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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsTed Cruz drops bombshell: Senate Democrats to ‘repeal the First Amendment’ this year
?w=450Sen. 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 cant get any worse, it does, Cruz warned at the Watchmen on the Wall gathering of pastors sponsored by the Family Research Council.
This year, Im 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/
Avalux
(35,015 posts)It's mind-boggling how these people can lie with conviction. This is a doozy!! And that is one scary pic!!
lostincalifornia
(3,639 posts)Katashi_itto
(10,175 posts)lostincalifornia
(3,639 posts)The Velveteen Ocelot
(115,862 posts)Oh, wait...
Come to think of it, maybe Harvard Law School should look into repealing Cruz' law degree.
bluestateguy
(44,173 posts)Ted Cruz outsmarted us and thwarted our plans to destroy the first amendment.
Back to the drawing board, I guess.
They_Live
(3,240 posts)he's talking about plans to undo Citizens United and McCutcheon.
rustydog
(9,186 posts)means they want to repeal the first amendment...go for it and kiss off Carnival Cruz.
Half-Century Man
(5,279 posts)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.
Initech
(100,104 posts)Blue Owl
(50,507 posts)n/t