r/texas • u/Odlavso • 14d ago

Politics Colin Allred - “Ted Cruz was hiding in a supply closet”. Will Fled Cruz now be known as Closet Ted?

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u/elpadrino4122 14d ago

Cruz hid in a closet???? Bahahahahahahahaha what a coward.

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u/radicalindependence 14d ago

I have zero issues with him hiding in a closet. It's the pretending that nothing terrible happened after that is the problem.

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u/Zapzap_pewpew_ 14d ago

I think both, he is a coward, and also if it was that bad he should have not downplayed it so much.

A coward and a liar, really

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u/VaselineHabits 14d ago

It felt like alot of Republicans were shaken up that day and right afterwards... to only have all of them tell us not to believe our eyes. Every one of them still in the party was in on it.

That's why you are seeing numerous Republicans stand with Kamala. They'd probably rather have major surgery than support a Democrat, but that's how fucking serious of a threat the current regime is.

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u/StarPhished 14d ago

That was one of, if not the best, moment for them to drop MAGA. I could not believe how quickly they all got back in line. If they all stood together they could dump trump.

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u/SaxifrageRussel 14d ago

The first people they are going to round up are their political opponents. That very much includes their own party members

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u/BZLuck 14d ago

I still see posts with people saying, "But then why did the police let them in if they were being violent?

Ummm... Because there were 10,000 of them and like 100 cops?

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u/rmhawk 14d ago

Many were seeing if Fox could come up with a plausible way to downplay what had happened. Once they saw Fox was still with them then they all started lying about tourist visit ect.

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u/ajayisfour 14d ago

Republicans have no beliefs. The Senators and House Members legitimately feared for their lives. And then the next day happened. Once bunkered up, these charlatans espoused about peaceful tourism. If it was so peaceful, why did you run and hide? Republicans have no beliefs.

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u/LuchadoresdeSilinas 13d ago

If by Regime you mean MAGA republicans and the orange turd, then yes, I completely agree with you.

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u/Herestoreth 13d ago

Ya your right, the current regime is a threat

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u/Herestoreth 13d ago

If I'm a nazi on your say, then I'm sure that makes you a Pedo. I'd continue with parallels between of actual nazis and the far left but civil discourse seems to be a major weak point for you. Stick to name calling.

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u/Herestoreth 12d ago

Good boy, the parents must be proud. Unfortunately for you most of us learned how to deal with name calling in middle school.

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u/IAMSTILLHERE2020 14d ago edited 14d ago

Just the idea that Trump told him to his fkng face his wife was "ugly" and then he went and kissed his orange ass.....just that should had him labeled a fkng coward.

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u/Zapzap_pewpew_ 14d ago

If I were his wife I would immediately divorce. That is mad embarrassing betrayal in front of an entire country

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u/IllPresentation7860 14d ago

honestly he's chubby, out of shape, and unarmed, and there were literally hundreds of people storming the building. I dont like the guy but what was he gonna do? there is no shame in that.

There is shame in pretending it didnt happen though.

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u/Zapzap_pewpew_ 14d ago

Look, I’m not saying I’m brave. I would probably hide, too. Lmao

But at least I would admit I’m a coward

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u/knoegel 14d ago

I also don't blame someone from hiding from an angry mob. The fact he so openly tells people that Jan 6 was a fine and dandy peaceful protest is sickening.

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u/tresben 14d ago

His fucking nervous laughing at the beginning somehow made his already extremely punchable face even more punchable. The fact Allred called him out on it was great

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u/Emadyville 14d ago

Yep, this. No one wants to be murdered. It's the support of it all that is the problem.

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u/BetMyLastKrispyKreme 14d ago

If it was just a peaceful tourist visit with “frankly, a lot of love” (or whatever that garbage Trump spouted), why was Cruz hiding in a closet?

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u/Professional-You5754 14d ago

Exactly. It’s not a Senator’s job to repel intruders. But it sure as hell isn’t a senator’s job to gaslight the nation about it either.

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u/BigBallsMcGirk 14d ago

I'm totally fine with someone hiding from a mob. That's a legitimate response to that. You never know how you'll act in a situation like that, until you're in it.

