[official] Ted Cruz Self-Humiliation of the Day Thread

I largely agree with you on many Republicans, and certainly on Cruz. It's just quite noticeable that you seem to make almost every post about Trump (even in the basketball section, I think).

 

Probably because he's the GOP choice to run again. Anyway, that's that. I'm done talking to you about that party. We've got different viewpoints and that won't change. You live in Germany and can't begin to understand what it was like other than from social media, here say, and the internet. I don't put my two cents in about the way Germany is run, and question or debate what you experience there so I'm done debating with you.

 

Obsession

 

Not surprising.
https://www.nytimes.com/2022/03/25/us/ted-cruz-antiracist-school.html
Ted Cruz’s Daughters Attend a Private School That Is ‘Antiracist’
The Texas senator aggressively questioned Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson this week for serving on the board of a school “overflowing with critical race theory.”

Senator Ted Cruz of Texas helped lead the Republican charge against antiracism efforts at a private school in Washington during the Supreme Court confirmation hearing this week for Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson. But leaders at the private school in Houston where the senator sends his two daughters have articulated a similar commitment.

Mr. Cruz said during the hearing that the curriculum of Georgetown Day, an expensive private school in Northwest Washington where Judge Jackson is one of 23 members of the board of trustees, was “filled and overflowing with critical race theory.” Critical race theory is an academic concept that Republicans have increasingly used as a vague, catchall term to criticize how educators infuse ideas about racism and inequality into curriculum.

Flanked on Tuesday by a blown-up page from “Antiracist Baby,” by Ibram X. Kendi, Mr. Cruz held up book after book that he described as assigned reading at the school and grilled Judge Jackson about whether she endorsed their messages.

Mr. Cruz’s comments were part of a surprising assault on Georgetown Day as Republicans sought to exploit barely coded appeals to racism during the hearing for Judge Jackson, who is poised to become the first Black woman on the Supreme Court. The school, which her daughter attends, has for decades educated children of the liberal and conservative elite. Parents who enroll their children pay more than $40,000 a year.

St. John’s School, where Mr. Cruz’s daughters are students, is also an elite institution, with annual tuition topping $32,000, according to its website. And leaders there have advocated a similar antiracist stance.

In June 2020, shortly after George Floyd, a Black man, was killed by a white police officer who pinned Mr. Floyd’s neck under his knee, setting off protests across the country, school leaders wrote to the community about their approach.

“St. John’s, as an institution, must be antiracist and eliminate racism of any type — including institutional racism — within our school community and beyond,” wrote Mark Desjardins, then the school’s headmaster, and John Moody, the chairman of the board of trustees.

A statement on community and inclusion, approved by the board in 2018, says the school ensures “cultural intelligence and proficiency” for all community members. It also incorporates “cultural proficiency, diversity, global awareness and inclusivity into all facets” of the curriculum.

The New Republic and The Washington Post reported earlier on St. John’s. A spokeswoman for Mr. Cruz did not immediately provide answers to questions late Thursday.

In an interview on Wednesday, Mr. Cruz said his questions during the hearing were not meant to suggest that parents did not know what their children were learning, or that there should be any action taken against the school — which would undermine principles like school choice and private school autonomy that Republicans champion.

“I’m saying that Judge Jackson is on the board of a school that aggressively teaches critical race theory,” he said, “and that is an extreme and divisive theory that pits children against other children, divides us based on race, and teaches a false and revisionist history of our nation.”

 

There are worse things to be obsessed with than the elimination of a cancer.

But there are better things to be obsessed with, too.

 

T's and P's for rafael...

 

I decided not to post this in the hangout thread… but it had to be posted. @MojoMan he’s making his move!!

 

Ted Cruz Hates Due Process
By smearing public defenders, the Texas senator shows what he thinks of constitutional rights.

https://reason.com/2022/04/05/ted-cruz-hates-due-process/

 

@MojoMan you going to respond or continue to be illiterate?

 

The Recount (@therecount) Tweeted:
Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) slams Disney for opposing Florida’s “Don’t Say Gay” law:

“In every episode now, they’re gonna have Mickey and Pluto going at it … You can always shift to Cinemax if you want that.” https://t.co/iZX82OiyC2

 

A perfect example of the extremes that cruz, desantis and the retrumplican party will go to offensively fight their cultural wars of hate...

 

That's only logical conclusion that anyone that opposes the law wants Disney character p*rn.

I know that's why I oppose the bill.

That was what was happening up until the bill was passed.

 

Why does Cruz want to watch anime p*rn so much?

 

Ted hopes that Texas Republican voters are too dumb to know the truth.

 

Why would he admit that? He's die hard Right.

 

Let's put this here, even though Boebert is the star.

 

LOL! This is pretty wild