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Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-FL) pushed the culture wars during his Friday address to the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) in Orlando, Florida.
As Gaetz took the stage, he made a joke about not receiving such a warm welcome since he traveled to Wyoming to campaign against Rep. Liz Cheney (R-WY) after she voted to impeach Donald Trump for inciting the fatal January 6th insurrection at the U.S. Capitol.
<p>He then complained about the backlash the Republicans have been receiving since the majority of the party joined with the insurrectionists and voted to overturn the 2020 election.</p><p>"Many Fortune 100 companies will not donate to pro-Trump Republicans," he complained. "Some have even pulled their sponsorships of this conference. American business should be worried about business, not wokeism."</p><p>He then complained about cancel culture.</p><p>"Look out, Mr. Potato Head, you're next. "I'm sorry, I think now he's going by Potato-x. Can't be Mr. Potato Head -- see to me, the whole concept of the Mr. Potato Head was you could move the parts around, I mean, Mr. Potato Head was America's first transgender doll and even he got canceled," Gaetz said to a smattering of polite applause.<br/></p><p>Watch:</p><p class="shortcode-media shortcode-media-youtube">
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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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