Sen. Ted Cruz’s provide Tuesday to fervently pray for the victims of yet one more horrific mass capturing in his state of Texas was not properly acquired.
The Republican lawmaker, who’s among the top recipients of campaign contributions from gun lobbyists, stated Tuesday that he and his spouse have been “fervently lifting up in prayer the youngsters and households within the horrific capturing in Uvalde” after no less than 19 youngsters and two adults have been killed by a lone gunman at Robb Elementary Faculty.
Irrespective of what number of mass shootings afflict the nation, Cruz has lengthy opposed efforts to enact gun management measures. Even after Tuesday’s bloodbath, he instructed reporters he didn’t imagine gun legislation reforms have been the answer and known as it an effort to “limit the constitutional rights of law-abiding residents.”
It’s the same playbook he makes use of after most mass shootings. Final 12 months, after a number of individuals have been killed in Boulder, Colorado, and in Atlanta, Georgia, Cruz accused Democrats of “ridiculous theater” as a result of they known as for gun management measures, equivalent to common background checks, as a response.
The Home has handed laws that might mandate common background checks for gun purchases, a measure that polling exhibits 90% of Americans help. The invoice has stalled due to Republican resistance within the Senate.
On Tuesday, prayers apart, Cruz proposed including extra armed legislation enforcement officers to high school campuses.
Texas is one of the nation’s top three states with essentially the most mass shootings over the previous 20 years.
As a substitute of tightening gun legal guidelines, the state has relaxed them lately. It has a few of the loosest rules within the nation.
Cruz is slated to talk at a Nationwide Rifle Affiliation convention in Houston on Friday, together with Republican Gov. Greg Abbott, former President Donald Trump and Sen. John Cornyn (R-Texas).
Within the 2018 election cycle, Cruz acquired greater than $300,000 from gun rights supporters, making him the highest recipient in Congress in that interval, according to Open Secrets.
His response Tuesday was extensively condemned, together with by Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.), who famous his upcoming talking gig.
“You are able to do greater than pray. Religion with out works is useless,” she tweeted.
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