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Father of two, @heidiscruz's husband, fighter for liberty. Representing the great state of Texas in the U.S. Senate.

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    1. Ted Cruz‏Verified account @tedcruz 1 Sep 2019
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      Ted Cruz Retweeted Alyssa Milano

      An excellent Q, worth considering carefully w/o the snark of Twitter. It is of course not the right to a modern-day firearm that is God-give but rather the right to Life & the right to Liberty. Essential to that right to life is the right to DEFEND your life & your family. 1/xhttps://twitter.com/Alyssa_Milano/status/1168293913825693697 …

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      Alyssa MilanoVerified account @Alyssa_Milano
      Can someone cite which passage of the Bible God states it is a god-given right to own a gun? This guy is unbelievable and is clearly owned by the gun lobby. #NoRA https://twitter.com/RepMattSchaefer/status/1167989249745899521 …
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    2. Ted Cruz‏Verified account @tedcruz 1 Sep 2019
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      2/x The right to self-defense is recognized repeatedly in the Bible, eg Exodus 22:2: “If a thief is caught breaking in at night & is struck a fatal blow, the defender is not guilty of bloodshed.” (Note, though, verse 3 says it IS murder if during daylight (ie, not self-defense).

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    3. Ted Cruz‏Verified account @tedcruz 1 Sep 2019
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      3/x The Declaration of Independence acknowledges our rights thusly: “We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness.”

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    4. Ted Cruz‏Verified account @tedcruz 1 Sep 2019
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      4/x And, for that reason, the Second Amendment provides “the right of the people to keep and bear Arms, SHALL NOT be infringed.” It wasn’t to protect people’s ability to hunt, or to shoot target practice, but to defend their lives, their homes & their families.

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    5. Ted Cruz‏Verified account @tedcruz 1 Sep 2019
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      5/x Stephen Willeford exercised that fundamental right when he risked his own life to stop the Sutherland Springs murderer, saving countless others as a result.

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    6. Ted Cruz‏Verified account @tedcruz 1 Sep 2019
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      6/x St. George Tucker, one of the most important scholars in early America, explained the reasons behind the Second Amendment as follows: “This may be considered as the true palladium of liberty. . . . The right of self defence is the first law of nature....”

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    7. Ted Cruz‏Verified account @tedcruz 1 Sep 2019
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      7/x “...in most govts it has been the study of rulers to confine this right w/in the narrowest limits possible. Wherever...the right...to keep & bear arms is, under any...pretext whatsoever, prohibited, liberty, if not already annihilated, is on the brink of destruction.”

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    8. Ted Cruz‏Verified account @tedcruz 1 Sep 2019
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      8/x That’s also why, post Civil War, disarming Black Americans was a critical objective of the KKK, and was memorialized in countless Jim Crow laws—to strip African-Americans of their God-given right to self-defense from violence.

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      Ted Cruz‏Verified account @tedcruz 1 Sep 2019
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      9/x I’m a Texan. What happened in Midland-Odessa—and El Paso, Santa Fe & Sutherland Springs—was sick, deranged & horrifying. We need to do MUCH more to stop violent criminals & those w/ dangerous mental illness BEFORE they murder & I’m leading the fight in the Senate to do so.

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        1. Ted Cruz‏Verified account @tedcruz 1 Sep 2019
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          10/x Playing politics w/ these deranged crimes—and trying to use them as an excuse to violate the constl rights of law-abiding citizens—won’t make anybody safer. Forcible gun confiscation (as some 2020 Dems urge) won’t prevent mass-murders. But it would weaken our self-defense.

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        1. Markus Unread‏ @MarkusUnread 1 Sep 2019
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          Really? https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/president-trump-made-it-easier-mentally-ill-get-guns-when-n1039301 …

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        2. Richard Cappel‏ @bcap1959 2 Sep 2019
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          What by canceling The Affordable Care Act ? Maybe some of the crazies could see a doctor but not if it’s left up to you and your republican friends because you won’t let them see a Dr. what about god given right to healthy. You phony

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        2. Elaine McD  💀‏ @labedaelaine 2 Sep 2019
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          I believe the #Republicans got rid of mental health....state by state. You got what you wanted. Now you say you're going to bring back #MentalHealthForAll ???? I think we know you well enough to know when you're lying. #Liars Next you're gonna want education for all. lol

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        1. 𝕄𝕚𝕜𝕖 𝔹𝕚𝕣𝕕‏ @bird_mike 2 Sep 2019
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          I agree with you, @tedcruz. Much more needs to be done to stop dangerous people killing others. Other countries have shown how this can be done. Yet you actively work against doing these things. 30,000 Americans a year die from guns. You say a lot. But you do nothing.

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        2. Jean Alspaugh‏ @JeanAlspaugh 2 Sep 2019
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          You don’t know that he was mentally ill. Filled with hate, definitely. So, how do you see regulating that? Or stopping it.

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        2.  🌊RogueRedMotherToBears 🌊‏ @MichWilliams15 2 Sep 2019
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          Here is a fun fact. A handgun or shotgun (which is all you need to protect your home) can't kill it injure 50 plus people in under 2 minutes It's not mental illness, it's assault/military automatic and semi auto weapons. #FactsMatter

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