Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) railed against Democrats just hours after the United States suffered its second mass shooting in a week.
Cruz delivered his political screed during a Senate hearing on gun violence on Tuesday that took place following last week’s shooting in Atlanta that killed eight people, six of whom were Asian women, and the attack in Boulder Monday night, which killed 10 people. “All of us lift up in prayer the families in Boulder, Colorado, the families in Atlanta that lost their lives, including the police officer in Boulder, Colorado,” Cruz began. “I can tell you in Texas we’ve seen far too many of these.” The senator went on to list several shootings that occurred in Texas cities while he was also there, saying, “I was in