Homeland security chief calls Ted Cruz's comments "revolting" in heated border hearing

[TexasTowelie]

Republican U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz and U.S. Department of Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas exchanged heated barbs during Tuesday’s Senate Judiciary hearing over border issues, with each official referring to one another as “revolting.”

At the hearing, Mayorkas was grilled by Republicans — as he has been for the past year — over border issues including the increasing number of migrants crossing, fentanyl deaths and sex trafficking. Cruz, who has been an ardent critic of the Biden administration official, was particularly fiery in his line of questioning — blaming the secretary directly for crimes against children.

“The children raped, they are at your feet,” Cruz told Mayorkas. “And if you had integrity, you would resign.”

“You’re willing to let children be raped to follow political orders,” Cruz continued. “This is a crisis. It’s a disgrace.”

Read more: https://www.texastribune.org/2023/03/28/ted-cruz-mayorkas-border-revolting/

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1. And then John Cornyn lied

From the article:

...U.S. Sen. John Cornyn, the other Texas senator who serves on the Judiciary committee, also pressed Mayorkas about fentanyl crossing the border.

When asked if he knew how many people were carrying fentanyl or other drugs across the border, Mayorkas said about 90% of fentanyl is brought in through ports of entry. Cornyn shot back, saying “that’s a totally made up number.”

Cornyn went on to wrap up the exchange by saying Mayorkas has “simply lost all credibility.”

According to U.S. Customs and Border Protection data, fentanyl brought through U.S. ports of entry accounted for more than 96% of fentanyl seizures at the border since the 2023 fiscal year began on Oct. 1.

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2. if only you republicans would quit using and smuggling fentanyl...

https://www.democraticunderground.com/10143033987

Charlottesville Tiki Torcher Killed Himself Before Drug Smuggling Trial $215 for smuggling fentanyl.

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3. Ted, if you care so much about children,

do something about the damn guns that keep killing them. Posturing jackass.