"Ew, ew, I know Mr. Cotter!!"
When Ted Cruz refused to support Donald Trump's first amendment rights, he refused to support ALL OF OUR first amendment rights.
Sen Cruz has always supported Trump’s rights to hold his rallys and has even said that the protesters do not have the right to disrupt Trumps rallies.
Now Sen Cruz has ALSO called out Trump for not being Presidential because Trump supported some thug who attacked a protester being escorted out. EVEN THEN, Sen Cruz did not abandon the 1st amendment. He did not call for Trump to be silenced. He did call Trump out for not being presidential. Telling someone one that there is a better way to accomplish the same thing is not abandoning the 1st amendment.
When Ted Cruz refused to support Donald Trump’s first amendment rights, he refused to support ALL OF OUR first amendment rights.
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HEAR HEAR.
So many people on this forum are trying to make this about politics.
It’s not about politics; this is about doing what’s right.
And as Cruz demonstrated, he will give a half-hearted defense of the First Amendment before stabbing the violated person in the back if he thinks that it will gain him a political advantage.
He could have chided Don about his tone or his rhetoric at a later time. He could have said nothing. But instead he tied the ‘he deserved it’ language into the terror attacks.