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Ted Cruz

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Ted Cruz is a United States Senator from Texas, serving since January 3, 2013. A member of the Republican Party, Cruz gained national prominence during his 2016 campaign for the Republican presidential nomination. He is known for his conservative positions on issues such as healthcare, immigration, and tax reform. Cruz has been a vocal advocate for limited government and has often positioned himself as a defender of constitutional rights.

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Jul 25, 2022

Your mandate is to promote a concept on the left called equity, which, I think, is nothing more than brazen discrimination.

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Jul 25, 2022

The Biden administration, I believe, is staffed by radicals. The State Department has consistently alienated our friends and appeased our enemies.

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Jul 25, 2022

Certain candidates could not be hired because they have a disability--they are white men. They are straight white men. They are not of the 'right religion.'

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Jul 25, 2022

A year after your appointment in April 2022, the State Department released its 'equity action plan' to integrate these so-called equity principles into 'all aspects of State Department foreign affairs.'

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Jul 25, 2022

I find it a little bit amazing that this discrimination is being reported to be ongoing in the Administration and you are professing to be unaware of it.

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Jul 20, 2022

There’s no doubt that a great many Americans support changing marriage laws to have them apply to same-sex marriage. And we were seeing the democratic process operate.

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Jul 18, 2022

This DISCLOSE Act is designed to target and harass speech that the left does not like. It is blazingly unconstitutional.

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Jul 18, 2022

There was a time when Democrats supported free speech. There was a time when Members across the aisle actually believed in the First Amendment. Unfortunately, that time has long since passed.

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Jul 18, 2022

It literally would have said any expenditure of money for political speech.

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Jul 18, 2022

Every year in Congress I have introduced legislation called the Super PAC Elimination Act.

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Jul 18, 2022

Ultimately, that amendment came to a vote on the Senate floor and every single Senate Democrat voted to repeal the free speech protections of the First Amendment.

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