Ted Cruz responds to outlandish attack ads

July 26, 2012

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There’s a lower than low attack ad running against Tea Party favored candidate Ted Cruz in Texas this week that accuses Cruz of committing crimes against children. Cruz joined radio today to talk about just how ridiculous this attack ad is - could it be the worst of all time?

Transcript of the interview is below:

GLENN: All right. Who here is from Texas? Okay. Just stop raising your hands. It's radio. Stop raising your hands. One more question. One more time. Who ‑‑ don't raise your hand. Who's from Texas? By applause. Okay. Good. Now, who ‑‑ guy in the back's like, "Yeahhhhhh! Nebraska sucks!" Who here is voting for David Dewhurst? Oh, my gosh.

PAT: Is that a shutout?

GLENN: Oh, my gosh. Seriously who's voting for David Dewhurst? Not a single person? Who's voting for Ted Cruz?

CROWD: (Cheers and applause)

GLENN: That's incredible. Ted, at least with this ‑‑ Ted, are you there?

CRUZ: I am.

GLENN: At least with this crowd you've just won by 100%.

CRUZ: Well, God bless you, Glenn, and God bless everyone from Texas who's there with you and standing with you.

GLENN: So I understand, so I can translate: What he just said, everybody from the other 49 states or 56 states, whichever you choose, suck.

CRUZ: (Laughing.)

GLENN: Ted, the election is coming up next week. I'm seeing stuff from Dewhurst, which, we had this debate coming onto the show this morning where Dewhurst is running some spot where you defended some corporation over children and I don't know what happened to those children, they died, they were, I don't know, put into a sausage machine. I don't know what happened to them, but you're an evil, evil man. And I saw this ad and we were talking about it and I said, don't worry about this because I think the American people are so tired of this bullcrap, they're onto it. The people who are really motivated to go to the polls are not listening to any of this stuff that you're a racist, that you're a baby‑killer. Whatever, whatever it is, they're not listening to it anymore. They're grounded in the facts. Tell me the facts of what happened when you were killing children.

STU: (Laughing.)

CRUZ: Well, you know, I agree with you that I think Texans are tired of all of the mud and all of the character attacks from David Dewhurst. This particular ad features a grieving mother whose son took his own life, and I'll tell you as a dad of two little girls, my heart breaks for her. I mean, she experienced every parent's worst nightmare. But I think it is contemptible of the Dewhurst campaign to try to exploit her grief and use it to try to attack me in this race. He is trying to tie me to a judicial corruption scandal in Pennsylvania where I'm ‑‑

GLENN: Say it again. Wait, wait, wait, wait, wait. What happened in this? What is this about?

CRUZ: Well, there was a terrible scandal in Pennsylvania where two corrupt judges were taking bribes and wrongfully sending juveniles to juvenile detention centers and her son was apparently one of those. The problem with the attack is that I had nothing to do with that corruption scandal. I had no involvement in the criminal proceedings whatsoever. I represented an individual who is a real estate developer who built the facilities, and I represented him in a civil appeal of a breach of contract case against an insurance company. And based on that, Dewhurst is trying to blame the entire judicial corruption scandal on me and apparently blame this child's death on me, which is just, I mean, it's shameless.

PAT: Where did you start kidnapping and beating children, though? When did that begin? Where in the story is that?

GLENN: When did it end?

PAT: I mean, this is amazing, the cash above kids scandal or whatever he's got on the websites?

GLENN: Hold it just a second.

PAT: Wow.

GLENN: So you represented someone who built the detention center.

PAT: And that's it.

GLENN: And it was completely unrelated to the scandal and everything else?

CRUZ: He had no involvement with the bribery and the corruption.

GLENN: He was just a builder that built the ‑‑

CRUZ: What they are using is he did plead guilty to tax fraud and so they used the fact ‑‑ and look, I didn't represent him in that criminal proceeding, either. I represented him in a civil action against an insurance company.

PAT: Jeez. Wow.

GLENN: You know, this story led us today to Dewhurst is such an ‑‑ on this case, I don't know the man and I don't want to besmirch his, you know, his character outside of this case because I don't know him. But what a dirtbag move this is.

PAT: Oh, yeah. Yeah.

GLENN: This is, you know ‑‑

PAT: Well, this and the Chinese thing are both specious, ridiculous charges.

GLENN: I am besmirching him on this, even though I don't really know what that word means. Because this is, this is people coming after John Adams. When John Adams was representing the British.

CRUZ: Yeah.

GLENN: And here he is representing the British. Of course he's representing the British. We believe in the foundational principles of our government. That you have a right to representation. And you don't ‑‑ you don't want to defend Al Capone, but you have to defend Al Capone because that's the way it works. I don't want to defend the blind sheikh but the blind sheikh deserves representation. Legal representation, ethical representation, not lies, not distortions but legal and ethical representation. You have to have that if we're going to have a citizen ‑‑ if we're going to have a free citizenry. You have to have it.

