If you thought Ted Cruz was extreme before, wait until you read the headlines from this week. Cruz has made a name for himself with his out of touch ideas about women’s health and immigration, but he broke new ground this weekend with his outrageous and dangerous claim that the Planned Parenthood shooter was a “transgendered leftist activist”, playing into a hateful and dangerous narrative that demonizes transgender individuals and stokes the irrational fears of his extremely conservative base.
Since, he has spiraled out of control, talking in the past 24 hours about “condom police” and making the absurd assertion that “the overwhelming majority of violent criminals are Democrats.” After this week, it looks to us that Donald Trump might have a new challenger for the “GOP’s Most Extreme Rhetoric” crown!
Read on.
Vox: Ted Cruz’s bizarre, flimsy description of the Planned Parenthood shooter
Iowa Starting Line: Cruz Subtly Stokes Transgender Fears For Conservative Voters
Buzzfeed: Ted Cruz Floats Report That Planned Parenthood Shooter Was A “Transgendered Leftist”
There’s more…
Salon: Ted Cruz defends his party’s honor: “The overwhelming majority of violent criminals are Democrats”
Gawker: Ted Cruz Has the Facts: The Liberal Media, Democrats, and Violent Criminals Are In Cahoots
NBC News: Ted Cruz: Democrats Making Up Threat of ‘Condom Police’
Even his own party is afraid.
The New Republic: Republican senators think it would be just as bad for Ted Cruz to win the nomination as Donald Trump.