Tag: Ted Cruz

By Jackie Wilhelm | May 4, 2023 1:56 p.m.

A new episode of The Josh Marshall Podcast is live! This week, Josh and Kate discuss the debt ceiling crisis, Senate efforts to address judicial system rot and Ted Cruz’s shiny new 2024 challenger.

You can listen to the new episode of The Josh Marshall Podcast here.

Cruz Attacks ‘Clearly Wrong’ SCOTUS Ruling On Marriage Equality

By Cristina Cabrera | July 18, 2022 10:04 a.m.

Cruz Wags Finger At GOPers Who Skipped NRA Convention After Uvalde

By Cristina Cabrera | June 2, 2022 1:58 p.m.

Ted Cruz, Herschel Walker, Paul Gosar. Getty Images/TPM Illustration

Five Things Republicans Pointed To After Uvalde Shooting To Avoid Gun Reform

By Kate Riga | May 27, 2022 12:43 p.m.

Even Lee Greenwood Bails On NRA Convention

By Matt Shuham | May 27, 2022 10:29 a.m.

Cruz Blames Uvalde Shooting On School Having More Than One Door

INSIDE: Pennsylvania GOP Senate Race ... Sinema ... The Onion

By Cristina Cabrera | May 26, 2022 7:53 a.m.

Where Things Stand: The Dark, Familiar Parallels Found In The NRA Response To Columbine

This is your TPM evening briefing.

By Nicole Lafond | May 25, 2022 7:03 p.m.

Just a few days after gunmen entered Columbine High School in 1999 and murdered 13 students and adults, the National Rifle Association found itself in a situation darkly similar to what we’re seeing play out this week.

At the time, the gun group had plans to hold their annual national gathering just a few days after the school shooting that rocked a generation of Americans. And it was set to take place a few miles away from the scene of the massacre, in Denver.

As is the case today, NRA leaders ultimately opted to carry on with the planned convention, concerned that canceling it would rob officials of the opportunity to own the organization’s response to the tragedy, which was the deadliest school shooting during that decade in America.