Texas Senator,
Ted Cruz, put Democrats on blast today at U.S. Supreme Court nominee Neil
Gorsuch’s Supreme Court confirmation hearing
Cruz railed against what
he calls “baseless” claims against Gorsuch accusing him of being “against the
little guy because he has dared to rule on the law — the law that Congress has
passed — and not on the specific identity of the specific litigants appearing
before him.”
Cruz was apparently
referencing comments by individuals like Democratic Senator Mazie Hirono from Hawaii, who claimed she saw “a pattern” of
ignoring “the little guy.”
One example often cited by
Democrats is the “frozen trucker” case in which
Gorsuch sided against a man who abandoned his truck in sub-zero temperatures
and was subsequently fired.
Cruz countered today by
referencing the Little Sisters of the Poor controversy and
many Democrats’ stance in it.
“Many of these same critics
[have] spent the last eight years attacking the Little Sisters of the Poor
— a Catholic charity of nuns — for having the audacity to live according to
their deeply-held religious beliefs.”
Cruz went on to state such
Democrats need to “take a long look in the mirror if one day you find yourself
attacking nuns and then the next day you find yourself orating on the need to
protect the little guy.”
He further declared, “a
judge’s job is not to protect the little guy or the big guy. A judge swears in
oath to uphold the constitution fairly, impartially and equally for every
litigant.”
Cruz was far from finished.
“In the past weeks as well,
some of my Democratic colleagues have questioned Judge Gorsuch’s independence,
suggested that he needs to answer questions about the actions and statements
and even the tweets of the President who appointed him.”
“I would ask, was Justice
Ginsburg or Justice Breyer asked about the sexual harassment that had been
filed against President Clinton by Paula Jones? No, neither was asked about
that lawsuit.”
“Those questions were not
asked because they were inappropriate political questions that have nothing to
do with the record of the nominee before this committee.”
See Ted Cruz’s full
statement below.
Milo
Yiannopoulos, 21-3-2017
Gostei muito de ver o senador Ted Cruz, ex-adversário de Donald Trump nas primárias do Partido Republicano. Numa época em que o único objetivo midiático é exibir o número e/ou a profundidade das punhaladas em Trump, é de louvar a sobriedade de Ted Cruz.
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