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In reply to the discussion: Ted Cruz lashes out: ‘The overwhelming majority of violent criminals are Democrats’ [View all]PJMcK
(25,060 posts)62. Your last sentence...
...is spot on. Too often, Republicans project their fears, weaknesses and hatred onto innocent parties. Senator Cruz knows exactly what he's doing and he doesn't have any data to back his claim.
Your observations about your work in correction facilities are fascinating. Thanks.
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Ted Cruz lashes out: ‘The overwhelming majority of violent criminals are Democrats’ [View all]
IDemo
Nov 2015
OP
the scary thing is that, according to some of what I have been reading, his numbers are climbing.
niyad
Nov 2015
#24
No, Ted. The overwhelming majority of violent criminals are violent criminals.
jmowreader
Nov 2015
#12
Here’s the simple and undeniable fact. The overwhelming majority of violent criminals are Democrats,
AlbertCat
Nov 2015
#14
Maybe it's because he graduated (undergrad) from Princeton's Woodrow Wilson School of Public and
24601
Dec 2015
#70
You will be hard pressed to find a single prison inmate who is liberal, progressive or even the
Augiedog
Nov 2015
#17
It's not just being Christian, there is something very conservative about people who commit
Augiedog
Dec 2015
#43
Yes, although Islam is well respected in the Wisconsin correctional system, at least as far as it's
Augiedog
Dec 2015
#69
Why are you posting this lunatic's crazy rantings? I just don't understand it. Who cares what this
RBInMaine
Nov 2015
#20
When he doesn't have facts he talks out of his ass, which is most of the time. nt
Bernardo de La Paz
Nov 2015
#22
He's not talking out of his ass. He knows damn well what he's saying and what he's doing...
Liberal_Stalwart71
Nov 2015
#34
Was he able to provide simple and undeniable data to back up his ridiculous assertion?
frylock
Nov 2015
#33
Hate to be the one to point it out, but there's data to support the conclusion, apparently
Android3.14
Nov 2015
#37
After seeing the RW nature of our 'justice' system, I'm sure lots of folks turn left. nt
Erich Bloodaxe BSN
Dec 2015
#51
I would wager that the overwhelming majority of violent criminals are apolitical.
reflection
Dec 2015
#47