TED Cruz, the US Senator for Texas, finished a speech to a right-wing conference last night by screaming about William Wallace.
Only last week the representative was in trouble for travelling to Cancun, Mexico, when a historic winter storm left millions of his constituents trapped at home with no power or water.
Initially Cruz said he had made the trip because his daughters wanted to go and he was trying to be a “good dad”.
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However he later said the trip was “obviously a mistake” and in “hindsight I wouldn’t have done it”.
Last night Cruz delivered a speech many critics branded “unhinged” to the Conservative Political Action Conference.
During his presentation he touched on many topics, and managed to find time to joke about his visit to Cancun.
He complained about the media setting up a “new galactic empire” and his dislike of masks during the pandemic, calling wearing them “virtue signalling”. It came after the US virus death count reached more than 500,000.
Cruz also joked about people shooting protesters amid a year of unrest caused by continuing police violence against black Americans.
He told the conference: "In Houston where I live, I have to tell you, there weren't any rioters because let's be very clear, if there had been, they would discover what the state of Texas thinks about the 2nd amendment right to keep and bear arms.”
Also during the speech, Cruz accused Democrats of trying to convert 19-year-old skaters into “socialists” and insisted Donald Trump “ain’t going anywhere”.
He called Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez’s experiences during the Capitol insurrection “political theatre”.
The executive director of The Democratic Coalition, Scott Dworkin, said the Senator sounded deranged.
“Ted Cruz just was screaming like an unhinged lunatic at CPAC. So, normal,” he commented.
Cruz often ends his speeches by quoting from a film. Last night he shouted: “In the immortal words of William Wallace, freedom!”
Also during the right-wing summit, which today enters its third day in Orlando, organisers have been begging attendees to wear masks.
Donald Trump Jr spoke yesterday, continuing to promote the lie that Joe Biden did not win the election.
CNN’s Anderson Cooper has described the gathering as “Woodstock for election liars”.
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