Texas Sen. Cruz denounced Saturday's shooting in El Paso as a “heinous act of terrorism and white supremacy.”
Texas Sen. Ted Cruz denounced Saturday's shooting in El Paso as a “heinous act of terrorism and white supremacy.”
Unlike some of his Republican colleagues, Cruz stopped short of calling for background checks on firearms., there were also hints of a possible shift in conservative attitudes on gun control.called to “ban weapons of war.” “It does not have to be this way. It should not have to be this way. Mr. President, do something — help America live without fear,” wrote the paper.This was a line that other high-profile Republican senators, including Lindsey Graham , Pat Toomey , and Susan Collins , took over the weekend.
Toomey released a statement pushing Congress to pass the legislation he proposed, together with Sen. Joe Manchin , to expand background checks on all commercial firearm sales.supporting closing loopholes in background checks “to prevent the sale of firearms to criminals and individuals with serious mental illness.”to cancel the August recess so that they can take up gun control legislation in the wake of the two mass shootings.
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