CRUZ: There's no doubt about it. And at the end of the day what Dewhurst is employing is the same strategy that Barack Obama employs. It is trying to distract from the issues with nasty personal character attacks that have nothing to do with the grave fiscal and economic challenges our nation's facing. We're going broke. And he has spent over $10 million of his vast personal fortune flooding the airwaves with nasty personal character attacks, calling me a traitor, calling me a corrupt. I mean, using every personal vitriol and character attack he can use. And you know what, Glenn? We have not once responded in kind and we're not going to. We're keeping the focus on the issues, on his record and my record. Because the challenges facing this country are too serious and people are fed up with politics as usual, the mud‑slinging and lies and games of distraction. We need to stand up and stop the spending and get back to our Constitution.

GLENN: I will tell you this, Ted.

CROWD: (Applause.)

GLENN: You know, I support your ‑‑ I support your campaign. I support you and I urge people to look into the two candidates and not listen to the ads but look into both of them and make your own decision. I've made my decision. But the minute, the minute you get to Washington and the minute you start going awry, I just want to promise you one thing: I'll be your worst nightmare.

CRUZ: I believe you, Glenn, and that isn't going to happen. And play this back at me. I am asking you, hold me accountable. So you've got this audio clip to play back at me, and I'm going to predict that it is going to gather cobwebs in the closet.

STU: Nice.

GLENN: I hope so, too, Ted but realize I will dust the cobwebs off.

CRUZ: I know fully well. And listen, that's the power of what's going on. What you're doing and what millions of Americans are doing is standing up and speaking the truth. As you know, the truth has an incredible power over lies.

GLENN: Yeah. Ted Cruz, best of luck and we'll see you tonight at Free PAC at American Airlines center here in Dallas, Texas.

CRUZ: I very much look forward to it. TedCruz.org is the website. Early voting is this week and election day is next Tuesday, July 31st. Please, please, please, conservatives, come out and vote. If conservatives show up to vote in this runoff, we will win and Texas will lead the fight to turn this country around.

GLENN: And let me tell you this ‑‑ thank you, Ted. Let me tell you this: Conservatives all over the country, they are counting on ‑‑ because I've talked to the elites here in Texas. They've absolutely ‑‑ I've had these guys look me in the eyes and say, "You know Ted Cruz isn't going to win." And I've said, let the people decide that. I don't really know. But I think you're wrong on that but who knows what the people will do. "Oh, he's not going to win. He's just not going to win. It's just not going to work. Dewhurst is the guy. He is the party favorite." And let me tell you something. They're so arrogant in that belief that if people turn out and in election goes to Ted Cruz, it will send a bone‑chilling fear down their spine all the way to their feet. This is a huge victory for the Tea Party if indeed it happens. Huge, huge. It will send a powerful message.

Critical theory destroys truth and justice

Editor's note: This article was originally published on TheBlaze.com.

Critical theory once stood out as the absurd progressive notion that it is. Now, its maxims are becoming an integral part of ordinary political discourse. The more you repeat a lie, the more you will believe it, and this is the very dangerous place in which we find ourselves today.

Take this critical theory maxim as an example: If we desire justice, we must sometimes champion what may appear superficially as injustice. It's a necessary evil, if you will, the necessity of “controlled injustice.”

By using truth through fabrication and controlled injustice for justice, we’ll save the republic. We’ll be acting in a noble way.

This definition of justice is defined by the “oppressed,” not the “oppressor.” It is the greatest happiness for the greatest number. To achieve this justice, however, we need to endorse acts on occasion that, while seemingly unjust, serve a higher purpose. It will ensure the stability and the unity of our republic, and this may manifest in ways that seem contradictory to our values. But these are the necessary shadows to cast light on “true justice.”

And isn’t that what we are all after, anyway?

Here’s another critical theory maxim: Sometimes we find the truth through fabrication. Our pursuit of truth sometimes requires a strategic use of falsehoods. The truth is a construct that has been shaped and tailored to promote the well-being of the collective.

We sometimes need to accept and propagate lies designed by "the system” — not the old system, but the system that we’re now using to replace the old to get more justice through injustice and more truth through fabrication.

We’re engaging in a higher form of honesty. When we fabricate, it’s for the right reason. We are reaching up to the heavens fighting for a higher sort of honesty. To fortify the truth, we occasionally must weave a tapestry of lies. Each thread, essential for the greater picture, will ultimately define our understanding and ensure our unity under this infallible wisdom.

The election is coming up. Does this maxim sound familiar? Many think it is imperative that we secure our republic through election control to maintain our republic. Sometimes, we might need to take actions that by traditional standards might be questionable.

