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This punk ass bitch should have been removed from Congress along time ago. (Original Post) slater71 May 2022 OP
some details.... Letter reveals Ted Cruz demanded Biden lift sanctions on Russian ammunition mfrs Roland99 May 2022 #1
+1 dalton99a May 2022 #2
Teddy showing where his loyalties lie rurallib May 2022 #6
Please change your thread title to get rid of that B word. I don't care what else you highplainsdem May 2022 #3
Thank you. BlackSkimmer May 2022 #5
Agree. I stopped caring what he posted DURHAM D May 2022 #8
+1 spooky3 May 2022 #9
The people of TX elect him. Maybe there's something in the water, Hortensis May 2022 #4
He's dangling something bright and sparkly in front of his peeps. lpbk2713 May 2022 #7
Yeah. Gendered slurs really help make your argument. Scrivener7 May 2022 #10
Maybe he should be called "Comrade Cruz" instead of "Cancun Cruz" Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin May 2022 #11

Roland99

(53,342 posts)
1. some details.... Letter reveals Ted Cruz demanded Biden lift sanctions on Russian ammunition mfrs
Fri May 27, 2022, 01:06 PM
May 2022

Letter reveals Ted Cruz demanded Biden lift sanctions on Russian ammunition manufacturers

On Friday, The Washington Post reported that Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) was one of several lawmakers who wrote to the Biden administration in September demanding an end to the embargo on Russian ammunition imports.

"The group sent a letter dated Sept. 3 to Secretary of State Antony Blinken and Treasury Secretary Janet L. Yellen accusing the administration of using the sanctions as a means to enact gun control measures and arguing that it would exacerbate a shortage of ammunition," said the report. "'Wholesalers, retailers, small businesses, gun owners, and shooting sportsmen rely on ammunition imported from Russia and are rightfully concerned that this is an attempt at gun control,' the lawmakers wrote in the letter."

The sanctions were first imposed in response to the 2020 poisoning of Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny with the nerve agent Novichok. He survived this attempt but was imprisoned on dubious charges upon returning to Russia.

'Two weeks before the letter was sent, the lobbying arm of the NRA wrote about the sanctions, calling it an 'overreach' and 'crusade against law-abiding gun owners' by the Biden administration," said the report. "The letter mirrors the same points the NRA made in its article. The organization wrote that it is exploring all of its legislative, legal and policy options to block the policy."

highplainsdem

(48,975 posts)
3. Please change your thread title to get rid of that B word. I don't care what else you
Fri May 27, 2022, 01:10 PM
May 2022

want to use instead, as long as it isn't a term most often used to insult women (or any minority).

Hortensis

(58,785 posts)
4. The people of TX elect him. Maybe there's something in the water,
Fri May 27, 2022, 01:11 PM
May 2022

or maybe a majority of the electorate want him to continue causing trouble for the Democratic Party. That IS both the top goal and bottom line for most conservatives these days, just as it is for the anti-Democratic left.

Which brings us back to whatever they're drinking... Also to those who don't vote; maybe you could do something with them. I doubt many are here, though, so have to go where they are. Good luck!

lpbk2713

(42,757 posts)
7. He's dangling something bright and sparkly in front of his peeps.
Fri May 27, 2022, 01:19 PM
May 2022


It doesn't have to make sense. It doesn't even have to be true.
He's just telling them what they would like to hear.

Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin

(107,956 posts)
11. Maybe he should be called "Comrade Cruz" instead of "Cancun Cruz"
Fri May 27, 2022, 01:57 PM
May 2022

Though there are several Congresspeople besides him who signed the letter.

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