Sen. Ted Cruz tried to portray the murderer who killed a Democratic Minnesota lawmaker and her husband as a “leftist.”
He used this lie to claim political violence only comes from the left.
Newshound Ellen writes, “But despite the dangerously irresponsible accusations coming from the White House, one thing is very clear: extremist violence comes mostly from the right. Don’t take it from me. Take it from a study that had been posted to a webpage of the Department of Justice. Its first sentence states, “Militant, nationalistic, white supremacist violent extremism far-right attacks continues to outpace all other types of terrorism and domestic violent extremism.”
Republicans are twisting themselves into pretzels trying to use the Charlie Kirk shooting as a cudgel against the left and whitewash right wing extremist violence against Democratic lawmakers, minorities and Jewish people.
Cruz was belligerent throughout the interview, constantly interrupting Kaitlan Collins and then trying to ask her questions instead of answering his own. (I shortened the video, but here’s a longer version.)
CRUZ: Anyone funding acts of violence, we should go after. But this is a left wing problem.
