No, @tedcruz didn’t tweet “I’ll believe in climate change when Texas freezes over.” But he did:
—Help incite an insurrection that killed 8 people
—Help acquit the guy responsible
—Left his constituents & dog to freeze to death w/ no heat or power
—Blamed it on his daughters
Trust me, we don’t need to invent fake quotes/tweets to illustrate the abomination that is @tedcruz. Here’s just a few of his actual quotes on everything from Climate change to ISIS to Obama & the ACA. He’s a human trash can (apologies to trash cans, as they are actually useful).
What’s so remarkably atrocious about @tedcruz is that he is an immigrant who defends a guilty ex-President whose entire tenure was devoted to demonizing them. He is a climate refugee who fled to Cancun and abandoned his constituents and pet.
He is a self-proclaimed “Constitutionalist” who’s perjured his oath of office every day for the past 4 years; voted twice to acquit a criminal whose guilt was unequivocally established; & who is literally ineligible to continue holding office under section 3 of the 14th Amendment
He’s on tape inciting the terrorist attack on Jan 6th. That’s sedition. It’s treason. These are not crimes that you are shielded by because you are a senator. That is a misconception and that this man hasn’t been expelled and arrested is incomprehensible.
Then as millions of Texans were without power and freezing to death, he decided he’d earned a vacation. When he caught wind of the fact that plane ticket purchases are things people can track, he immediately flew back, lied, and blamed his daughters.
Imagine how weak & vile you’d have to be to do ANY of these things. Sell out your country; your “conservative values”; all the constituents of your state (who barely reelected you in 2018); and YOUR OWN FAMILY AND DOG all for yourself. #TedCruzRESIGN
This is what @tedcruz said “he really thought about Donald Trump” as a presidential nominee in 2016. Everything he says in this video is true. And yet he went on to abandon EVERYTHING to protect Trump. He must resign or be expelled and prosecuted.
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Currently, more than 4 million people have been without power in Texas for nearly 48 hours in the coldest temperatures Texas has faced in 30 years. It’s @GOP Governor @GregAbbott_TX and senators @tedcruz and @JohnCornyn couldn’t care less.
While many people are still without power or essential items, multiple nonprofit organizations are providing supplies, while warming centers have been set up throughout the state.
Here are some helpful resources: @lakewoodchurch has a list of warming centers.
The @GOP and right-wing media has expressed more heartfelt condolences over the loss of a pro-slavery, white supremacist, anti-gay, domestic terrorism-denying misogynistic conspiracy theorist & propagandist than they have for the nearly 500,000 Americans that have died from COVID
Rush Limbaugh’s legacy was defined by his own words, rhetoric, and actions over the course of his life. Here’s a rundown of what that looked like. Pretending he’s someone worthy of praise or honor is simply ignoring reality. This is who he was:
Here’s a thread I wrote last February after Trump gave Rush the Presidential Medal of Freedom, which normally designates prestige and honor but coming from Trump was basically a “Worst Human On Earth Award”
So we have an official list of Republican senators who believe it’s fine to incite terrorist insurrections that kill police officers and threaten to overthrow the U.S. government. Let’s make them famous and start organizing to remove EVERY LAST ONE from office right now (Thread)
If only there was some solid evidence PROVING Trump incited the deadly violence at the Capitol on Jan 6th....
Oh wait, him and his surrogates and family members are ON VIDEO calling for his army of terrorists to lay siege to it #AnatomyOfCapitolAttack
Not enough? Ok, how about satellite data showing the location of all of his rally attendants on January 6th. Watch the time and their location. #ConvictAndDisqualifyTrump
And while I’m glad Trump holds the distinct “honor” of being the only “President” in American history to lose the popular vote twice and be impeached by the House twice, he needs to actually be convicted. Because his “Presidency” was just a crime spree. #ConvictAndDisqualifyTrump
The Constitution does NOT require that a person still hold office to be impeached OR convicted. And the 1st Amendment says you can’t be arrested for what you say; it does not say that there are no consequences for lying about a “stolen election” to incite a terrorist insurrection
Can anyone think of any other jobs where working to get your boss assassinated not only doesn’t get you fired, but keeps you from getting arrested? And why on earth would we make the U.S. Congress the one place where this is the case?
Also; just like Trump didn’t actually have any constitutional immunity from prosecution while he was in office, these people don’t have any actually immunity from arrest, censure, expulsion, or prosecution either. Article 1, Section 6, Clause 1 is not a get out of jail free card
It shields members from being arrested on their way to a vote WHO *DIDN’T* COMMIT FELONIES, *AREN’T* BREACHING THE PEACE BY REFUSING TO HAND OVER THEIR GUNS OR WALK THROUGH METAL DETECTORS, AND WHO *DIDN’T* JUST INCITE A DEADLY TREASONOUS INSURRECTION. Those parts are important.