

"After 16 people were killed in a hot air balloon in Lockhart, Texas, Ted Cruz authored and passed federal legislation improving safety rules."In fact has been spreading gun lobby lies about the ATF director nominee while trying to stop a federal ghost guns ban.Moms Demand Action gun control advocacy group founder Shannon Watts responded to Cruz's tweet, saying in a Twitter post, "Fervently lifting Uvalde up in prayer while refusing to do a goddamned thing to stop gun violence is why this keeps happening, especially in Texas. In a later tweet, Gallego said, "Just to be clear f**k f**king baby killer.".Just get your ass to Cancun," in reference to the senator's 2021 trip to the Mexican city as Texas faced huge blackouts during a winter storm. Ruben Gallego (D-Ariz.) tweeted, "F**k care about a fetus but you will let our children get slaughtered. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) tweeted in response to Cruz's Twitter post, "Aren’t you slated to headline a speaking gig for the NRA in three days - in Houston, no less? You can do more than pray. And we need to devote far more law enforcement resources to stopping violent criminals preventing these kinds of absolute acts of evil," added Cruz, who's scheduled to speak at the National Rifle Association's annual meeting later this week.

"We are seeing way too many of these horrific mass murders."When there's a murderer 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, per CNN.Ted Cruz is facing backlash after his response to the Texas elementary school shooting that left 19 students and two adults dead.ĭriving 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.
