Sen. Ted Cruz apparently wants to have a debate over who does and does not “believe in democracy.” stevebenen makes the case that this is a great idea — because it's a debate the Texas Republican would lose.
on the “Barbie” movie, but the Texas Republican managed to pry himself away from pop culture yesterday to focus on Donald Trump’s likely next criminal indictment.During a Fox News appearance, Cruz peddled a variety of tired “weaponization” claims he likely knows are false before making“Joe Biden and Merrick Garland, they don’t believe in democracy. Donald Trump is one of the leading candidates to be president, and they don’t trust the voters to make that decision.
There’s no point in trying to go through the entire segment, highlighting every error of fact and judgment the GOP senator made during his on-air appearance, but if Cruz wants to have a conversation about who truly “believes in democracy,” that’s certainly a discussion worth having.First, Cruz apparently expects the public to believe that President Biden and Attorney General Garland are playing a direct role in Trump’s prosecution. That’s ridiculous.
Second, Cruz also apparently expects people to believe that Biden and Garland are trying to prevent the former president from being on the ballot. But that’s ridiculous, too: Trump can run while under indictment — as other presidential candidates have in the past — and can even appear on the ballot if convicted.
It would be up to voters, and there’s literally nothing to suggest the incumbent president and the attorney general have any interest in blocking the Republican frontrunner’s candidacy. In fact, by some accounts, Democratic leaders would beif Trump were to serve as his party’s nominee: Democrats don’t want “try to take that choice away from the voters”; they want to present that choice to voters.
Third, if Cruz is looking for an example of a president who wanted to disqualify his rivals, and deny the electorate a choice, I’d refer the Texan to Trump — who said Hillary Clinton shouldn’t have been"
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