Former Rep. Adam Kinzinger is ensuring that Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) is being held accountable for his lies in regards to the Paul Pelosi attacker motivations, and Cruz doesn’t prefer it.
Kinzinger first made a request on Twitter when the Pelosi assault video was launched:
Can we please dig up each individuals tweet who made enjoyable of this or forged doubt? This was a sick assault and politicians minimizing it suck.
Paul Pelosi assault video launched – POLITICO https://t.co/JviDaaU3nq
— Adam Kinzinger #fella (@AdamKinzinger) January 27, 2023
The Seattle Instances put collectively a listing, which Kinzinger retweeted:
Thanks Seattle Instances for this record of people that made enjoyable of Paul Pelosi. Maintain them accountable: pic.twitter.com/XF4p24yX7G
— Adam Kinzinger #fella (@AdamKinzinger) January 27, 2023
Ted Cruz responded by blowing his prime and persevering with to disclaim that Pelosi attacker was MAGA:
Per Guardian reporting: the attacker’s Fb account “included hyperlinks to movies produced by Mike Lindell, which falsely claimed that the 2020 election was stolen from Donald Trump in favor of Joe Biden.”
So, yeah, @AdamKinzinger was proper – the attacker is a MAGA nut. https://t.co/w33uAPJcDt
— Michael J. Stern (@MichaelJStern1) January 28, 2023
Kinzinger responded with proof from the attacker himself:
For my buddy @tedcruz https://t.co/ggwf2IUYx0
— Adam Kinzinger #fella (@AdamKinzinger) January 28, 2023
As my colleague Sarah Jones wrote in PoliticusUSA’s e-newsletter The Day by day, “Now we’re right here; a spot the place even when flat out caught in a scurrilous lie that did nice harm and emotional hurt, they don’t seem to be solely not ashamed and even sorry, however see it as a possibility to drive the knife in additional.”
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Ted Cruz was mistaken and stays mistaken. The Paul Pelosi attacker was radicalized by MAGA. He wasn’t some leftist hippie because the Republican speaking level claims.
Extra individuals must be extra like Adam Kinzinger and never let Republicans like Cruz off the hook. The truth that Cruz continues to stay to the false story that the Paul Pelosi attacker was not influenced by MAGA exhibits that he and different Republicans have but to really feel penalties or be held accountable for his or her harmful lies.
Public accountability has to begin someplace, and Adam Kinzinger is demonstrating how it may be finished.
Jason is the managing editor. He’s additionally a White Home Press Pool and a Congressional correspondent for PoliticusUSA. Jason has a Bachelor’s Diploma in Political Science. His graduate work centered on public coverage, with a specialization in social reform actions.
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