embed-media"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-conversation="none">Let's get Kushner in on that “accountability".<br/>— Mena Ganey 🐇🐇 (@mena_ganey) <a href="https://twitter.com/mena_ganey/status/1365369365089181706?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">February 26, 2021</a></blockquote> <script async="" charset="utf-8" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js"></script></div><p><br/></p><div class="rm-embed embed-media"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-conversation="none">Now lets talk about exactly what role Jared Kushner played in this.<br/>— Bethany (@bethany1014) <a href="https://twitter.com/bethany1014/status/1365369273758060545?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">February 26, 2021</a></blockquote> <script async="" charset="utf-8" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js"></script></div><p><br/></p><div class="rm-embed embed-media"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-conversation="none">What did Trump and Kushner know, and when did they know it?<br/>— Jeff Ralston 🥧🥧🍻😷 (@JeffR914) <a href="https://twitter.com/JeffR914/status/1365369609889615876?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">February 26, 2021</a></blockquote> <script async="" charset="utf-8" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js"></script></div><p><br/></p><div class="rm-embed embed-media"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-conversation="none">im waiting for the part of the report that discloses how Trump and Kushner helped cover it up ...<br/>— Diana U (@sparkly0106) <a href="https://twitter.com/sparkly0106/status/1365369586070278147?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">February 26, 2021</a></blockquote> <script async="" charset="utf-8" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js"></script></div><p><br/></p><div class="rm-embed embed-media"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet">US has released its damning report on Saudi crown prince culpability in murder.<br/><br/>Do the Saudis hold any embarrassing data about Trump/Kushner? <br/><br/>What wd be the Saudi royals' highest value use of such data if it existed? They have to be feeling angry and aggrieved right now.<br/>— David Frum (@davidfrum) <a href="https://twitter.com/davidfrum/status/1365369105126203399?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">February 26, 2021</a></blockquote> <script async="" charset="utf-8" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js"></script></div><p><br/></p><div class="rm-embed embed-media"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet">Trump used Jared Kushner as his criminal henchman to: 1) Create a cyber backdoors for our enemies, 2) Bilk the U.S. out of a much money and power as possible, 3) Pardon his father's crimes, 4) Cover up crimes in exchange for money and favors, etc. <a href="https://t.co/OorAXOM294">https://t.co/OorAXOM294</a><br/>— Marjorie Frazier (@MarjoriesBuzz) <a href="https://twitter.com/MarjoriesBuzz/status/1365369640919130114?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">February 26, 2021</a></blockquote> <script async="" charset="utf-8" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js"></script></div>
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