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Katashi_itto

(10,175 posts)
Sun May 25, 2014, 09:36 PM May 2014

Ted Cruz drops bombshell: Senate Democrats to ‘repeal the First Amendment’ this year

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Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) drew audible gasps Thursday when he told gathering of Christian conservatives that Democrats intended to amend the Constitution to limit free speech.

“When you think it can’t get any worse, it does,” Cruz warned at the Watchmen on the Wall gathering of pastors sponsored by the Family Research Council.

“This year, I’m sorry to tell you, the United States Senate is going to be voting on a constitutional amendment to repeal the First Amendment,” Cruz said, to the audible shock of the crowd.


The Tea Party-backed senator said Senate Democrats intend to vote this year on Senate Joint Resolution 19, which would effectively undo the unpopular U.S. Supreme Court decisions on campaign financing in the Citizens United and McCutcheon cases.
http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2014/05/23/ted-cruz-drops-bombshell-senate-democrats-to-repeal-the-first-amendment-this-year/
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Ted Cruz drops bombshell: Senate Democrats to ‘repeal the First Amendment’ this year (Original Post) Katashi_itto May 2014 OP
Go ahead Ted. Keep showing the crazy!! Avalux May 2014 #1
I believe that is a picture of the serial killer gacy, who by the way was a republican also lostincalifornia May 2014 #3
Yep! I thought it was fitting Katashi_itto May 2014 #5
Very fitting lostincalifornia May 2014 #7
Really? Didn't know one party in Congress can repeal parts of the Constitution. The Velveteen Ocelot May 2014 #2
Well. I guess are plans have been foiled. bluestateguy May 2014 #4
oh I see They_Live May 2014 #6
By reasserting that untold millions of Corporate and Koch-cash is NOT speech rustydog May 2014 #8
Is it just me, or is every time this asshole sounds off Half-Century Man May 2014 #9
There seriously is no end to their madness. Initech May 2014 #10
Ted Cruz to oblivion Blue Owl May 2014 #11
I'm waiting for Obama's Executive Decree that will allow him to run for a third term unopposed NBachers May 2014 #12

Avalux

(35,015 posts)
1. Go ahead Ted. Keep showing the crazy!!
Sun May 25, 2014, 09:40 PM
May 2014

It's mind-boggling how these people can lie with conviction. This is a doozy!! And that is one scary pic!!

The Velveteen Ocelot

(115,862 posts)
2. Really? Didn't know one party in Congress can repeal parts of the Constitution.
Sun May 25, 2014, 09:43 PM
May 2014

Oh, wait...

Come to think of it, maybe Harvard Law School should look into repealing Cruz' law degree.

bluestateguy

(44,173 posts)
4. Well. I guess are plans have been foiled.
Sun May 25, 2014, 09:48 PM
May 2014

Ted Cruz outsmarted us and thwarted our plans to destroy the first amendment.

Back to the drawing board, I guess.

rustydog

(9,186 posts)
8. By reasserting that untold millions of Corporate and Koch-cash is NOT speech
Sun May 25, 2014, 10:11 PM
May 2014

means they want to repeal the first amendment...go for it and kiss off Carnival Cruz.

Half-Century Man

(5,279 posts)
9. Is it just me, or is every time this asshole sounds off
Sun May 25, 2014, 10:15 PM
May 2014

seem like a valid argument for restrictions on free speech to anyone else?

Personally I think Tedly feels sorry that the universal perception of his father is that he is a raving lunatic, and so to make his father seem more rational, he throws these tidbits around the lessen the effect of his father's words.


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