Treason Doth Never Prosper

Ted Cruz's bad week continues as CNN's Jake Tapper buries him for flip-flopping on terrorists https://t.co/Zb12LkKfkL

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"What's the reason?/For if it prosper, none dare call it treason."

 "The thing is, it wasn't sloppy phrasing," Tapper began. "Cruz had called the attack 'terrorism' at least 17 times before in written as well as spoken remarks. Frankly, Cruz using the term might seem odd, not because the term is imprecise. The FBI definition of domestic terrorism is 'violent criminal acts committed by individuals and/or groups to further ideological goals stemming from domestic influences such as those of a political, religious, social, racial or environmental nature'."

"That, of course, is what the attack was, violent and criminal to further a domestic ideological and political goal, specifically to stop the counting of Electoral votes to prevent Joe Biden from becoming president," he continued. "Now, what's odd is that Cruz is voicing opposition to the activity of January 6th, because they were in part inspired by his actions, by his role, and that of Missouri Republican Senator Josh Hawley, objecting to the electoral votes for Joe Biden which was part of the twisted kabuki theater and incited the very people who attacked the Capitol, ransacking desks in the Senate chamber including Cruz's desk."

The CNN host then added, with video of the riot running alongside him, "Cruz then clarified, the only people he said he was calling terrorists were these people, the ones specifically attacking law enforcement officers. So presumably he was not referring to these people, the ones committing different violent and criminal acts to further a domestic ideological and political goal, just not attacking cops."

Some Congresscritters who voted against accepting the electoral college results, like Gosar, were plumb nuts.  But Cruz and Hawley are not as stupid as they think they're constituents are.  They were never going to vote for a Constitutional crisis, because they'd be responsible for it.  Had the plan prospered, they'd have happily taken credit.  The plan didn't prosper, so Hawley slithered away.  Cruz, on the other hand, is too crude and simplistic to avoid responsibility, try as he might.

But make no mistake:  he'll keep trying.  Contrast, if you will, with Biden, who personifies that "The Buck Stops Here."  He doesn't throw himself on problems like a soldier on a grenade, but he doesn't start finding someone to blame the moment he's challenged with a question.

Imagine Cruz trying to explain why he didn't praise Putin when he praised Putin.