Texas Sen. Ted Cruz (R) on Tuesday accused Democrats of playing "ridiculous theater" by proposing universal background checks and other reforms following mass shootings, which he claimed would take "away guns from law-abiding citizens."
The congressman argued that lawmakers should be working to prevent guns from getting into the hands of criminals instead of targeting firearms.
"Every time there's a shooting, we play this ridiculous theater where this committee gets together and proposes a bunch of laws that would do nothing to stop these murders," Cruz argued.
He then responded to earlier remarks from Sen. Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.), who claimed that "thoughts and prayers are all we have heard from my colleagues on the other side" following mass shootings, rather than specific policy proposals to address gun violence.
"The senator from Connecticut knows that is false, and he knows that's false, because Sen. [Chuck] Grassley [R-Iowa] and I together introduced legislation ... targeted at violent criminals, targeted at felons, targeted at fugitives, targeted at those with serious mental disease to stop them from getting firearms and put them in prison when they try to illegally buy guns."
He then responded to earlier remarks from Sen. Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.), who claimed that "thoughts and prayers are all we have heard from my colleagues on the other side" following mass shootings, rather than specific policy proposals to address gun violence.
"The senator from Connecticut knows that is false, and he knows that's false, because Sen. [Chuck] Grassley [R-Iowa] and I together introduced legislation ... targeted at violent criminals, targeted at felons, targeted at fugitives, targeted at those with serious mental disease to stop them from getting firearms and put them in prison when they try to illegally buy guns."
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“Every time there’s a shooting we play this ridiculous theater,” Cruz says, bashing the Dem bills to address gun violence. “What they propose ... it makes it worse.”nu Raju@mkraju
Mar 23, 2021
“Every time there’s a shooting we play this ridiculous theater,” Cruz says, bashing the Dem bills to address gun violence. “What they propose ... it makes it worse.”nu Raju@mkraju
Mar 23, 2021
Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) during gun violence hearing: “Every time there’s a shooting, we play this ridiculous theater … Democrats propose taking away guns from law-abiding citizens … it makes it worse.”
"What happens in this committee after every mass shooting is Democrats propose taking away guns from law-abiding citizens, because that's their political objective," Cruz said on Tuesday.
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