>“How about we all come together and say, ‘Let’s stop murders.’ How about we all come together and say, ‘Let’s stop rape.’ How about we all come together and say, ‘Let’s stop attacking pedophiles.’”
>A Cruz spokesperson admitted to HuffPost that the senator made “a verbal slip” while “rattling off a series of crimes we should unite in opposing, started a sentence about opposing pedophilia, and added a stray word while talking it out.”
Uh huh, sure he did.
TV_Tray on
Gaffe? He meant it.
Amazing_Ad_6045 on
“How about we all come together and say, ‘Let’s stop attacking pedophiles.'” Freudian slip.
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ManInMillvilleNJ on
“Leave my Orange daddy alone!!!” ~ Raphael, probably.
bm1949 on
Bull shite. It was no slip. He was testing waters for a name drop, and his donors pushed him to get on it.
DeepFuckingKoopa on
It sounds like he’s taken a firm stance over to the pedophile side.
MoonlitHunter on
Guardians Of Pedophiles
xkhronex on
Guardians
Of
Pedophiles
Due-Egg4743 on
I can’t tell what is The Onion and what isn’t anymore with the Republican party.
Crim91 on
This is not funny. This is not normal. Remove them.
__dilligaf__ on
>”Let’s stop attacking pedophiles.’”
How about you stop PROTECTING pedophiles.
OneButterscotch587 on
Not a gaffe, stop the sane washing!
TheLastLarvitar on
Gaffe?
What gaffe?
ElrondTheHater on
I expect this to be in every single attack ad on every single channel from now on.
joshloveless1976 on
100% on the list?
prodigalpariah on
How is it a gaffe when he and the rest of the gop are openly defending pedophiles?
chic-pea101 on
Why are people calling it a gaffe. He supports pedophiles.
GeneralOptimal10 on
No. This is the reason Ted said this. So nobody would pay attention to how he voted.
A slip people make all the time, right? Just a random dropping of the word. Makes one wonder if something is on his mind.
StrangerFew2424 on
“gaffe” …more like a Freudian slip.
ClimateNuremberg on
I’m so angry at our media. I know they don’t want to get sued, but no. This is not a mistake. He knew what he was saying and he didn’t take a breath or stammer or anything.
Republicans think women have too many rights. So… duh. This is just their platform.
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>“How about we all come together and say, ‘Let’s stop murders.’ How about we all come together and say, ‘Let’s stop rape.’ How about we all come together and say, ‘Let’s stop attacking pedophiles.’”
>A Cruz spokesperson admitted to HuffPost that the senator made “a verbal slip” while “rattling off a series of crimes we should unite in opposing, started a sentence about opposing pedophilia, and added a stray word while talking it out.”
Uh huh, sure he did.
Gaffe? He meant it.
“How about we all come together and say, ‘Let’s stop attacking pedophiles.'” Freudian slip.
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“Leave my Orange daddy alone!!!” ~ Raphael, probably.
Bull shite. It was no slip. He was testing waters for a name drop, and his donors pushed him to get on it.
It sounds like he’s taken a firm stance over to the pedophile side.
Guardians Of Pedophiles
Guardians
Of
Pedophiles
I can’t tell what is The Onion and what isn’t anymore with the Republican party.
This is not funny. This is not normal. Remove them.
>”Let’s stop attacking pedophiles.’”
How about you stop PROTECTING pedophiles.
Not a gaffe, stop the sane washing!
Gaffe?
What gaffe?
I expect this to be in every single attack ad on every single channel from now on.
100% on the list?
How is it a gaffe when he and the rest of the gop are openly defending pedophiles?
Why are people calling it a gaffe. He supports pedophiles.
No. This is the reason Ted said this. So nobody would pay attention to how he voted.
https://techcrunch.com/2025/09/30/ted-cruz-blocks-bill-that-would-extend-privacy-protections-to-all-americans/
Sadly, it worked perfectly
I really hate this timeline
I refuse to believe it was a gaffe
A slip people make all the time, right? Just a random dropping of the word. Makes one wonder if something is on his mind.
“gaffe” …more like a Freudian slip.
I’m so angry at our media. I know they don’t want to get sued, but no. This is not a mistake. He knew what he was saying and he didn’t take a breath or stammer or anything.
Republicans think women have too many rights. So… duh. This is just their platform.