The act of securing elections requires cheating. It's not mere deception. It is a noble act of safeguarding our way of life. We're on the verge of losing this democracy, and without deception, we will lose it.

To ensure it doesn't fall into the hands of those we know will destroy it, we may have to make a few fabrications. We're fabricating stories to be able to control or secure the republic through our elections. By using truth through fabrication and controlled injustice for justice, we'll save the republic. Therefore, we'll be acting in a noble way. Stealing an election from those who wish to harm our society is truly an act of valor and an essential measure to protect our values and ensure the continuation of our just society.

If we desire justice, we must sometimes champion what may appear superficially as injustice.

I know it's a paradox of honor through dishonor. But in this context, by embracing the dishonor, we achieve the highest form of honor, ensuring the stability and the continuation of our great republic.

Let this be heard, far and wide, as a great call to patriotic action. As we advance, let each of us, citizens of this great and honorable republic, consider these principles. Not as abstract or paradoxical but as practical guides to daily life. Embrace the necessity of controlled injustice, the utility of lies, the duty to secure our electoral process, and the honor and apparent dishonor. These are not merely strategies for survival. They are prerequisites for our prosperity.

We all have to remember that justice is what our leaders define, that truth is what our party tells us. Our republic stands strong on the values of injustice for justice, honor through dishonor, and the fabrication of truths. To deviate from this path is to jeopardize the very fabric of our society. Strength through unity; unity through strength.

We've heard this nonsense for so long. But now, this nonsense is becoming an instituted reality, and we are entering perilous times. Don't be fooled by the narratives you will hear during the march to November. Never let someone convince you that the ends justify the means, that a little bit of injustice is needed to achieve a broader, collective vision of justice, that truth sometimes requires fabricated lies and narratives. If we do, justice will cease to be justice, truth will cease to be truth, and our republic will be lost.

Top 5 MOST EVIL taxes the government extorts from you

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"In this world nothing is certain but death and taxes." -Ben Franklin

The injustice of taxation has been a core issue for Americans since the very beginning of our country, and it's a problem we have yet to resolve. This belief was recently reignited in many Americans earlier this month on tax day when the numbers were crunched and it was discovered that the government was somehow owed even more hard-earned money. As Glenn recently discussed on his show, it's getting to be impossible for most Americans to afford to live comfortably, inflation is rising, and our politicians keep getting richer.

The taxpayer's burden is heavier than ever.

The government is not above some real low blows either. While taxes are a necessary evil, some taxes stretch the definition of "necessary" and emphasize the "evil." Here are the top five most despicable taxes that are designed to line the IRS coffers at your expense:

Income Tax

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"It would be a hard government that should tax its people one-tenth part of their income." -Ben Franklin

On February 24th, 2024 we hit a very unfortunate milestone, the 101st anniversary of the 16th Amendment, which authorized federal income tax. Where does the government get the right to steal directly out of your paycheck?

Death Taxes

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"Now my advice for those who die, Declare the pennies on your eyes" -George Harrison

Not even in death can you escape the cold pursuit of the tax collector. It's not good enough that you have to pay taxes on everything you buy and every penny you make your entire life. Now the feds want a nice slice, based on the entire value of your estate, that can be as much as 40 percent. Then the state government gets to stick their slimy fingers all over whatever remains before your family is left with the crumbs. It's practically grave-robbery.

Payroll

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"The power to tax is the power to destroy." -John Marshall

What's that? The nice chunk of your paycheck the government nabs before you can even get it to the bank wasn't enough? What if the government taxed your employer just for paying you? In essence, you make less than what your agreed pay rate is and it costs your employer more! Absolutely abominable.

Social Security

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"We don't have a trillion-dollar debt because we haven't taxed enough; we have a trillion-dollar debt because we spend too much." -Ronald Reagan

Everyone knows the collapse of Social Security is imminent. It has limped along for years, only sustained by a torrent of tax dollars and the desperate actions of politicians. For decades, people have unwillingly forked over money into the system they will never see again.

FICA

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"What at first was plunder assumed the softer name of revenue." -Thomas Paine

FICA is the payroll equivalent of Social Security. Your employer has to match however much you pay. It means it costs your employer even more to pay you—again, you'll NEVER see that money. At this point, are you even working for yourself, or are you just here to generate money for the government to frivolously throw away?

5 DISTURBING ways World War III will be different from previous wars

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Has World War III begun?

Over the weekend, Iran launched an unprecedented attack against Israel involving over 300 missiles and drones. This marked the first direct attack on Israel originating from Iranian territory. Fortunately, according to an Israel Defense Forces spokesperson Rear Admiral Daniel Hagari, 99 percent of missiles and drones were successfully neutralized by Israeli defense systems. Iran claimed that the operation against Israel had concluded and that no further offensive was planned, although the possibility of another attack is still present.

