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AZLD4Candidate

(5,753 posts)
Thu Mar 24, 2022, 12:38 PM Mar 2022

Ted Cruz photographed checking his Twitter mentions immediately after aggressive questioning of SCOT

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Source: MSN

- Sen. Ted Cruz aggressively questioned SCOTUS nominee Ketanji Brown Jackson on Wednesday.
- Immediately afterward, the Texas Senator was pictured checking Twitter.
- A photojournalist with the Los Angeles Times tweeted that Cruz was "searching for his name."


Sen. Ted Cruz was photographed checking his Twitter mentions immediately after he aggressively questioned the Supreme Court nominee Ketanji Brown Jackson in a confirmation hearing on Wednesday.

During the hearing, Cruz went over his 20-minute allotted questioning time and repeatedly ignored requests from Democratic Sen. Dick Durbin, the chair of the Senate Judiciary Committee, to stop grilling Jackson.

He had been asking her about her sentencing record on child-pornography cases, a topic which she repeatedly defended throughout the week.

Shortly after the heated exchange between Durbin and Cruz, Los Angeles Times reporter Nolan D. McCaskill tweeted a photo of the Texas senator in which he appears to be looking down at his phone.

Read more: https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/ted-cruz-photographed-checking-his-twitter-mentions-immediately-after-aggressive-questioning-of-scotus-nominee/ar-AAVrEud?ocid=msedgntp



They are doing all of this for pandering. . .nothing more.
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Ted Cruz photographed checking his Twitter mentions immediately after aggressive questioning of SCOT (Original Post) AZLD4Candidate Mar 2022 OP
The preening blobfish Blue Owl Mar 2022 #1
The resemblance is amazing. KS Toronado Mar 2022 #13
He was straight up ABUSIVE! mysteryowl Mar 2022 #2
Why are the Major networks normalizing abuse by GOZ by ignoring it or even playing it up?? Alexander Of Assyria Mar 2022 #17
I have little problem believing Cruz was looking for positive feedback, but did anyone actually SEE TreasonousBastard Mar 2022 #3
Coulda been child porn Traildogbob Mar 2022 #4
Coulda been-- sent by a coupla other Senators. TreasonousBastard Mar 2022 #7
Cruz is Pavlov's dog and Twitter is the bell. OldBaldy1701E Mar 2022 #5
Twitter is the preferred communication of devils and demons, is there any more doubt? Alexander Of Assyria Mar 2022 #15
Perhaps that's the Porn-Hub Boss Key feature which pops up a dummy Twitter image when needed. TheBlackAdder Mar 2022 #6
That's not all he was searching for. Where's that left hand? TheBlackAdder Mar 2022 #8
He was probably having an 'oh shit!' moment Mr. Evil Mar 2022 #9
The Republicans who badgered Jackson were all over FOX News primetime last night. Midnight Writer Mar 2022 #10
Are we surprised? This is the game plan for the echo chamber. AZLD4Candidate Mar 2022 #12
Precisely...the audience is not us, or anyone intelligent, it is The CultZ and FoxZ. Alexander Of Assyria Mar 2022 #16
It's all kabuki theater CanonRay Mar 2022 #11
Can't this repulsive,"look at me" behavior be subject to censure by the Senate? Peregrine Took Mar 2022 #14
There are mike controls, right? erronis Mar 2022 #18
After a review by forum hosts....LOCKING Omaha Steve Mar 2022 #19

Blue Owl

(50,494 posts)
1. The preening blobfish
Thu Mar 24, 2022, 12:41 PM
Mar 2022

KS Toronado

(17,317 posts)
13. The resemblance is amazing.
Thu Mar 24, 2022, 01:20 PM
Mar 2022

mysteryowl

(7,396 posts)
2. He was straight up ABUSIVE!
Thu Mar 24, 2022, 12:43 PM
Mar 2022
 

Alexander Of Assyria

(7,839 posts)
17. Why are the Major networks normalizing abuse by GOZ by ignoring it or even playing it up??
Thu Mar 24, 2022, 02:14 PM
Mar 2022

Isn’t this jaw dropping news and evidence of who they are?

