Ted Cruz

Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) received the most money from gun rights supporters.

an impassioned Sen. Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) said on the Senate floor on Tuesday after an attack at a Texas elementary school killed at least 19 children and two adults. Driving the news: Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) received the most money from gun rights supporters. The big picture: There's a familiar pattern. Failed gun legislation is the norm after mass shootings Driving the news: Democrats, gun control groups and others slammed the pro-gun rights Texas senator after he called for more armed law enforcement on school campuses following Tuesday's shooting at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde and offered prayers to victims and their families. In the wake of the Texas elementary school shooting, where 19 kids and 2 adults were killed, there is renewed scrutiny on the hundreds of thousands of dollars Republican lawmakers have received in campaign contributions from groups supporting gun rights.

Cruz came under fire for preparing to speak on Friday at an event hosted by the NRA, a gun rights advocacy group, less than 72 hours after the school ...

When in God's name will we do what we all know in our gut needs to be done,' Biden said. But he came under fire for his track record of opposing tougher gun laws, and the fact that he is due to speak at an NRA event in Texas on Friday - alongside state governor Greg Abbott and former President Trump. The shooting was the deadliest such incident since 14 high school students and three adult staff were killed in Parkland, Florida in 2018 - and the worst at an elementary school since the 2012 Sandy Hook shooting in Connecticut, in which 20 children and six staff were killed. Just get your *ss to Cancun. You are useless.' Texas Senator Ted Cruz accused Democrat politicians of using the Robb Elementary School massacre to advance their political agenda after at least 18 children and a teacher were shot to death at an elementary school in Uvalde Cruz offered his own condolences to the victims of the shooting, thanking law enforcement and offering 'prayer' for the families affected.

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No families should ever have to fear violence in their children's schools.” “We are in close contact with local officials, but the precise details are still unfolding. “Please just stop..

Cruz offers prayers, calls for guns in school even though shooter "outgunned" police.

Where in God's name is our backbone to have the courage to deal with it and stand up to the lobbies?" When in God's name will we do what we know in our gut needs to be done?" "Total insanity." Democrats have called for repeal or reform of the Senate filibuster to pass gun legislation, but Manchin rejected the idea despite the school shooting. "When in God's name are we going to stand up to the gun lobby? That's where he exited his vehicle with what I believe was a rifle and that's when he attempted to enter the school where he was engaged by law enforcement," Texas Department of Public Safety Sgt. Erick Estrada told CNN. But officers were unable to stop the gunman, who Estrada said was wearing body armor, from entering the school to shoot young children. Work with us to find a way to pass laws that make this less likely." "Just to be clear fuck you @tedcruz you fucking baby killer," he added. Meanwhile, an FBI report released Monday showed that the number of active shooter attacks increased to 61 last year, a 52% increase from 2020 and a 97% increase from 2017. You see Democrats and a lot of folks in the media whose immediate solution is to try to restrict the constitutional rights of law-abiding citizens. That, in my opinion, is the best answer." Cruz and other Texas officials, who have vehemently resisted any gun safety legislation, offered alternative solutions to gun control after the massacre.

Cruz responded to a mass shooting at an elementary school in Uvalde, Texas, by pushing against calls for more stringent gun laws.

Republicans have often blamed mental illness for mass shootings, avoiding assigning responsibility to the ease of access to firearms in the US. "Inevitably when there's a murder of this kind, you see politicians try to politicize it, you see Democrats and a lot of folks in the media whose immediate solution is to try to restrict the constitutional rights of law-abiding citizens," Cruz said to reporters on Tuesday, adding, "That doesn't work. And though polling has consistently shown that most voters on both sides of the aisle support policies such as expanding background checks, Republicans in Congress have consistently blocked efforts to pass legislation along these lines. They haven't worked for the last 20 mass shootings how about passing laws that will stop these killings," Gallego said in a tweet responding to GOP Rep. Darrell Issa of California offering "thoughts and prayers" to the families of the victims of the shooting. Cruz in an interview with MSNBC on Tuesday also suggested that schools should have armed law enforcement present to help prevent shootings. The Texas shooting came on the heels of a leaked draft opinion from the Supreme Court that would overturn Roe v.

Democratic lawmakers and the father of a 14-year-old killed in a previous school shooting were among those who unleashed on Republicans.

Free to share. Free to republish. The way they politicize guns and violence led us to this day." "We do all this because no mother, father, child, son, daughter, or community should ever have to endure losses like those that happened today." To inspire. In addition to Murphy, who angrily asked Republican lawmakers, "Why are you here?" To inform. We have power if we mobilize it." "We deserve better. "It is designed to make you give in to the exhaustion of this moment," Ifill said. "Don't believe it. Don't put out messages like this."

After the mass shooting at an elementary school in his home state, the senator called for armed law enforcement on campuses and faulted Democrats for ...