This has left many people, including Glenn, wondering the same thing: did we just witness the start of World War III?

Glenn recently had a World War II Air Force Veteran as a guest on his TV special, who told stories of the horrors he and his brothers-in-arms faced in the skies over war-torn Europe. This was a timely reminder of the terrors of war and a warning that our future, if it leads to another world war, is a dark one.

But, if Glenn's coverage of the Iranian attack revealed one thing, it's that World War III will look nothing like the world wars of the twentieth century. Long gone are the days of John "Lucky" Luckadoo and his "Bloody Hundredth" bravely flying their B-17s into battle. Over the weekend, we saw hundreds of autonomous drones and missiles clashing with extreme speed and precision over several different fronts (including space) simultaneously. This ain't your grandfather's war.

From EMP strikes to cyber attacks, here are FIVE ways the face of war has changed:

EMP attacks

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The entire modern world, on every level, is completely dependent on electricity. From your home refrigerator to international trade, the world would come to a grinding halt without power. And as Glenn has pointed out, it wouldn't even be that hard to pull off. All it would take is 3 strategically placed, high-altitude nuclear detonations and the entire continental U.S. would be without power for months if not years. This would cause mass panic across the country, which would be devastating enough on its own, but the chaos could be a perfect opportunity for a U.S. land invasion.

Nuclear strikes

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Nuclear war is nothing new. Many of us grew up during the Cold War, built fallout shelters, and learned to duck and cover. But times have changed. The Berlin Wall fell and so did the preparedness of the average American to weather a nuclear attack. As technology has advanced, more of our adversaries than ever have U.S. cities within their crosshairs, and as Glenn has pointed out, these adversaries are not exactly shy about that fact. Unfortunately, the possibility of an atomic apocalypse is as real as ever.

Immigration warfare

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The strategy of strangling an opposing nation's economy to gain the upper hand is a wartime tactic as old as time. That's why the Border Crisis is so alarming. What better way to damage an opponent's economy than by overburdening it with millions of undocumented immigrants? As Glenn has covered, these immigrants are not making the trek unaided. There is a wide selection of organizations that facilitate this growing disaster. These organizations are receiving backing from around the globe, such as the WEF, the UN, and U.S. Democrats! Americans are already feeling the effects of the border crisis. Imagine how this tactic could be exploited in war.

Cyber shutdowns

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Cyber attacks will be a major tactic in future wars. We've already experienced relatively minor cyber strikes from Russia, China, and North Korea, and it is a very real possibility that one of our adversaries inflicts a larger attack with devastating consequences on the United States. In fact, the WEF has already predicted a "catastrophic" cyber attack is imminent, and Glenn suggests that it is time to start preparing ourselves. A cyber attack could be every bit as devastating as an EMP, and in a world run by computers, nothing is safe.

Biological assault

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Don't trust the "experts." That was the takeaway many of us had from the pandemic, but something less talked about is the revelation that China has manufactured viruses that are capable of spreading across the globe. We now know that the lab leak hypothesis is true and that the Wuhan lab manufactured the virus that infected the entire world. That was only ONE virus from ONE lab. Imagine what else the enemies of America might be cooking up.

The government is WAGING WAR against these 3 basic needs

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The government has launched a full-on assault against our basic needs, and people are starting to take notice.

As long-time followers of Glenn are probably aware, our right to food, water, and power is under siege. The government no longer cares about our general welfare. Instead, our money lines the pockets of our politicians, funds overseas wars, or goes towards some woke-ESG-climate-Great Reset bullcrap. And when they do care, it's not in a way that benefits the American people.

From cracking down on meat production to blocking affordable power, this is how the government is attacking your basic needs:

Food

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Glenn had Rep. Thomas Massie on his show where he sounded the alarm about the attack on our food. The government has been waging war against our food since the thirties when Congress passed the Agricultural Adjustment Act of 1938. They started by setting strict limits on how many crops a farmer could grow in a season and punishing anyone who grew more—even if it was intended for personal use, not for sale on the market. This sort of autocratic behavior has continued into the modern day and has only gotten more draconian. Today, not only are you forced to buy meat that a USDA-approved facility has processed, but the elites want meat in general off the menu. Cow farts are too dangerous to the environment, so the WEF wants you to eat climate-friendly alternatives—like bugs.

Water

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As Glenn discussed during a recent Glenn TV special, the government has been encroaching on our water for years. It all started when Congress passed the Clean Water Act in 1972, which gave the government the ability to regulate large bodies of water. As the name suggests, the act was primarily intended to keep large waterways clear of pollution, but over time it has allowed the feds to assume more and more control over the country's water supply. Most recently, the Biden administration attempted to expand the reach of the Clean Water Act to include even more water and was only stopped by the Supreme Court.

Electricity