Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) on Monday said that assaulting reporters should be a “fireable offense” for campaign staff when asked about allegations that Donald Trump’s campaign manager, Corey Lewandowski, grabbed a reporter on the arm and pulled her away from Trump as she was trying to ask a question.
“Of course it’s not appropriate,” Cruz told reporters in Illinois, according to Buzzfeed News. “What a bizarre world we’re in where reporters are forced to ask the question ‘Should political campaign staffers physically assault reporters?'”
“I remember some months ago we were all amazed and joking about the fact the Hillary Clinton campaign used ropes to hold back reporters, to keep them away from Hillary Clinton, and that seemed like the height of disdain from a candidate for reporters and the media,” Cruz continued. “We never envisioned that it would now reach the levels of allegations of significant physical assault. Physically assaulting a reporter is a fireable offense and at the end of the day, the responsibility for any campaign rests with the candidate.”
Cruz also referenced Trump and made a point not to encourage violence when a protester interrupted him during a campaign event in Illinois on Monday, according to the Washington Post.
“Go back to Canada!” a man yelled during a rally, according to the Post.
“I appreciate you being here,” Cruz said in response. “Thank you for being here. Be respectful.”
“See sir, one difference between this and a Donald Trump rally is I’m not asking anyone to punch you in the face,” the Texas senator added, according to the Post.
When this smarmy homophobic scumbag sounds like the voice of reason, you know the Republican Party is swirling down the toilet.
Conservatives: Cruz is a sissy. He should just move to Cuba.
Trump: Cruz is a peacenik. We want people to be always vigilant and kill terrorists/protestors/rapists.
While acknowledging he’s a dangerous dominionist sociopath whom I loathe with all my heart and soul, I gotta say you have to give him a bit of credit. He’s like a TV-show cat burglar—what he does is wrong, we all know that, but he’s so good at it that it can be fun to watch. Like here, he’s obviously read and photographically memorized about two dozen of the most definitive books on acting like a decent person. So now he can turn it on and off like a light switch, the smarmy bastard, be this apostle of reason, as gentle as a parson. He respects the guy, please be respectful in turn, is all he asks. He could just as calmly order the guy spitted and roasted, or thrown to the lions, but today he’s the calm, reasonable anti-Trump. There’s an unholy fascination in the powers you get when you sell your soul, there really is.
What an opportunist. He’s like your classic, slimy, crooked television politician. What scares me is if America could elect Richard Nixon…they could very well elect this guy.
Especially since I paid you to deliver that line exactly when I’m addressing this issue. Everyone can see you’re a radical Sanders Democrat worried about birth certificates and the security of our border.