Ted Cruz: ‘Today Is Some Of The Darkest 24 Hours In Our Nation’s History’

U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, smiles as he addresses attendees at the 2014 Red State Gathering, Friday, Aug. 8, 2014, in Fort Worth, Texas. (AP Photo/Tony Gutierrez)
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Republican presidential candidate Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) on Friday counted two major Supreme Court decisions on same-sex marriage and Obamacare among the bleakest days in America’s past.

“Today is some of the darkest 24 hours in our nation’s history,” Cruz said on Sean Hannity’s radio show. “Yesterday and today were both naked and shameless judicial activism.”

Hannity agreed, saying, “I couldn’t say it more eloquently.”

Cruz continued: “For the second time, six justices joined the Obama administration … six justices responsible for forcing this failed disaster of a law on millions of Americans and simply rewriting the law.”

“And then today, this radical decision purporting to down the marriage laws of every state. It has no connection to the United States Constitution. They are simply making it up,” Cruz, no stranger to sticky situations on gay rights, said. “It is lawless, and in doing so, they have undermined the fundamental legitimacy of the United States Supreme Court.”

Listen to the full interview over at Mediaite.

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  1. Worse than Pearl Harbor, worse than the Civil War, worse than 9/11?

    Some priorities you have there, Cruz.

  2. And more activist than Citizen’s United or Bush / Gore?

  3. Yeah, and then there was the day that a white young man took a gun and killed 9 black folks in a church the week before, or the time a while young man killed 12 in a theatre in Colorado, or the time a white young man killed 26 in an elementary school.
    True, 9/11, the Civil War, WW’s I and II and Vietnam were pretty dark days in our nation’s history, and so many other dark days, but Ted is all worried about people getting treated equally under the law.

  4. Avatar for korvu korvu says:

    Hannity agreed, saying, “I couldn’t say it more eloquently.”

    I agree with this.

  5. What this comes down to, is that the former majority has suddenly realized that being the new minority might not be all that much fun.

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