We’re quite certain it had to be nothing more than a coincidence.
Two major left-leaning networks tried to hammer Texas Senator Ted Cruz by saying Republicans didn’t want to provide relief for those suffering in the wake of Hurricane Sandy in 2012.
MSNBC’s Katy Tur asked Cruz why he voted against a $50 billion relief bill, saying “Those people lost everything they owned.”
The Texas senator wasn’t having it, explaining that “Two-thirds of that bill had nothing to do with Sandy.”
“The accurate thing to say is that I and others enthusiastically and emphatically supported hurricane relief,” Cruz corrected. “The problem with that particular bill was that it turned into a $50 billion bill that was filled with unrelated pork.”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iwJg6frfEDU
Via the Daily Caller:
Sen. Ted Cruz shut down MSNBC host Katy Tur Monday when she asked him why he previously voted against a bill that provided aid for Hurricane Sandy.
Cruz was on the ground in Texas when Tur asked him if it was hypocritical to ask for federal aid to help with the devastation from Hurricane Harvey when he had voted against a Sandy aid bill.
Cruz tried to redirect the interview away from political questions, telling Tur it was not time for “political sniping,” but she continued to press the point …
… “Two-thirds of that bill had nothing to do with Sandy,” Cruz asserted. “It’s not right for politicians to exploit a disaster…to pay for their own political wishlist.”
CNN was up next, with Jim Acosta claiming that Texas members voted against the bill because they didn’t want to give relief to people in New York or New Jersey.
Cruz also handed him his hat for that lie …
The multi-billion dollar Sandy aid package was passed with a sense of urgency on the part of Democrats, but nearly a year later only a little more than 1% had actually been distributed to victims of the hurricane.
They won’t tell you that little detail though, will they?
Worse, some Democrats used that aid package to help their political careers. Take New York governor Andrew Cuomo for instance, who used $211 million of that money to produce ads designed to sell the concept of ‘business in NY,’ an attempt to promote his floundering Start-Up NY initiative.
The media has revealed their method of attack against Republicans – portray them as hypocrites now that a hurricane has devastated a red state.
Never let a crisis go to waste.
What do you think of the media’s attempts to politicize Hurricane Harvey? Share your thoughts below!
‘Lyin’ Ted’
I hear that Trump is tying the Border Wall funding to money being allocated for Harvey relief.
See… American’s will be paying for that Wall… over and over and over.
A prostitute has more honesty and integrity than a CNN or MSNBC reporter. At least they are honest about what they are doing. The liars of our fake news media are not.
It was a good response by Senator Cruz, good enough to fool so many of you. I suggest you look up this Forbes article if you want the facts.
Pork Holding Up Senate Sandy Relief Bill Funneled Into The Troughs Of GOP Deficit Hawks? You Betcha.
Right on Ted, shove it right back in their collective progressive Communist faces, good going.
Such an eloquent man… a TRUE PATRIOT!
What did Trump call Cruz? ‘Lyin’ Ted’
This is a surprise? It’s to the point of taking EVERYTHING CNN/MSNBC/et al, with a grain of salt and initial disbelief. Whatever is our country coming to?
CNN/MSNBC is falling into a hole, they are will to try anything. What they need to do is speaking with one of they non-attorney lawmakers who is not on top of their game. You have to be desperate or a stupid reporter to try and outwit a mouthpiece.
Get the facts.