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Sen. Ted Cruz is standing his floor, refusing to apologize to Paul Pelosi for sharing conspiracy theories in regards to the hammer assault … even after seeing the stunning police video of what went down.
The Senator was at Reagan National Airport once we bought his response to the physique cam displaying David DePape smash Pelosi within the head with a hammer — he referred to as it the “utterly unacceptable” actions of a “deranged lunatic.”
Although he was fast to condemn DePape … Cruz bought a lot quieter once we requested if he’d apologized to Pelosi for supporting, or on the very least, selling theories suggesting there was one thing shady in regards to the particulars of the assault.
In one occasion, he reshared a tweet that shot holes within the concept DePape was “some kind of militant right winger” … regardless of reviews he really had been posting on far-right political blogs.
As we reported, DePape attacked Pelosi with a hammer inside his and then-House Speaker Nancy Pelosi‘s SF dwelling.
DePape — who’s since been charged with attempted murder — instructed the FBI he was planning on shattering the Congresswoman’s kneecaps, as a result of he thought she was a liar.
Despite all that data, the physique cam and surveillance movies displaying DePape smash a again door to enter the Pelosi dwelling … Sen. Cruz is refusing to even acknowledge an apology is likely to be acceptable.
He instructed us the “thoughts and prayers” he despatched to his fellow lawmaker the day it occurred nonetheless stand … and that is all he is bought for the Pelosis.