Inside Ted Cruz's Reaction to 9/11: Prayer and Patriotism

PJ Media ^ | December 20, 2015 | J. Christian Adams

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President Obama’s reactions to ISIS attacks have become predictable and thin. His words seem to lack an appreciation of the grave conflict underway. Obama’s language betrays his adherence to progressive dogma: that the horrific assaults against the West are a nuisance to be managed, minimized, and explained through a value-free deconstruction of history where America sometimes stokes grievances across the Middle East.

Although the role and responsibilities of a young government lawyer named Ted Cruz are very different from a sitting president, the accounts of how Cruz responded to the attacks of September 11, 2001 provide some insight into who he is and his priorities.

While working as an attorney at the Federal Trade Commission that day, Ted Cruz invited dozens of FTC staffers and coworkers to gather at his apartment to pray and sing patriotic songs. PJ Media spoke with multiple FTC employees who received Cruz’s invitation and went to his home. Below, they describe what occurred at his apartment and Cruz’s role with his FTC coworkers in the weeks following 9/11.

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Meanwhile, Hillary was busy trying to determine how long she had to wait before attacking Bush again and whether she would have to wait till 2008 to run.