Swalwell Says Cruz Defends Nazis. Cruz Fires Back: ‘When You’re Not Sleeping With Chinese Spies’
Martin Walsh October 28, 2021
Texas GOP Sen. Ted Cruz fired back with fire and fury after California Democrat Rep. Eric Swalwell claimed he was “defending Nazis.”
During a hearing on Wednesday before the Senate Judiciary Committee, Cruz referenced a parent who gestured with a Nazi salute at a school board meeting in order to point out that the incidents in the NSBA letter that seemingly precipitated Attorney General Merrick Garland’s memo targeting parents at school board meetings were largely non-violent incidents.
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Swalwell responded to an edited video clip on Twitter of Cruz’s comments, which falsely made it seems as if Cruz was defending using a Nazi salute.
Cruz took to Twitter to hit back at Swalwell, writing: “You are frequently a liar (when you’re not sleeping with Chinese spies). But here, you’re (sic) lie is exactly 180 degrees false. I was defending the right of citizens to denounce authoritarian policies. In other words, to OPPOSE Nazis (or petty tyrants), not to support them.”
https://twitter.com/tedcruz/status/1453453963727101952more
https://conservativebrief.com/swalwell-cruz-53495/
