Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) was confronted by a Beto O’Rourke supporter on a plane over his stance against gun control.
The man posted the video of his encounter on Twitter under the name “Beto For Everyone.” In the video, he attacks Cruz mainly for his refusal to support a gun control bill in light of the Robb Elementary School shooting in Uvalde, Texas, which left 19 students and two teachers dead. He also made jabs at Cruz’s highly publicized family trip to Cancun, Mexico, last winter when most of Texas lost power and his podcast. Fellow passengers mostly showed support for Cruz, while the senator himself debated the man before dismissing him as a “partisan.”
Senator Cruz was on my flight, and I asked him to name any of the Uvalde victims.
He couldn’t. Texas deserves better than spineless hacks like this. Right the wrongs of 2018, and make @betoorourke our next Governor. #betoforgovernor #cancuncrus #uvaldestrong pic.twitter.com/AW34oxuUNv
— Beto For Everyone (@Nathan_VBB) September 15, 2022
“Hey, we’re in Houston? I thought we were going to Cancun,” the man sarcastically asked at the beginning of the video, filming Cruz as he gathered his belongings to exit the flight.
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“Senator, thank you for everything you’ve done since Uvalde. All those podcast episodes must have raised a lot of money for you,” he added after getting Cruz’s attention, referring to Cruz’s news and politics podcast Verdict.
The Texas senator responded by pointing to his legislative efforts to increase security at schools and asking the man why Democrats don’t support it. The man retorted by asking how he had any time when he was “recording a s***ton of podcast episodes.”
When a fellow passenger told the heckler to “let him fly in peace,” he answered by saying, “I’m fine.”
After more back-and-forth about the Uvalde shooting, Cruz concluded the video by saying, “But you don’t know. You don’t care about the facts. You’re a partisan. That’s OK.”
Cruz kept referring to his Securing Our Schools Act, which he described in the video as the “most significant school safety bill ever.” The bill would double the number of school resource officers at schools, invest $15 billion to hire 15,000 mental health professionals, and otherwise increase security at schools. The bill was unanimously blocked by Democrats.
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“What we just saw reveals that the Democrats have one objective when a mass murder happens and that is to take away the Second Amendment rights of law-abiding citizens. That is always, always, always their solution. Never mind that it doesn’t work. … If another lunatic attacks a school and there’s not a police officer at the front door to stop it, remember right now. Remember this moment when the Democrats said, ‘No, we will not protect our kids,'” Cruz said after the bill was shot down.
The heckler stood by his actions on Twitter, thanking other users for their support. “I’d rather be a partisan than a fascist any day,” he responded to one comment.
