Republican Senator Ted Cruz thinks we need to “stop attacking pedophiles.”

The Texas senator made the brutal (potentially) Freudian slip during a Senate hearing about crime on Tuesday.

“Senator Booker also said we should have bipartisan agreement. I think that’s a great idea, we should have bipartisan agreement,” Cruz said. “How ’bout we all come together and say, ‘Let’s stop murders?’ How ’bout we all come together and say, ‘Let’s stop rapes?’ How ’bout we all come together and say, ‘Let’s stop attacking pedophiles?’” [...]


(other outlets portray it as more clearly a mistake, but we're rewarding the outlet leaning into the clickbait because it's more onion-y 🫠)

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[–] 135 points 1 year ago (5 children)

Where I come from there is a saying: "Quien hambre tiene, en pan piensa" (Those who are hungry think of bread.)

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  • [–] 46 points 1 year ago (3 children)

    Love it. I think that's exactly what "Freudian slip" means.

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  • [–] 20 points 1 year ago (2 children)

    Oh, I thought it was a kind of lingerie my mom used to wear.

    I HAVE to say this is a joke.

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  • [–] 3 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    I HAVE to say this is a joke.

    Why? I doubt your mom uses Lemmy.

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  • [–] 2 points 1 year ago

    Honestly, because I take most things as both serious and facetious until I can properly de ide which it was intended as, and I tend to imagine at least a subset people also do that and might decide I wasn't joking. And I had a little hesitation about being unclear.

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  • [–] 72 points 1 year ago (2 children)

    You guys don't think...?

    No, no, surely not.

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  • [–] 44 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    Well there was that incident on the campaign trail about 10 years ago when his daughter recoiled in disgust when he went to kiss her.

    His poor kids. I can't imagine how gross it must be to have him for a father.

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  • [–] 32 points 1 year ago

    This is the plausiblley deniable way for them to put it out in the media. They can check what right wing media reports it and how, then just call it a mistake. Meanwhile they normalize defending pedophiles.

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  • [–] 27 points 1 year ago*

    He must think that pedophiles VOTED for him. He's acting like he's representing pedophiles.

    OR pedophiles PAID for his extensive campaign.

    Let's look at the Epstein files and find out.

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  • [–] 25 points 1 year ago

    What. The. Fuck?

    Somebody check his computer

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  • [–] 24 points 1 year ago

    POS bozo!

    Release the Trump/Epstein files

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    [–] 10 points 1 year ago (2 children)

    must be their phase 1 of the desensitization plan~

    ted is surely leading the way.

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  • [–] 9 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    Death penalty to pedophile victims

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  • [–] 21 points 1 year ago

    Trump, Cosby, Weinstein and other famous rapists employ "fixers" to handle their victims. They threaten/coerce/trick them into silence with vicious NDAs, obtaining the "rights" to their stories and burying them, forcing abortions, etc. really would be easier to just erase them since thats a lot of effort!

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  • [–] 6 points 1 year ago

    Lizard zodiac killer cruz said this.

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    Freudian slips be real yo.

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  • [–] -3 points 1 year ago (4 children)

    Not all republikkkans are pedophiles but all pedophiles are republikkkan. And they are all okay with pedophilia even if they aren't the ones doing the child abuse.

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  • [–] 8 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (2 children)

    I guarantee you not all pedophiles are Republican. I hate both groups, but let's be real here

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  • [–] 4 points 1 year ago

    If you choose sit at a table full of pedophiles, you are a fucking pedophile. If you vote to not release the names of pedophiles or investigate people who might be pedophiles that there is enough evidence to put people on prison, how is this not getting thru to people.

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