Gotta love Ted!
Cruz: Dems claim GOP defunded police like OJ saying he’ll find the real killer Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) mocked what he described as “chutzpah” by Democrats pushing the talking point that Republicans deprived police and law enforcement agencies of funding amid a crime spike in cities across the nation.
“I gotta say, it’s remarkable that the White House is now apparently employing comedians,” Cruz told Fox News’ “Hannity” Tuesday night. “You know, there’s an old Yiddish word for that: chutzpah.
“For them to come out and claim that it’s Republicans who want to defund the police, that’s like an arsonist showing up at the fire and blaming the firemen,” Cruz riffed. “That’s like the Chinese blaming the Americans for the Wuhan virus. That’s like OJ [Simpson] saying he’s gonna help find the real killer.”
White House adviser Cedric Richmond accused congressional Republicans Sunday of attempting to “defund the police” by opposing the $1.9 trillion coronavirus aid package known as the American Rescue Plan. President Biden said last week that cities and states could use $350 billion in relief aid that the government began to distribute last month to bolster their police forces.
“When we were in Congress last year trying to pass … an emergency relief plan for cities that were cash-strapped and laying off police and firefighters, it was the Republicans who objected to it,” Richmond, a former Louisiana congressman, told “Fox News Sunday”. “And in fact, they didn’t get funding until the American Rescue Plan, which … allowed state and local governments to replenish their police departments and do the other things that are needed..............
https://nypost.com/2021/06/30/ted-cruz-compares-claim-gop-defunded-police-to-oj-simpson/
