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Ted Cruz Comms Director Hilariously Blames Torture On Dems (Original Post) ashling Dec 2014 OP
Cruz is everything wrong in the world in one human being NoJusticeNoPeace Dec 2014 #1
Projection ashling Dec 2014 #2
It seems to me the headline does not reflect what she said. She doesn't blame Dems for torture, Shrike47 Dec 2014 #3
I posted an article that gives more background yesterday: TexasTowelie Dec 2014 #4
+1 freshwest Dec 2014 #5
Reading media sources, it was all the Dems/Obama's fault. Cruz has got a winner there... freshwest Dec 2014 #6

Shrike47

(6,913 posts)
3. It seems to me the headline does not reflect what she said. She doesn't blame Dems for torture,
Thu Dec 11, 2014, 09:37 PM
Dec 2014

She blames Dems for admitting we tortured. It wasn't torturing people that made them hate us, it was admitting we tortured people that turned them against us. Before that, they hadn't noticed.

TexasTowelie

(112,217 posts)
4. I posted an article that gives more background yesterday:
Thu Dec 11, 2014, 09:56 PM
Dec 2014
http://www.democraticunderground.com/107822443

A Democratic strategist responded to the tweets:

Jason Stanford @JasStanford
Ted Cruz's comms director thinks that the rest of the world didn't already know what was in the torture report.
12:11 PM - 9 Dec 2014
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