Ted Cruz is speaking live at CPAC right now. Watch here:
Highlights…
On gun rights, Dems are the party of Lisa Simpson while the GOP is the party of Homer, Bart, Maggie and Marge:
At CPAC at National Harbor. Senator Ted Cruz on gun rights: "I think the Democrats are the party of Lisa Simpson and the Republicans are the party of Homer and Bart and Maggie and Marge."
— David Smith (@SmithInAmerica) February 22, 2018
Apparently he was quoting from this episode of “The Simpsons”:
Ted Cruz literally told #CPAC2018 that the GOP is proudly the party of Homer Simpson when it comes to gun rights. https://t.co/OkN6hBCZDz
— Right Wing Watch (@RightWingWatch) February 22, 2018
Um, is he sure about that? Because that’s exactly what “The Simpsons” predicted comes after President Trump:
“I think the Democrats are the party of Lisa Simpson.” – Sen. Ted Cruz pic.twitter.com/rylfRZgnzA
— Scott Bixby (@scottbix) February 22, 2018
He also went after Dems and their knee-jerk reaction to go after the 2nd Amendment:
Sen. Ted Cruz: Every person that saw the shooting in Parkland, its horrifying. But the answer… The left's answer is always to strip the 2nd amendment rights from law abiding citizens
— Alex Moe (@AlexNBCNews) February 22, 2018
On CNN:
At @cpac, Sen. Ted Cruz call's last night's @cnn town-hall event an "infomercial."
— ErikWemple (@ErikWemple) February 22, 2018
And he got in this dig on Chris Cuomo who claimed Cruz was afraid to appear on CNN:
Cruz: "In the history of the universe, nobody has been afraid of Chris Cuomo."
— ErikWemple (@ErikWemple) February 22, 2018
On arming teachers:
Ted Cruz says it “makes perfect sense” for teachers to be armed, “a good thing,” as long as they aren’t forced to be armed.
— Daniel Dale (@ddale8) February 22, 2018
CRUZ says he doesn't think teachers should be FORCED to bear arms, but if they want to carry a weapon, "that's a good thing"
— Alana Abramson (@aabramson) February 22, 2018
On SCOTUS:
Cruz: "Neil Gorsuch is a home run."
— David Smith (@SmithInAmerica) February 22, 2018
On Obamacare:
Cruz: "Few things have been more maddening and frustrating in the last year than seeing Republicans come short on Obamacare… Regulatory reform has been one of the greatest successes of the Trump administration."
— David Smith (@SmithInAmerica) February 22, 2018
And a Hillary joke!
Cruz brings back this line for CPAC:
Obamacare is the craziest thing in the world. That may be the only thing I agree with Bill Clinton on — beside about Hillary. "I'm gonna get in trouble for that one."
— Patrick Svitek (@PatrickSvitek) February 22, 2018
https://twitter.com/anamariecox/status/966758642816045066
On PC culture on college campuses:
Prolonged applause for Cruz's line on colleges being "run by a bunch of 60's hippies and their draconian speech codes"
— Michelle Hackman (@MHackman) February 22, 2018
On the internet:
"The internet should be free," Ted Cruz tells a cheering #CPAC2018 crowd, before exiting stage to "I gotta feeling (tonight's gonna be a good night)"
— Heather Timmons (@HeathaT) February 22, 2018
And the conclusion:
Cruz, who managed to deliver a stump speech even though he was sitting down and being interviewed, got a rousing ovation for his concluding cry for freedom from the controlling hand of government. Now: Betsy Devos.
— Daniel Dale (@ddale8) February 22, 2018
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