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[Malyse]

Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) on Monday criticized those who have linked the deadly shooting at a Colorado Planned Parenthood clinic last week with anti-abortion rhetoric, arguing that most criminals are actually Democrats.

During a discussion of the shooting with Cruz, conservative radio host Hugh Hewitt said, "I have never met — not once — a single pro-life activist who is in favor of violence of any sort."

Cruz responded that he hadn't either.

"And I would note that this whole episode has really displayed the ugly underbelly of the media," Cruz said. "You know, every time you have some sort of violent crime or mass killing, you can almost see the media salivating hoping, hoping desperately that the murderer happens to be a Republican so they can use it to try to paint their political enemies."

"Now, listen, here's the simple and undeniable fact: the overwhelming majority of violent criminals are Democrats. The media doesn't report that," he continued.

Cruz said that Democrats are "soft on crime" and want to give convicted felons voting rights because they believe those individuals will vote Democrat. But he said the media fails to report on that.

"But you can see in every one of these — every time there's a terrible crime, they're so excited, come on, please, one of these be a Republican so we can try to paint the other side. It is one of the more egregious examples of media bias, and it's something we see over and over and over again," Cruz said.

http://talkingpointsmemo.com/livewire/ted-cruz-democrats-violent-criminals

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5b2KyVmmVYw

(thanks to jmdajr for pointing this out)

 

[BertramCooper]

BertramCooper: "The overwhelming majority of stupid pieces of racist white trash shit are Republicans."

 

[Gordon Shumway]

 

[Orbis Tabula]

Hmmm. I'm actually curious about the data on this.

 

[QuiteWhittle]

You all know what he really wanted to say.

 

[ItWasMeantToBe19]

You all know what he really wanted to say.

Mere particles away from muttering about black people.

 

[PBY]

You know - I'm not sure I disagree with his point, but there's a causation/correlation issue here. Would love to see the data.

 

[Randolph Freelander]

I'd be surprised if a majority of violent criminals were even registered to vote (prior to their criminal acts).

Cruz: just shut up.

 

[UberTag]

BertramCooper: "The overwhelming majority of stupid pieces of racist white trash shit are Republicans."

That's easily more true than what he implied. You get a cookie.

 

[Blader]

You must love the irony of a group of people who posture themselves as strong and self-made (bootstraps!) while simultaneously playing the victim card at every possible opportunity.


and by love, I mean find incredibly irritating.

 

[sangreal]

strong dog whistle

 

[ryseing]

Ted Cruz: "I am a racist moron"

 

[Valhelm]

That's some mighty fine dogwhistling

 

[gatti-man]

Ted Cruz makes me want to repeal free speech. It's fine that he says it, the problem is so many believe him.

 

[Mudcrab]

You all know what he really wanted to say.

.

 

[Skellig Gra]

Not really winning a lot of swing voters with sentiments like that. Would be interesting to see real data on this though.

 

[CapitalismSucks DonkeyBalls]

Ted Cruz salivated when he claimed the PP shooter to be a extreme leftist transgendered woman.

 

[ISOM]

Even if it's true, they don't use their idealogy as a reason to inflict violence on others like conservatives do.

 

[GTS300Coupe]

BertramCooper: "The overwhelming majority of stupid pieces of racist white trash shit are Republicans."

Wow that's not racist at all. Nope.

 

[Angelus Errare]

Blowin on that whistle pretty hard there.

 

[stufte]

I think at this point there'd be enough content for a "Shitty things Ted Cruz says" Megathread.

 

[PBY]

Wow that's not racist at all. Nope.

Wait what?

 

[Tertullian]

So is his claim true?

 

[Dishwalla]

Let's go ask that dude from Colorado what his political affiliation is, shall we?

 

[Violence Jack]

You all know what he really wanted to say.

Something, something black-on-black crime or BLM.....

 

[Princess Viola]

Wow that's not racist at all. Nope.

go on...

 

[Machina]

So is his claim true?

I think it's been perfectly demonstrated in American politics that it will not matter.

 

[jay]

Most violent criminals in America are Christians. CHECK MATE

 

[Angelus Errare]

Let's go ask that dude from Colorado what his political affiliation is, shall we?

Dylan Roof was totes liberal.

 

[Arkeband]

Republicans: Incite violence like the PP shootings, claim Democrats secretly wish the perpetrators are Republican.

Democrats: Try to dissuade against violence, but then aren't surprised when violence (especially gun violence) turns out to be from a conservative viewpoint.

I think I untangled the spool of bullshit.

 

[Wolfgunblood Garopa]

You know - I'm not sure I disagree with his point, but there's a causation/correlation issue here. Would love to see the data.

Oh come on, this is just a variation on the traitors narrative that's been a standard Republican attack forever now.

 

[djplaeskool]

 

[jon bones]

You all know what he really wanted to say.

"Democrat"

 

[NumberTwo]

Ah yes, those shiftless, lazy bl--Democrats...

 

[dantevsninjas]

Wait a second. Ted Cruz actually said that he'd never met an anti-abortion activist who was in favor of violence?

That's an outright lie

 

[EatinOlives]

Hmmm. I'm actually curious about the data on this.

He, of course, has zero data to back this up.

And people think this vampire has any chance of getting into the White House.

 

[Ganzlinger]

I need to see the data.

 

[PBY]

Oh come on, this is just a variation on the traitors narrative that's been a standard Republican attack forever now.

Meant that I wouldn't be shocked if the data supported his claim. Doesn't mean that his inferences around it are correct.

 

[TheSecondSpitter]

At this point you can only assume he's trying to grab some headlines.

 

[thelatestmodel]

BertramCooper: "The overwhelming majority of stupid pieces of racist white trash shit are Republicans."

Now that actually is true.

 

[Fenderputty]

I would imagine that most crime is by people who are economically challenged. Poorer communities tend to vote democrat. So while I could envision a scenario where what he's saying is factually true, what he's implying is as has been said, correlation vs causation.

This drives that point home:

Cruz said that Democrats are "soft on crime" and want to give convicted felons voting rights because they believe those individuals will vote Democrat. But he said the media fails to report on that.

 

[The Lamonster]

man, this is hilarious.


what has happened to the Republican party lolol

 

[Machina]

man, this is hilarious.


what has happened to the Republican party lolol

They realized there was plenty of political capital to be gained by appealing to the clinically insane.

 

[Blader]

Wow that's not racist at all. Nope.

There's nothing racist about calling a white racist a racist.

 

[capitalCORN]

Funny how the majority of those mass shootings are perpetrated by white men...

 

[daveo42]

I think we need a group of people who exclusively do something like this at every campaign stop, rally, and debate. The sheer amount of misinformation spouted by people like Cruz gets spread around as fact is disgusting.

 

[Malyse]

This thread is pretty clearly showing who can and can't recognize a dog whistle statement.

 

[HP_Wuvcraft]

You all know what he really wanted to say.

And this comes off of him saying, just yesterday: "No, uh, Robert Deer wasn't a man. He was a woman. Yeah, a woman did that. A woman liberal".

He's clearly trying to imitate Trump's strategy of simply saying he heard something or that something happens, we just never hear about it.

Because that shit is working.

 

[Gentleman Jack]

Hmmm. I'm actually curious about the data on this.

Felons by and large are not allowed to vote.

So good luck finding that data.

This is a straight up dog whistle.

 

[Jeffolation]

The idea of this reptile getting into the white house scares me more than even Trump getting in there.