In a 17-tweet-long thread Monday, Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) admonished everyone who is debating whether or not President Donald Trump can pardon himself and attacked media reports on his response to questions about Trump’s pardoning power.
Cruz protested a report that when asked whether Trump has the power to pardon himself, the senator was silent for a while before dodging the question altogether.
On the question of whether a president can pardon himself, we’re seeing an abundance of knee-jerk partisanship and dishonest journalism.
— Ted Cruz (@tedcruz) June 5, 2018
Some dishonest journalists have attacked me for “taking 18 seconds” to answer — without acknowledging that I was walking through the Capitol, late to a meeting, and simply ignoring a question that a reporter had called out at me (as senators do every single day in the Capitol).
— Ted Cruz (@tedcruz) June 5, 2018
Read the rest of the thread here.
The audio of the media scrum, posted by a Weekly Standard reporter, reveals silence after the initial question if Trump can pardon himself, followed by Cruz eventually answering: “That is not a constitutional issue I’ve studied so I will withhold judgement at this point.”
Alright, folks. Here’s the audio pic.twitter.com/3UhsX3f8Jh
— Haley Byrd (@byrdinator) June 4, 2018
Cruz speaks to keep the conversation going, and get his name in the news as well…
No.
I wonder if Cruz is still delusional enough to think that he’s going to become god-emperor of America as his dad anointed him to be, as part of his dad’s plan to destroy the world to summon Jesus.
Yeah, probably, huh?
I can’t help but feel a joyful little spring in my step today when the venal, vile, vindictive Ted responds with such tone-deaf attention seeking desperation.
Go Beto go!
Sen. Rafael (R-irrelevant)