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AZLD4Candidate

(5,689 posts)
Thu Mar 24, 2022, 12:38 PM Mar 2022

Ted Cruz photographed checking his Twitter mentions immediately after aggressive questioning of SCOT [View all]

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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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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
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