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Fairly sure he was just saying the quiet part out loud again.
Some social media users have noted the irony in Cruz’s gaffe, as the politician voted against an amendment that would have forced the Justice Department to release the Epstein files.
Not a gaffe.
Shame on the independent, why are they running damage control for this bozo?
as the politician voted against an amendment that would have forced the Justice Department to release the Epstein files.
When I see someone voting AGAINST releasing the Epstein files, I can only make the assumption that they are in it.
Seeing that we are talking about an already horrible person, it wouldn’t surprise me at all if Cruz is trying to cover his ass.
In it, or are being blackmailed by someone who’s in it.
When I see someone voting AGAINST releasing the Epstein files, I can only make the assumption that they are in it.
Cruz’s career was largely post-Epstein. But a bunch of his allies and big-ticket donors have straight lines to the Birthday Book and the Flight Logs. He’s got a vested interest in protecting them.
they didn’t vote Johnson cut it short to not swear in, the vote to release them
Johnson cut it short
In the Senate?
Cancunian Slip
cancuntian
How was this a “gaffe”? He clearly meant it, although the context is a bit more nuanced than just, “Ted Cruz loves pedophiles”. He’s obviously trying to downplay their importance in the current political conversation, in an effort to get people to stop caring about Donald Trump’s Epstein connections.
This wasn’t a slip of the tongue. It’s just an objectively bad take, and people should roast the shit out of him for it.
Death to pedophiles and at this point the monsters that help protect them.
Ted gets one honest statement per fiscal year (shutdown or not) and this is what he burns it on.
Why are people assuming it was a gaffe?
Yeah - I’m struggling to figure out what he meant instead
Has he said it was a gaffe?
a remark or action that is a social mistake and not considered polite
Isn’t this pretty precise, according to Cambridge dictionary? It’s outside my active vocabulary so what the hell do I know
I think their point is, did he correct himself later on to indicate that he misspoke?
It was a social mistake, not nessicarily a mistake of speech or intent.
Exactly this. If you try ticking a grizzly bear it’s a mistake even if it is intentional.
But again, I’m not a native speaker so I’m not saying this is the correct interpretation of the word, but that’s the impression I get from the dictionary.
