Cruz Reacts To Biden Shooting Down Multiple Unidentified Objects: He ‘Finally Grew A Pair’

Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) responded this week to President Joe Biden’s decision to shoot down multiple unidentified objects over North American airspace last weekend after allowing a Chinese spy balloon to travel across the U.S. by saying the president “finally grew a pair.”

Cruz’s remarks come after the U.S. military shot down an unidentified object off the coast of Alaska on Friday, another flying over Canada on Saturday, and a third one over Lake Huron on Sunday.

Cruz spoke on his podcast “Verdict” The Biden administration attempted to spin news coverage about the Chinese spy ballon two weeks ago by claiming spy balloons flew above the U.S. during Trump’s administration and that Trump didn’t know about it.

“What’s changed? Well, we’ve seen now three shot and shot down in a row,” Cruz said. “The biggest thing that’s changed is I think they had so much egg on their face for sitting there for over a week and doing nothing that they finally grew a pair and said, ‘we’re gonna shoot them down.’”

Cruz later praised Biden’s responses to the downed unidentified second, third and fourth objects.

“Well, let me do something I don’t do very often on this podcast, which is praise Joe Biden,” Cruz said. “The reaction to the first balloon was incredibly weak and ineffective. But the second, third, and fourth one–thank God —like, this is exactly what you should be doing. If you’re flying over our airspace, we’re gonna shoot you down! I’m glad of that. It took a while. They had to get embarrassed and shamed into it. But they got to the right outcome. And so that’s good. I am glad of that. This is a deterrent.”

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