Not covering he abuse means the Majors are factoring the abuse…it’s startling truth.

Maddening what the majors don’t cover…but coverup they can do fine.

TreasonousBastard

(43,049 posts)
3. I have little problem believing Cruz was looking for positive feedback, but did anyone actually SEE
Thu Mar 24, 2022, 12:50 PM
Mar 2022

what was on the phone he was looking at?

Could have just as easily been prices on flights to Cancun.

Traildogbob

(8,797 posts)
4. Coulda been child porn
Thu Mar 24, 2022, 12:58 PM
Mar 2022

TreasonousBastard

(43,049 posts)
7. Coulda been-- sent by a coupla other Senators.
Thu Mar 24, 2022, 01:02 PM
Mar 2022

OldBaldy1701E

(5,157 posts)
5. Cruz is Pavlov's dog and Twitter is the bell.
Thu Mar 24, 2022, 12:58 PM
Mar 2022

What better example of the fact that he and the rest of them do not care about her ability nor any slights in her record, they are just playing to their base and making sure they keep that anger going. And, he is shameless in his lack of ability to even try to appear respectable. It is disgusting.

 

Alexander Of Assyria

(7,839 posts)
15. Twitter is the preferred communication of devils and demons, is there any more doubt?
Thu Mar 24, 2022, 02:10 PM
Mar 2022

TheBlackAdder

(28,211 posts)
6. Perhaps that's the Porn-Hub Boss Key feature which pops up a dummy Twitter image when needed.
Thu Mar 24, 2022, 01:01 PM
Mar 2022

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TheBlackAdder

(28,211 posts)
8. That's not all he was searching for. Where's that left hand?
Thu Mar 24, 2022, 01:03 PM
Mar 2022

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Mr. Evil

(2,856 posts)
9. He was probably having an 'oh shit!' moment
Thu Mar 24, 2022, 01:05 PM
Mar 2022

when he began seeing multiple images appear of him with his pedophile buddy.

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Midnight Writer

(21,795 posts)
10. The Republicans who badgered Jackson were all over FOX News primetime last night.
Thu Mar 24, 2022, 01:06 PM
Mar 2022

Today they are all over the RW Hate Radio.

Mission Accomplished!

AZLD4Candidate

(5,753 posts)
12. Are we surprised? This is the game plan for the echo chamber.
Thu Mar 24, 2022, 01:08 PM
Mar 2022
 

Alexander Of Assyria

(7,839 posts)
16. Precisely...the audience is not us, or anyone intelligent, it is The CultZ and FoxZ.
Thu Mar 24, 2022, 02:13 PM
Mar 2022

Rupert MurdickZ is a monster, these are his millionaire on air minions at FoxZ.

Money and fleeting fame gathers a lot of demon followers.

CanonRay

(14,113 posts)
11. It's all kabuki theater
Thu Mar 24, 2022, 01:07 PM
Mar 2022

Bullshitters spewing bullshit

Peregrine Took

(7,417 posts)
14. Can't this repulsive,"look at me" behavior be subject to censure by the Senate?
Thu Mar 24, 2022, 01:33 PM
Mar 2022

I mean this is way over the top especially the way he treated the Chairman.

There should be a bipartisan panel to monitor outrageous performance rants. Maybe limit their "personal opinion" time and have a buzzer go off after 5 minutes and announce it as such.

erronis

(15,328 posts)
18. There are mike controls, right?
Thu Mar 24, 2022, 02:57 PM
Mar 2022

I've long advocated for every elected official to have to sit in a chair that is wired.

Wired to deliver warning shocks, harmful shocks, and deadly shocks, depending on a percentage of their voters approving/disapproving current actions.

I'd love to see some repuglicons get fried.

Omaha Steve

(99,708 posts)
19. After a review by forum hosts....LOCKING
Thu Mar 24, 2022, 05:27 PM
Mar 2022

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