Cruz, Ted
How Republicans Fed a Misinformation Loop About the Pelosi Attack
WASHINGTON — Within hours of the brutal attack last month on Paul Pelosi, the husband of the speaker of the House, activists and media outlets on the right began circulating groundless claims — nearly all of them sinister, and many homophobic — casting doubt on what had happened. Some Republican officials quickly joined in, rushing […]
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Gov. Greg Abbott Is Leading Texas for Only a Sliver of Texans
It doesn’t sound as if a majority of Texans have enjoyed Republicans’ handling of abortion. Already, we have one of the most restrictive laws in the country — and if Roe falls, we will have a trigger ban that eliminates access. When asked if they supported or opposed banning all abortions in the state if […]
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Fact-Checking Trump and Cruz at the N.R.A. Convention
Prominent Republicans defended gun rights at the National Rifle Association convention on Friday with some misleading claims about the efficacy of gun restrictions, gun ownership trends and school shootings. Here’s a fact check. What Was Said “Gun bans do not work. Look at Chicago. If they worked, Chicago wouldn’t be the murder hellhole that it […]
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At N.R.A. Convention, the Blame Is on ‘Evil,’ Not Guns
HOUSTON — One by one, the gun rights activists and politicians who showed up at the National Rifle Association convention on Friday said they were appalled, horrified and shaken by the massacre of 19 children and two adults a few days earlier in Uvalde, Texas. One by one, they then rejected any suggestion that gun […]
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After Texas Shooting, Ted Cruz Digs In Against Gun Control
In 2013, he introduced legislation with Senator Charles E. Grassley, Republican of Iowa, that would have incentivized states through grants to submit mental health records to the database that is used to check gun buyers’ backgrounds, known as the National Instant Criminal Background Check System. It also would have increased the maximum sentences for people […]
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Group Seeks Disbarment of Ted Cruz Over Efforts to Overturn 2020 Election
A group formed in the hopes of disbarring lawyers who worked on cases in which former President Donald J. Trump tried to subvert the results of the 2020 election filed a complaint with the Texas bar association on Wednesday against Senator Ted Cruz, Republican of Texas, for his efforts to keep Mr. Trump in power. […]
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Supreme Court Rules for Ted Cruz in Campaign Finance Case
The chief justice wrote that loans played a special role for candidates challenging incumbents. “As a practical matter, personal loans will sometimes be the only way for an unknown challenger with limited connections to front-load campaign spending,” he wrote. “And early spending — and thus early expression — is critical to a newcomer’s success. A […]
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How Tucker Carlson Reshaped Fox News — and Became Trump’s Heir
In early June 2020, Mr. Carlson told his audience that the Black Lives Matter protests were “definitely not about Black lives” and to “remember that when they come for you.” The next evening, as Fox’s public relations team insisted Mr. Carlson’s comment was being mischaracterized, Mr. Carlson leaned in. “The mob came for us — […]
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Oh, Josh & Marsha & Ted & Lindsey … Sorry, Judge Jackson
Although contentious — at times moronically so — the overall process to confirm Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson to the Supreme Court was relatively efficient, and the nomination was never in serious jeopardy. The final vote even wound up vaguely bipartisan, with three Republicans joining Democrats in supporting her. But these high court confirmations also double […]
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