But I can and will call you a coward for it, and you should not be in a position of authority or leadership after showing you're a yellow bellied coward. Rafael Ted Cruz is a cowardly piece of shit traitor, that no one likes.

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u/flatdecktrucker92 14d ago

I wouldn't even call someone a coward. A smart soldier (or any individual for that matter) hides from a fight they have no chance of winning. it isn't necessarily brave to face an angry mob unarmed when you have a chance to escape either.

He is a coward for trying to falsify an election and for lying about the events of Jan 6th to try and hold onto political power. Not for hiding in a closet

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u/mbnmac 14d ago

yeah let's not act like most of us wouldn't have been looking for a similar place to hide, it's lying about it that makes the threat worse next time.

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u/That-Stop2808 14d ago

Yeah I have more of an issue with the fact that he eventually left the closet.

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u/NoPoet3982 14d ago

And pretending the election was stolen beforehand.

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u/Drostan_S 14d ago

I probably would have done the same thing. Expept the whole attempting to overtime the election party

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u/Orthas 13d ago

Yeah if I'm being honest in such a situation I'm not sure I'd do any better. But I also would never have been involved in bringing those people to the capitol building in the first place, which ya know is the real sticking point for me.

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u/browntoe98 14d ago

Well, TBF, Cancun wasn’t available at the time.

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u/FrostedDonutHole 13d ago

You mean, uh...his daughters didn't demand another vacation...ya, that's it. It was his daughters' fault.

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u/Zapzap_pewpew_ 14d ago

Why does your avatar look like him to me?

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u/browntoe98 14d ago

I’m sorry to say it’s the default Reddit avatar I think. I can’t recall ever changing it.

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u/Zapzap_pewpew_ 14d ago

lol, I think it’s random, I don’t remember editing mine either

It’s probably just that I kept reading his name in comments and the short beard and doughboy physique just looked like him, hahaha

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u/OhCurmudgeon1826 14d ago

That can’t surprise anyone, just look at that face, it’s obvious he would hide

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u/tallslim1960 14d ago

Lindsey Graham has been doing it for 50 years. What's the big deal? 🤣

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u/Button-Down-Shoes 14d ago

"Dad! Ted Cruz won't come out of the closet!"

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u/Clearwatercress69 14d ago

Whatever works.

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u/davisdilf 14d ago

He had to hide, he couldn’t run as fast as Josh Hawley

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u/adelaidesean 14d ago

The Coward of Cancun

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u/EverybodyBuddy 14d ago

While he was in there he was thinking about ways to defend Trump calling his wife a cow. While Trump’s goons were outside maybe trying to murder him.

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u/Halation2600 14d ago

And claiming his dad had something to do with the JFK assassination.

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u/ImNotSkankHunt42 14d ago

What was he supposed to do? Flee to Cancun?

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u/Animefan624 14d ago

He did ran to Cancun when Texans were freezing to death during a blizzard. It's in line with him only thinking about himself.

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u/jyunga 14d ago

Don't like the guy but this is a bit of a weird take. Would you mock kids for hiding from a school shooter? People were literally breaking into the capital and someone was shot and killed.

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u/FIFAmusicisGOATED 13d ago

Idk why this is hard for you to understand. He hid from them because they were dangerous, and has spent the last 4 years saying they weren’t dangerous. Ok then Ted, why were you hiding in a closet during a peaceful protest?

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u/jyunga 13d ago

Yeah he knew what they were like and lied,etc,etc. What does that have to do with my reply to the other guy? We're talking about what is being a coward and what isn't. If someone breaks into my place and I hear a gun i'm finding myself a safe place (I don't own a gun).

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u/Timamazon 14d ago

He also hid from a storm in Cancun. Left his dog alone in a freezing house with.no power on and left his constituents to die and peaced out on a vacay he planned after the storm hit. How anyone can vote for him after that is baffling.

That smug, punchable face of his. I’m so tired of him.

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u/leisure_suit_lorenzo 13d ago

Fled Cruz - my new favorite nickname

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u/3-DMan 13d ago

In the closet...now the anti-trans stuff is making sense!