![]() ![]() Cruz's parents split up for a time, but they reunited after Rafael developed a newfound interest in religion.Ĭruz demonstrated his gift for public speaking at an early age. His mother, Eleanor, was born in the United States and met his father when she was a student at Rice University. His father, Rafael, came to the United States from Cuba in the late 1950s. Rafael Edward Cruz was born on December 22, 1970, in Calgary, Canada, but mainly grew up in Houston, Texas. After losing his bid for the 2016 Republican presidential nomination to Donald Trump, Cruz was re-elected to the Senate in 2018. Senate in 2012 with the support of the Tea Party and went on to orchestrate a governmental shutdown in opposition to Obamacare. Bush and became solicitor general of Texas in 2003. Cruz served as an adviser on the 2000 presidential campaign of George W. But we know what he’s doing.Conservative politician Ted Cruz grew up in Houston, Texas, earning his bachelor's at Princeton University and going on to Harvard Law School. And could even benefit politically from it. ![]() The Point : Cruz will get away with this. He’s doing it on purpose to score political points and to find a convenient way out of an uncomfortable conversation for which he has no good answers. Whether you like him or not, Cruz is smart. (Watch the clip yourself it’s very clear what Stone means – and how Cruz purposely reinterprets it.)Ĭruz leverages the (clearly false) notion that Stone has somehow revealed his bias as a way to end the interview. Stone is trying to make a fairly obvious point – only the US has a mass shooting problem – but Cruz, ever the savvy politician, seizes on the idea that the reporter is suggesting America is not exceptional in any way. He finds it when Stone uses the phrase “American exceptionalism” – a watchword in conservative circles for the notion that the US is unique in the world (in a good way). ![]() What Cruz is doing – from the second Stone asks his simple question – is looking for an out, a way to stop talking about a subject he would clearly rather not address. While this is the sort of exchange that Cruz will, undoubtedly tout to his fundraising base as him standing up to the liberal media (or something), it is also revealing about the nature of how a reliable conservative like Cruz chooses to talk about guns – and gun control.įirst of all, the notion that Stone is adversarial in ANY way is ridiculous. God love you.”Īnd with that, Cruz ends the interview and walks away, although he does respond once more after Stone continued to press him by saying: “You know what, this kind of politicization … Why is it that people come from all over the world to America? ‘Cause it’s the freest, most prosperous, safest country on Earth. Stone : “But why does this only happen in your country? I really think that’s what many people around the world just – they cannot fathom, why only in America? Why is this American exceptionalism so awful?”Ĭruz : “I’m sorry you think American exceptionalism is awful.”Ĭruz : “You’ve got your political agenda. Stone: “A violent psychopath who is able to get a weapon so easily – 18-year-old with two AR-15s.”Ĭruz : “If you want to stop violent crime, the proposals the Democrats have – none of them would have stopped this.” It’s where many of the people we’ve talked to here like to go.”Ĭruz: “The proposals from Democrats and the media, inevitably, when some violent psychopath murders people …” It’s at the heart of the issue.”Ĭruz: “I get that that’s where the media likes to go.” The following exchange between Stone and the Texas Republican senator, which is long but very much worth reading in full, then occurred: Following a vigil for the 19 children and two teachers who died in a mass shooting in Uvalde, Texas, Mark Stone, a US correspondent for the British outlet Sky News, asked Ted Cruz a simple question: “Is this the moment to reform gun laws?” ![]()
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