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RandySF

(58,776 posts)
Tue Jun 30, 2015, 06:14 PM Jun 2015

Ted Cruz mocked VP Biden a couple days after Beau's death

If Mr. Cruz meant those words, his sentiment was short lived. At a GOP dinner the following day, Cruz decided to take a swipe at Biden and use him as a cheap punch line.

“You know the nice thing? You don’t need a punch line. I promise you, it works. The next party you’re at, just walk up to someone and say, ‘Vice President Joe Biden,’ and just close your mouth. They will crack up laughing.”

While Cruz was gleefully mocking his political opponent, Mr. Biden was preparing to bury his son. Contrast Mr. Cruz’s words with this agonizing photo of a grieving father, taken at Beau’s viewing a few days later.




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Ted Cruz mocked VP Biden a couple days after Beau's death (Original Post) RandySF Jun 2015 OP
Somehow Mr. Cruz and the word "punch line" invites another meaning. gordianot Jun 2015 #1

gordianot

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1. Somehow Mr. Cruz and the word "punch line" invites another meaning.
Tue Jun 30, 2015, 06:22 PM
Jun 2015

Joe Biden being the classy Gentleman he is needs no punch line to describe Cruz. More grief than any one man should be asked to bear in a lifetime.

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