@Soothfast saidhttps://www.mediaite.com/media/tv/ted-cruz-claims-man-who-allegedly-shot-democratic-lawmakers-and-had-liberal-hit-list-wasnt-right-wing/
A Democratic Minnesota legislator was killed and another seriously wounded, and Trump wouldn't even call the Minnesota governor, and refused to order flags be flown at half staff. Then a Republican troll who never held elected office and spent his life dehumanizing tens of millions of his fellow citizens gets capped, and he gets a medal of honor and all flags at half staff.
Such things are not forgotten.
Ted Cruz Claims Man Who Allegedly Shot Democratic Lawmakers and Had Liberal Hit List Wasn’t Right-Wing
Michael Luciano
Sep 17th, 2025, 12:22 am
Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) claimed that a man who allegedly shot two Democratic lawmakers and had a hit list that included abortion providers was not actually conservative.
Cruz appeared on Tuesday’s installment of The Source on CNN, where he alleged that only left-wingers are engaging in political violence. His comments came less than a week after the assassination of conservative activist Charlie Kirk in Utah. Kirk’s alleged assailant is a 22-year-old who accused Kirk of spreading hate.
“It is only one side that justifies this violence,” said Cruz, a supporter of President Donald Trump, who called Jan. 6 rioters “great patriots” before pardoning them.
Cruz added that political violence is strictly “a left-wing problem.”
“How can you argue that?” host Kaitlan Collins asked. “There have been other acts of political violence as well when it comes to targeting Democrats. I mean, we’ve seen that with a lawmaker who was killed in Minnesota this summer alongside her husband.”
In June, Minnesota Democratic House Speaker Melissa Hortman (D), her husband, and her dog were shot and killed. Another lawmaker, state Sen. John Hoffman, and his wife were also shot, but survived. Prosecutors say the shooter was 57-year-old Vance Boelter and stated that he had a hit list containing the names of Democratic officials in multiple states, as well as some abortion providers.
Cruz interrupted Collins to claim the alleged killer was simply “deranged” and not a conservative.
“The assassin there was not a right-wing assassin acting on a political motive,” Cruz claimed, before citing Boelter’s reappointment to a state workforce board by Democratic Governor Tim Walz. “The assassin there was someone who had been an appointee of Tim Walz, and he was a deranged lunatic.”
A spokesperson for Walz at the time said the governor appoints thousands of people to various boards and agencies. There is no evidence that Walz and Boelter knew each other particularly well.
Friends and ex-colleagues of Boelter told the Associated Press that he was a devout Christian who attended Trump rallies.
(Ted Cruz has long had issues dealing with reality, ever since Donald Trump called out his wife for being ugly at a Republican debate and he still turned right around and endorsed Trump for president.)
@wildgrass saidReally, first just start with every what seems to be non stop rioting, burning of businesses, blocking of roads, looting, attacking of people on streets and on just from the summer of love forward.
That's false..the study they removed concluded the opposite.
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@mike69 saidWell, this study focused on murder. You really should look at it. Maybe you have a broader point related to petty crime, but I'd prefer to see the data from a non-partisan source and not trust the government (or the media) to tell us their preferred narrative.
Really, first just start with every what seems to be non stop rioting, burning of businesses, blocking of roads, looting, attacking of people on streets and on just from the summer of love forward.
@wildgrass saidAre you slow?
Well, this study focused on murder. You really should look at it. Maybe you have a broader point related to petty crime, but I'd prefer to see the data from a non-partisan source and not trust the government (or the media) to tell us their preferred narrative.
@Suzianne said"Left" and "Right" are becoming meaningless, and it is partly because the GOP has come completely adrift from its traditional principles. Reagan & Bush Sr. were the last Republican presidents who qualified as conservative; they're both turning in their graves the way Trump fawns over Putin.
https://www.mediaite.com/media/tv/ted-cruz-claims-man-who-allegedly-shot-democratic-lawmakers-and-had-liberal-hit-list-wasnt-right-wing/
Ted Cruz Claims Man Who Allegedly Shot Democratic Lawmakers and Had Liberal Hit List Wasn’t Right-Wing
Michael Luciano
Sep 17th, 2025, 12:22 am
Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) claimed that a man who allegedly shot two Democratic la ...[text shortened]... eing ugly at a Republican debate and he still turned right around and endorsed Trump for president.)