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Texas Republican Senator Ted Cruz was heckled in flight Thursday over gun control and school safety policies, prompting the senator to refer to the hecklers as “partisans.”
The senator, along with a fellow passenger, was preparing to exit a plane landing in Texas when a passenger filmed Cruz and began asking him questions.
“Are we in Houston? I thought we were going to Cancun,” a male voice said in a video posted to Twitter. It was an obvious reference to vacation.
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The man said, “Senator, thank you for everything you’ve done since Uvalde. All these podcast episodes must have raised a lot of money for you.” drew the attention of
Hecklers criticized Cruz for voting against the gun bill, which passed the House and Senate with bipartisan support and was signed into law by President Biden in June.
Cruise responded by pointing to his proposed school safety bill, which was blocked Wednesday by Connecticut Democratic Senator Chris Murphy, who accused Cruise of putting on “theatrics.”
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Cruz asked the Senate for unanimous consent to $15 billion to double the number of resource officers in schools, $10 billion to hire 15,000 mental health professionals in middle and high schools, and to increase school campuses. passed a bill providing $2.56 billion to improve the security of
The heckler then asked Cruz if he knew the names of Yuvalde’s victims, including 19 students and two teachers in May.
“Yes, ask why Chris Murphy opposed and canceled the biggest school safety bill passed yesterday,” Cruz replied.
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The man started talking about Cruz when one passenger told a heckler to “fly it in peace”.
“You don’t care about the facts. You’re a partisan, and that’s okay,” Cruz said before turning away.