Some social media users have noted the irony in Cruz’s gaffe, as the politician voted against an amendment that would have forced the Justice Department to release the Epstein files.
Not a gaffe.
Shame on the independent, why are they running damage control for this bozo?
When I see someone voting AGAINST releasing the Epstein files, I can only make the assumption that they are in it.
Cruz's career was largely post-Epstein. But a bunch of his allies and big-ticket donors have straight lines to the Birthday Book and the Flight Logs. He's got a vested interest in protecting them.
Great now I have the mental image of video taken by one of Epstein's Kompromat Cameras, of a room with a freshly raped teen and Grandpa Munster doing his best to hide behind a towel
In the House, the Speaker normally controls the agenda, and nothing can be schedules without their approval. However, there is a process where if a member gathers the signatures of a majority of Members on an issue, the Speaker is forced to put it on the agenda.
Their petition to release the Epstein files currently has 217 out of the 218 signatures necessary, it has every sitting Democrat on board, and enough Republicans to bring it to the threshold. But there was a vacant seat, which a Democrat won recently. That Democrat is on the record as wanting to sign the petition.
Normally, these special election winners are sworn in right away, but Speaker Johnson adjourned the House before she could be sworn in. Adjourning the House looked particularly bad, because it all but guaranteed a shutdown.
Adjourning the House looked particularly bad, because it all but guaranteed a shutdown.
I don't think they're concerned about that. They rely on the fact that most voters won't know this and the Republicans can just run around saying "the Democrats forced us to shut down!" even though the Republicans were the ones who did it early and stopped any chance of continued negotiations.
Republicans revel in the lack of nuanced discussion. :(
Exactly this. If you try ticking a grizzly bear it's a mistake even if it is intentional.
But again, I'm not a native speaker so I'm not saying this is the correct interpretation of the word, but that's the impression I get from the dictionary.
How was this a "gaffe"? He clearly meant it, although the context is a bit more nuanced than just, "Ted Cruz loves pedophiles". He's obviously trying to downplay their importance in the current political conversation, in an effort to get people to stop caring about Donald Trump's Epstein connections.
This wasn't a slip of the tongue. It's just an objectively bad take, and people should roast the shit out of him for it.
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eatCasserole@lemmy.world · 139 pts · 335d
Not a gaffe.
Shame on the independent, why are they running damage control for this bozo?
Showroom7561@lemmy.ca · 51 pts · 335d
When I see someone voting AGAINST releasing the Epstein files, I can only make the assumption that they are in it.
Seeing that we are talking about an already horrible person, it wouldn't surprise me at all if Cruz is trying to cover his ass.
UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world · 32 pts · 335d
Cruz's career was largely post-Epstein. But a bunch of his allies and big-ticket donors have straight lines to the Birthday Book and the Flight Logs. He's got a vested interest in protecting them.
nymnympseudonym@piefed.social · 3 pts · 335d
Great now I have the mental image of video taken by one of Epstein's Kompromat Cameras, of a room with a freshly raped teen and Grandpa Munster doing his best to hide behind a towel
iThinkDifferentThanU@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 335d
UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 335d
In the Senate?
iThinkDifferentThanU@lemmy.world · 6 pts · 335d
dhork@lemmy.world · 8 pts · 335d
In the House, the Speaker normally controls the agenda, and nothing can be schedules without their approval. However, there is a process where if a member gathers the signatures of a majority of Members on an issue, the Speaker is forced to put it on the agenda.
Their petition to release the Epstein files currently has 217 out of the 218 signatures necessary, it has every sitting Democrat on board, and enough Republicans to bring it to the threshold. But there was a vacant seat, which a Democrat won recently. That Democrat is on the record as wanting to sign the petition.
Normally, these special election winners are sworn in right away, but Speaker Johnson adjourned the House before she could be sworn in. Adjourning the House looked particularly bad, because it all but guaranteed a shutdown.
Asafum@feddit.nl · 4 pts · 335d
I don't think they're concerned about that. They rely on the fact that most voters won't know this and the Republicans can just run around saying "the Democrats forced us to shut down!" even though the Republicans were the ones who did it early and stopped any chance of continued negotiations.
Republicans revel in the lack of nuanced discussion. :(
prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 1 pts · 334d
In it, or are being blackmailed by someone who's in it.