“Ted Cruz is just a slave to the gun lobby,” Mr. Castro said. Representative Ruben Gallego, Democrat of Arizona, called him a “baby killer” in an expletive-laden post on Twitter. In the aftermath of Tuesday’s school massacre in Uvalde, Texas, where an 18-year-old gunman killed 19 children and two teachers, Mr. Cruz remained unapologetic in his broad opposition to gun control measures. That firm stance has for years thwarted Democratic efforts to enact gun safety measures, even as the death toll from mass shootings in the United States has grown anew. But Mr. Cruz, Texas’ junior senator, has almost uniformly opposed other measures aimed at combating gun violence. “But as sure as night follows day, you can bet there are going to be Democrat politicians looking to advance their own political agenda, rather than to work to stop this kind of horrific violence and to keep everyone safe.” “If Republicans abandon the Second Amendment and demoralize millions of Americans who care deeply about Second Amendment rights, that could go a long way to electing a President Elizabeth Warren,” Mr. Cruz said, referring to the Democratic senator from Massachusetts, who was seeking the Democratic presidential nomination at the time. Last year, after a mass shooting at a grocery store in Boulder, Colo., that killed 10 people, Mr. Cruz renewed his complaints that Democrats were seeking to politicize the issue. During his time in the Senate, Mr. Cruz has insisted that he is trying to focus his attention on legislative measures that would narrowly target criminals and protect the rights of citizens who follow the law. Before the shooting, Mr. Cruz, who received an A+ rating from the National Rifle Association during his 2018 re-election bid, was scheduled to address the organization on Friday at its convention in Houston. A spokeswoman for Mr. Cruz did not respond when asked if he still planned to attend the gathering. “If you look to the past, we know what is effective, and it is targeting the felons and fugitives and the bad guys,” Mr. Cruz told reporters at the Capitol on Tuesday evening. WASHINGTON — Hours after the worst school shooting in a decade took place in his home state, Senator Ted Cruz of Texas acknowledged that there were “way too many of these horrific mass murders” and suggested a possible solution: putting armed law enforcement on campuses.

“Heidi & I are fervently lifting up in prayer the children and families in the horrific shooting in Uvalde,” Senator Ted Cruz tweeted. “Texans are grieving for ...

In 2015, Abbott tweeted that he was “embarrassed” to learn that his state was only number two in the nation for new gun purchases, and urged his constituents to “pick up the pace.” Naturally, he tagged the NRA in the tweet. A spokesperson for Crenshaw told the outlet that the congressman let organizers know before the shooting that his flight back from Ukraine wouldn’t get in until after the event, while a spokesperson for Cornyn said: “Prior to the tragedy today in Uvalde we had already informed the NRA he would not be able to speak due to [an] unexpected change in his schedule.” Because there’s apparently no reason whatsoever to take a stand right now. I would note that the other individuals on this stage were nowhere to be found in that fight.” For his part, Trump briefly pretended to be interested in doing something about guns following the Parkland shooting, before caving to the NRA and proposing that, instead, we arm teachers who could “ solve the problem instantly” if “a savage sicko came to a school with bad intentions.” In Texas, Abbott spent June 2021 signing seven different bills into law that, among other things: allowed people to store firearms in hotel rooms; repealed “the criminal offense of possessing, manufacturing, transporting, or repairing a firearm silencer,” which make it more difficult for law enforcement to find and identify shooters; and made Texas “a Second Amendment Sanctuary State by protecting Texans from new federal gun control regulations.” Oh, and let’s not forget the extra insane one that allows Texans to carry a gun without background checks, licenses, or training. Unless something changes—and something tells us it won’t—Cruz, Abbott, and Trump will all be at an annual NRA event on Friday, which takes place in Houston, just hours away from the city of Uvalde, where an 18-year-old stormed Robb Elementary School and carried out the second-deadliest school shooting in American history. Not surprisingly, Cruz has made it his life’s work—when he’s not jetting off to Cancún amid state-wide emergencies—to make it easier for Americans to obtain guns, and during his bid for the presidency in 2016, outright bragged about blocking President Barack Obama’s attempt to advance gun control legislation in the wake of the Sandy Hook massacre that left 20 children and six adults dead. “Texans are grieving for the victims of this senseless crime & for the community of Uvalde,” Texas governor Greg Abbott wrote.

Lawmakers began flooding social media with statements in the wake of a mass shooting that took place at a Texas elementary school on Tuesday.

But after the shootings in El Paso and Santa Fe, he blamed mental illness for gun violence.” House Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) replied with, “aren’t you slated to headline a speaking gig for the NRA in three days—in Houston, no less? Just get your a** to Cancun. You are useless.” “Democrats would love nothing more than to shift the blame and stoke anti-gun sentiment, and create a national gun registry in the process,” said Cruz in a statement. You can do more than pray. Messages of condolences have been rolling in after a gunmen shot and kill over a dozen children at a Texas elementary school on Tuesday. That includes Sen. Ted Cruz (R), who represents the state where the shooting occurred, and he’s receiving sharp backlash for his comments that critics thought seemed to prioritize gun rights over human life.

The powerful National Rifle Association's annual convention is scheduled to be held across three days in Houston, Texas.

And you can’t pray and send condolences on one day and then be going and championing guns on the next. “We spend billions of dollars on foreign aid. I want us to do something right now. O’Rourke later on Wednesday stood up and interrupted a news conference by Texas officials shouting, “You are doing nothing!” They want us to do something right now. It is scheduled to start three days after an 18-year-old killed 21 people at a Texas elementary school.