VIDEO: Cruz Holds Moment Of Silence For ‘Nine Innocent Souls’ In Charleston

Ted Cruz on April 18, 2015
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Presidential candidate Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) asked for a moment of silence on Thursday while addressing the Faith & Freedom Coalition Policy Conference, in tribute to the nine people killed a day earlier when a white gunman stormed a historic black church in Charleston, S.C.

“Today the body of Christ is in mourning,” Cruz said, “that a sick and deranged person came and prayed with a historically black congregation for an hour, and then murdered nine innocent souls.”

He said Christians across the country were united in mourning the victims.

“I just want to begin with a moment of silence, remembering those who were murdered last night,” Cruz told the audience.

Watch the moment:

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  1. Man, they are just scared to death to say it was racially motivated, ahead of the SC primary, aren’t they?

  2. Obama does this sort of thing much better.

  3. Avatar for dnl dnl says:

    That the likes of Cruz and Santorum , etal have not been struck by lightning is proof positive that there is not a doG.

  4. First Ted Cruz story ever that I could find no fault with.

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