SwampYankee@feddit.online · 14 pts · 335d
It's also not irony.
samus12345@sh.itjust.works · 2 pts · 334d
It's like rain on your wedding day.
JaymesRS@piefed.world · 10 pts · 335d
The gaff being saying it out loud in front of cameras…
Draces@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 335d
Yeah, I don't think people know what gaffe means. He can say something he believes and not mean to. That's still a gaffe
Edit: another valid definition was pointed out elsewhere. Guess it can or can't be based on which you pick
iThinkDifferentThanU@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 335d
bitjunkie@lemmy.world · 6 pts · 335d
This post smells like toast
Tarquinn2049@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 335d
The worst part is it's only missing a comma, and maybe one or two more words to clarify, but they would be optional once the comma was in.
vegeta@lemmy.world · 74 pts · 335d
Cancunian Slip
crazycraw@crazypeople.online · 10 pts · 335d
cancuntian
Bonifratz@sh.itjust.works · 41 pts · 335d
grue@lemmy.world · 12 pts · 335d
Nope.
I remember when Qanon pretended to think that, though.
PseudoSpock@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 6 pts · 335d
The meme is an old one, but the code checks out.
AnUnusualRelic@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 335d
Was that so there would be more for himself?
Lexam@lemmy.world · 26 pts · 335d
Has he said it was a gaffe?
iThinkDifferentThanU@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 335d
cabbage@piefed.social · 1 pts · 335d
Isn't this pretty precise, according to Cambridge dictionary? It's outside my active vocabulary so what the hell do I know
lightnsfw@reddthat.com · 24 pts · 335d
I think their point is, did he correct himself later on to indicate that he misspoke?
baggins@lemmy.ca · 5 pts · 335d
It was a social mistake, not nessicarily a mistake of speech or intent.
cabbage@piefed.social · 5 pts · 335d
Exactly this. If you try ticking a grizzly bear it's a mistake even if it is intentional.
But again, I'm not a native speaker so I'm not saying this is the correct interpretation of the word, but that's the impression I get from the dictionary.
PixeIOrange@lemmy.world · 13 pts · 334d
Fyrnyx@kbin.melroy.org · 13 pts · 335d
icylobster@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 334d
The zodiac killer thing was a joke at first. It was focused on the odd way he would talk, comparing mannerisms with that if the zodiac killer.
I'm not aware of it ever being said. But I've noticed a lot of conspiracies seem to originate from a joke that others don't get.
Fyrnyx@kbin.melroy.org · 1 pts · 334d
betterdeadthanreddit@lemmy.world · 11 pts · 335d
Ted gets one honest statement per fiscal year (shutdown or not) and this is what he burns it on.
Archangel1313@lemmy.ca · 11 pts · 335d
How was this a "gaffe"? He clearly meant it, although the context is a bit more nuanced than just, "Ted Cruz loves pedophiles". He's obviously trying to downplay their importance in the current political conversation, in an effort to get people to stop caring about Donald Trump's Epstein connections.
This wasn't a slip of the tongue. It's just an objectively bad take, and people should roast the shit out of him for it.
WanderWisley@lemmy.world · 11 pts · 334d
Very soon a portion of the country will be perfectly ok with openly defending pedophiles.
SereneSadie@lemmy.myserv.one · 5 pts · 334d
They've been fine with it since before November.
UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world · 10 pts · 335d
Hey hey hey, that's not what he meant to say. What he meant to say was "Stop attacking my mega-donors."
DrFistington@lemmy.world · 10 pts · 335d
Why are people assuming it was a gaffe?
hemmes@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 335d
Yeah - I’m struggling to figure out what he meant instead
Killer57@lemmy.ca · 10 pts · 334d
Fairly sure he was just saying the quiet part out loud again.
Hozerkiller@lemmy.ca · 6 pts · 335d
Rafael has honestly done more damage since he stopped being the zodiac killer than he ever did as the zodiac killer.
lemmyausmister@feddit.org · 5 pts · 335d
Don't boo him for being honest..
wirebeads@lemmy.ca · 5 pts · 335d
Death to pedophiles and at this point the monsters that help protect them.
wheezy@lemmy.ml · 3 pts · 335d
Fun fact. The monsters that help to protect them, also pedophiles.
Jaysyn@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 335d