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Ted Cruz Engages in a Bit of Bigot-Baiting

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As New Yorkers mourned the victims of a mass shooting last week in a Midtown Manhattan office building, Senator Ted Cruz, Republican of Texas, inserted himself into the discourse.

His comments concerned a photo taken on Thursday of Gov. Kathy Hochul of New York, a Democrat, sitting on a folding chair inside a mosque, next to Mayor Eric Adams. To her left, men in kurtas and police uniforms kneel on a carpeted floor. Governor Hochul wears a dark pantsuit, a somber expression and, on her head, a black scarf looped over her hair.

After an anonymous social media user posted the photo and asked — appending an expletive — why the governor was “wearing a hijab,” Mr. Cruz shared the post on Friday and added, “Um, wut?”​

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Readers added some additional context, pointing that Cruz himself donned a yarmulke in 2016 when visiting a synagogue:
 
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iluvatar5150 said:

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As New Yorkers mourned the victims of a mass shooting last week in a Midtown Manhattan office building, Senator Ted Cruz, Republican of Texas, inserted himself into the discourse.​
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His comments concerned a photo taken on Thursday of Gov. Kathy Hochul of New York, a Democrat, sitting on a folding chair inside a mosque, next to Mayor Eric Adams. To her left, men in kurtas and police uniforms kneel on a carpeted floor. Governor Hochul wears a dark pantsuit, a somber expression and, on her head, a black scarf looped over her hair.​
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After an anonymous social media user posted the photo and asked — appending an expletive — why the governor was “wearing a hijab,” Mr. Cruz shared the post on Friday and added, “Um, wut?”​

Here's Ted's post:

Readers added some additional context, pointing that Cruz himself donned a yarmulke in 2016 when visiting a synagogue:
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Looks like Community Notes busted him on this one
 
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BPPLEE said:
I thought that was called cultural appropriation
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I think if she wore one regularly as just a fashion item it would be. Just like it would be equally insensitive if Ted Cruz made it a point to regularly sport a yarmulke.

Mind you, this is coming from an atheist. I think all these hat rules are a bit silly. Wear what you want!
 
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Oompa Loompa said:
Some would say it is a 'distraction' from the Epstine case.
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Oh, is this the new tactic, just label all posts not about Epstein as a distraction? A form of "flooding the zone".
 
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Vambram said:
I'm sorry, but I really don't care about the opinions of a false religion.
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Do the words coming out of your mouth right now sound like words that Jesus Christ would approve of?

-CryptoLutheran
 
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ViaCrucis said:
Do the words coming out of your mouth right now sound like words that Jesus Christ would approve of?

-CryptoLutheran
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Yes, they do. In fact, I remember how Jesus Christ described the Pharisees and the Sadducees.
 
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Vambram said:
Yes, they do. In fact, I remember how Jesus Christ described the Pharisees and the Sadducees.
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The same Jesus who said to listen to the Pharisees because they sit in Moses' seat?

It was already a bad comparison, but even now having made the comparison, it doesn't work because Jesus actually told people to listen to what the Pharisees had to say.

-CryptoLutheran
 
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ViaCrucis said:
The same Jesus who said to listen to the Pharisees because they sit in Moses' seat?

It was already a bad comparison, but even now having made the comparison, it doesn't work because Jesus actually told people to listen to what the Pharisees had to say.

Try again. This time, after you've picked up that Bible of yours, wiped the dust off, and actually read it.

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I don't think Jesus would talk down to people the way you do.
He did call one woman a dog, but then he healed her daughter.
I don't think you can heal anyone
 
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Vambram said:
Yes, they do. In fact, I remember how Jesus Christ described the Pharisees and the Sadducees.
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Who share many qualities with Ted Cruz.
 
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