Ted Cruz travels to Kentucky to support Kim Davis

[tabasco]

Source: Washington Post

Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Tex.) will travel to Kentucky Tuesday to show his support for a clerk who was ordered to jail after refusing to issue marriage licenses to same-sex couples.

Cruz will hold a news conference outside the Carter County Detention Center, where clerk Kim Davis has been held in federal custody since last week. Cruz will not be the only 2016 Republican hopeful appearing outside the Grayson, Ky., complex; former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee will hold what he is billing on Twitter as an #ImWithKimLibertyRally Tuesday afternoon.

"It is important to Sen. Cruz for Kim Davis to know that he supports her and will do everything in his power to ensure her situation is resolved and that no other Americans who strive to live out their faith fall victim to religious persecution by the government," Cruz spokeswoman Catherine Frazier said in a statement.

"The First Amendment — the freedom of religion, the freedom of speech and expression — is foundational to all other freedoms and Sen. Cruz is committed to defending it," the statement said.

Read more: http://www.washingtonpost.com/news/post-politics/wp/2015/09/08/ted-cruz-travels-to-kentucky-to-support-kim-davis/

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Any candidate who supports Davis' actions does not support the rule of law.

This should be their downfall in a rational society.

[mnhtnbb]

1. He's hoping to get some press for supporting the Bigot of the Year.

[shenmue]

3. Yep

He's running for president and wants to suck up a little more cash before he quits.

[Elmer S. E. Dump]

2. What a sack of un-American shit.

Canadian shit or Cuban shit?

[SwankyXomb]

20. Shit without a country?

He did have Cuban citizenship, but had to claim it by age 21, and didn't (so far as we know).
He renounced his Canadian citizenship.
He claims to have American citizenship through his mother, but the only proof of this is his Canadian birth certificate.

[MBS]

4. "Any candidate who supports Davis' actions does not support the rule of law. "

Agreed!
And especially shameful for someone with a supposedly first-class law degree.
Cruz is despicable.

[tabasco]

7. Cruz has thrown in his lot with the fundies, who wish to create an American theocracy

I believe Americans will reject this pandering fool and the notion of religious rule.

[MBS]

11. I certainly hope they reject him.

"Pandering" is exactly the right word... maybe even an understatement.

[Kotya]

18. Look at his dismal polling

Not just Americans, but Republicans are rejecting his brand of conservatism.

At some point in the future, Texan voters are going to have to take a second look at this guy. When he returns to the Senate, tail between his legs after a failed presidential campaign, he'll be ostracized by Senate leadership. He's burned so many bridges and pissed off so many other Republicans, he's not going to be able to get anything done for Texas.

[JohnnyLib2]

5. The R candidate for KY governor will be there, too.

As said above, "In a rational society........."

[TlalocW]

6. Oh, man, he's going to injure himself so badly

By raising his eyebrows and thinning out his lips so much as he attempts to look more pious than he ever has before.

TlalocW

[William Seger]

8. So, officials who happen to be Muslim can do their job according to Sharia law, Ted? (n/t)

[tabasco]

14. After all, the First Amendment applies to all religions, right Teddie Boy?

I want to see him answer that question.

[Vinca]

9. Never let a political opportunity go to waste.

[AuntPatsy]

10. Just another Terry Schiavo Republican game play in a bid for attention....

Guarantee they could care less about her.....

People are far too lacking in originality....

[Geronimoe]

12. The politicization of an ignoramous

While clinging to their guns and Bible, the parade of clowns begins.

Cruz and Huckster are not fit for office as they apparently don't believe in the rule of law.

[callous taoboy]

13. By all means,Ted, hitch your wagon to a law breaker.

[samsingh]

15. i guess he also supports the flight attendent refusing to serve alcohol too

religious nuts

[Gothmog]

16. Carnival Cruz is pandering to the religious nut cases

[Mz Pip]

17. Ooh a turf war!

I think Huckabee claimed her first.

I figured Davis would be this election cycle's Joe the Plumber.

[LastLiberal in PalmSprings]

19. Huckabee is already in front of the cameras spewing his "ignore the law" crap

Meanwhile, when asked the direct question about whether she will follow the judge's order and allow her assistants to keep issuing licenses her attorney said, "She will follow her conscience."

Meanwhile, there's going to be a rally later today.

This isn't over, gang...

[turbinetree]

21. Are the taxpayers footing this travel expense............................

if so I want the money taken out of his next paycheck--------------I am and you are his boss, and it was not authorized.


Oh yea, Cruzless


Honk --------------------for a political revolution Bernie 2016

[brooklynite]

22. ...and she was released from Prison!

Ted Cruz: he gets things done!