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Ted Cruz made an outrageous claim -- but MSNBC's Stephanie Ruhle was having none of it
February 26, 2021
Embattled Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) gave an over-the-top speech on Friday to the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) in Orlando.
One particular line caught the eye of MSNBC anchor Stephanie Ruhle after Cruz bragged about it on Twitter.
<p>"The Republican Party is not the party of the country clubs, it's the party of steel workers and construction workers and taxi drivers and cops and firefighters and waitresses," Cruz argued. "That is our party, these deplorables are here to stay!"</p><p>"What?" Ruhle asked.</p><p>"Donald Trump lives at Mar-a-Lago," Ruhle reminded. </p><p>"Eric used to live at Seven Springs and now adjacent to Trump Westchester," she continued. "Ivanka wanted to live at Bedminster but couldn't get permits."</p>
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- Donald Trump lives at Mar-a-Lago
- Eric used to live at Seven Springs & now adjacent to Trump Westchester… https://t.co/2ARfljLrtP</div> — Stephanie Ruhle (@Stephanie Ruhle)<a href="https://twitter.com/SRuhle/statuses/1365410445792698370">1614374193.0</a></blockquote></div>
<p>Watch the full speech:</p>
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County meeting goes off the rails as man dressed as the Lone Ranger rants in defense of the N-word
February 26, 2021
A man calling himself the "Lone Ranger" showed up for the second time and, again, used a racial slur in front of the Walker County Commission meeting in Georgia. This time, however, he was asked to leave, News9 reports.
In January, Ray Burnfin showed up to the meeting wearing a cowboy hat and mask and used the public comment period to defend the use of racial slurs and the Confederate flag. He also said the N-word aloud at the meeting.
<p>Burnfin was allowed to get away with it the first time around, with the commissioners explaining the next day that didn't reprimand him out of shock. But this Thursday, as Burnfin took the podium armed with books which he said explain "what racism actually is," adding that the N-word is in the dictionary, commissioners cut him short and told that his time was up. </p><p>Cutting Burnfin off was likely due to new rules that say commenters will refrain from "remarks that are lewd, vulgar, obscene or profane."</p><p>According to Burnfin's son who spoke to News9, he has a history of mental illness. </p><p>Watch the video below. The relevant portion begins at around 16:18:</p><p><br/></p><div class="rm-embed embed-media"><iframe allow="autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen="true" frameborder="0" height="314" scrolling="no" src="https://www.facebook.com/plugins/video.php?height=314&href=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2FWalkerCountyCommissioner%2Fvideos%2F125198852859293%2F&show_text=false&width=560" style="border:none;overflow:hidden" width="560"></iframe></div>
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Conservatives continue to reward Republicans who fought to overturn the 2020 presidential election.
Sen. Josh Hawley (R-MO) was one of the most prominent proponents of the "Big Lie" that Donald Trump actually won the presidential election. Hawley refused to accept the outcome of the election even after the Electoral College voted to confirm Joe Biden's victory in December.
<p>Hawley continued his efforts to overturn the election even after the fatal January. 6th insurrection by supporters of Trump who believed Hawley's misinformation.</p><p>While the senator has been <a href="https://www.rawstory.com/josh-hawleys-newspaper-bashes-him/" target="_blank">harshly criticized in Missouri</a>, he was cheered on Friday when he bragged about siding with the insurrectionists while speaking to the Conservative Political Action Conference in Orlando.</p><p>Many in the crowed even gave him a standing ovation.</p><p>Watch:</p><div class="rm-embed embed-media"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-conversation="none">Hawley gets a standing ovation after he brings up his January 6 vote to overthrow a free and fair election and Joe Biden won <a href="https://t.co/55rsSGBZNs">pic.twitter.com/55rsSGBZNs</a><br/>— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) <a href="https://twitter.com/atrupar/status/1365399969545478144?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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