Ted Cruz’s Support Of Larry Nasser’s Victims Falls Flat As People Point Out The Raging Hypocrisy

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September 16, 2021, 6:25 am

Ted Cruz is getting called out on his hypocrisy yet again after applauding the gymnasts who initially came forward to file complaints of abuse against Larry Nasser and, yesterday, spoke out in the Senate against the FBI’s handling of the situation.

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Cruz had nothing but encouraging words to say to the women who testified on Wednesday, going on about the “courage it took to come here today” and how “it’s making a difference in the lives of others.”

But his own track record standing by both Donald Trump — who had over two dozen complaints of sexual misconduct against him — and Brett Kavanaugh, along with his vehement support of the new Texas law prohibiting abortion after six weeks even in cases of rape, made his words fall short.

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“The system failed you,” he said, later adding that “that system needs to change. That system needs to be held accountable so that this doesn’t happen again.”

Hypocrite Ted Cruz lauds the courage of the gymnasts for coming forward and calling out Larry Nassar’s abuse, but Cruz supported and protected an abuser named Donald Trump for years, and comes from a state where a girl pregnant from sexual assault/rape can’t get an abortion. pic.twitter.com/gQOhTd4Wug

— Sarah Reese Jones (@PoliticusSarah) September 15, 2021

Denouncing sexual abuse as “evil,” which Cruz did, simply wasn’t enough for his critics. If the system needs to change — and it does — then holding everyone accountable for sexual violence and abuses of power is part of that, rather than handwaving accusations away if doing so works in your favor politically.

I can’t watch Ted Cruz and all the republicans who protected a sexual predator in the White House and Supreme Court fawn over these courageous Olympians. Vile hypocrites.

— Sandi Bachom (@sandibachom) September 15, 2021

Listening to Ted Cruz, in his misogynist, condescending tone, talk to sexual assault survivor’s like he’s mansplaining their pain, is the the most GOP thing I’ve seen in weeks. And I watched a someone call women ‘host bodies’.

— Joshua Gale (@joshuagale75) September 15, 2021

Ted Cruz addressing the Gymnasts is so gross. He and Gym Jordan are close allies. This shouldn’t be allowed!!

— Alexandra (Alix) Hemmingsen (@AlexandraHemmin) September 15, 2021

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Ted Cruz addressing the gymnasts who were sexually assaulted by Nassar bringing himself into it being a father of little girls.

You, Ted!

— Outspoken (@Out5p0ken) September 15, 2021

And while access to necessary healthcare shouldn’t depend on whether or not someone is a rape victim, that Texas would hypothetically now allow a rapist to sue someone they impregnated for getting or trying to get an abortion gives Cruz even less authority to speak about sexual assault.

Hey Ted Cruz, what if Larry Nassar had gotten one of these courageous women pregnant?

Drop dead
Ted

— Ellen Barkin (@EllenBarkin) September 15, 2021

It’s vile @JohnCornyn and @tedcruz saying how terrible the sexual abuse these young women suffered..

They both support these young women being forced to carry nasser’s baby to term or if they didn’t nasser being allowed to earn $10,000 bounty on reporting them

Disgusting

— Shannon in Ohio 4 (@ShannonFreshour) September 15, 2021

Fuck Ted Cruz. He has no business speaking to these Larry Nassar victims. Ted Cruz is a Mount Kilimanjaro-sized pile of shit.

— Jason Overstreet (@JasonOverstreet) September 15, 2021

I thought having to listen to John Cornyn’s false bravado to these gymnasts about what they have had to overcome due to their sexual abuse was the most unbearable thing ever…

…until Ted Cruz started talking.

— Amee Vanderpool (@girlsreallyrule) September 15, 2021

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Just a reminder as we listen to Simone Biles, McKayla Maroney, Aly Raisman and Maggie Nichols testify:
John Cornyn and Ted Cruz have repeatedly voted against the Violence Against Women Act.#Hypocrites

— Barbara Waxer Here for the Restoration (@barbarawaxer) September 15, 2021

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*First Published: September 16, 2021, 6:25 am