Ted Cruz made an embarrassing gaffe at a Senate hearing on Tuesday when he told his fellow lawmakers to “stop attacking pedophiles.”
The senator did not correct himself after the error and instead moved on to discuss Donald Trump’s decision to deploy the National Guard in Washington, D.C.
Cruz was making an impassioned speech about reaching a “bipartisan agreement” on crime before he made the blunder.
“How about we all come together and say, ‘let’s stop murders?’
“How about we all come together and say ‘let’s stop rape?’
The 2016 presidential candidate went on to claim that the deployment of the National Guard had led to a drop in crime, with robberies falling by 57 percent and homicides falling by 58 percent.
Cruz also claimed that sex abuse crimes fell by 48 percent.
Some social media users have noted the irony in Cruz’s gaffe, as the politician voted against an amendment that would have forced the Justice Department to release the Epstein files.
“No! How about you all stop protecting them. Release the Epstein files, NOW!,” one X user wrote.
Cruz previously told Piers Morgan that he wants the government to “release everything” related to the Epstein case.
He added that “every adult who was culpable and responsible" should be named and “criminally prosecuted.”
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Ted Cruz says ‘stop attacking pedophiles’ in embarrassing gaffe
Cruz was making an impassioned speech about reaching a “bipartisan agreement” on crime before he made the blunder
www.independent.co.uk
