{"id":125740,"date":"2021-02-12T13:20:49","date_gmt":"2021-02-12T18:20:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=125740"},"modified":"2021-02-12T13:57:48","modified_gmt":"2021-02-12T18:57:48","slug":"cruz-calls-cnn-dem-propagandists-for-story-about-gop-senators-and-defense-team","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/cruz-calls-cnn-dem-propagandists-for-story-about-gop-senators-and-defense-team\/","title":{"rendered":"Cruz Calls CNN \u2018Dem Propagandists\u2019 For Story About GOP Senators And Defense Team"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">26<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fcruz-calls-cnn-dem-propagandists-for-story-about-gop-senators-and-defense-team%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=125740&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/GettyImages-1230818583.jpg?w=1200&amp;h=800&amp;ixlib=react-9.0.3\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" \/><\/div>\n<p>On Thursday night, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2021\/02\/11\/politics\/gop-senators-trump-impeachment-lawyers\/index.html\">CNN<\/a> ran a story about three Republican senators who met with former President Donald Trump\u2019s defense team \u201cin the middle of an impeachment trial in which they will vote on whether to convict Trump and potentially bar him from holding public office again.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The news outlet called out Senators Lindsey Graham of South Carolina, Ted Cruz of Texas and Mike Lee of Utah for reportedly \u201cgoing into a room in the US Capitol that Trump\u2019s lawyers were using to prepare for their arguments.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>One of Trump\u2019s lawyers, David Schoen, commented \u201cthat the senators were \u2018very friendly guys\u2019 who just wanted to make sure they were \u2018familiar with procedure\u2019 on the eve of their rebuttal to the House impeachment managers\u2019 presentation.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Schoen was asked whether or not it was \u201cappropriate\u201d to meet with senators while the trial is ongoing, to which he replied, \u201cOh yeah, I think that\u2019s the practice of impeachment.\u201d He also added, \u201cThere\u2019s nothing about this thing that has any semblance of due process whatsoever.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>CNN noted that senators do not always view their roles as jurors in the same way, with some remaining impartial and others \u201clend[ing] a hand to their party\u2019s side.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Trump\u2019s lawyers have not been met with praise from all who have been watching, including their defendant. The former president was reportedly not happy with their performance at the beginning of the week.<\/p>\n<p>As reported by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/trump-furious-and-beyond-angry-over-how-his-impeachment-defense-team-performed-report\">The Daily Wire<\/a> on Wednesday:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p><em>\u201cFormer President Donald Trump is reportedly \u2018furious\u2019 with the way that his impeachment defense team performed on day one of his Senate trial.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>\u2018Two sources in fact, who spent time with the former president today described him as being quote, \u2018furious and beyond angry\u2019 with his impeachment defense team,\u2019 Fox News correspondent Kevin Corke reported. \u2018He was especially upset with attorney Bruce Castor\u2026The former president spending the day watching the trial from inside his private quarters at Mar-A-Lago, no golf with the very same plan for tomorrow.\u2019\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<div class=\"zn-body__paragraph\" data-paragraph-id=\"paragraph_99E26590-3AD6-7050-B87F-93A46CA96BD9\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/politics\/trump-impeachment-republicans-senate\/2021\/02\/09\/2d5d57ac-6b2d-11eb-9ead-673168d5b874_story.html\">The Washington Post<\/a> reported that many Republican senators were unhappy with the lawyers\u2019 performance on the first day of the trial, as well. Senator Bill Cassidy (R-La.) was the only additional Republican to align with Democrats after hearing the initial arguments. He told reporters, \u201cIt was disorganized, random\u2026[Trump\u2019s lawyers] talked about many things but didn\u2019t talk about the issue at hand. \u2026 The issue at hand, is it constitutional to impeach a president who\u2019s left office? And the House managers made a compelling, cogent case, and the president\u2019s team did not.\u201d<\/div>\n<p>On Thursday, Senator Cruz \u201csaid the meeting with the Trump defense team was an opportunity \u2018for sharing our thoughts\u2019 about their legal strategy.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Cruz was asked whether or not he was now \u201ccomfortable\u201d with the lawyers\u2019 plan. He responded,<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>\u201cI think the end result of this impeachment trial is crystal clear to everybody\u2026Donald Trump will be acquitted. It takes 67 votes to convict him and every person in the Senate chamber understands that there are not the votes to convict, nor should there be.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<div data-paragraph-id=\"paragraph_4E6F4F6C-764B-E0F6-C51C-93A46CAF1943\">\n<blockquote>\n<p><span class=\"css-901oao css-16my406 r-poiln3 r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0\">\u201cFacts they are ignoring:<\/span><\/p>\n<div data-paragraph-id=\"paragraph_4E6F4F6C-764B-E0F6-C51C-93A46CAF1943\"><span class=\"css-901oao css-16my406 r-poiln3 r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0\">(1) senators are NOT jurors, as Dem Sen. Harkin <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/opinions\/2020\/01\/18\/tom-harkin-senators-are-not-jurors\/\">clarified<\/a>:<\/span><\/div>\n<p><span class=\"css-901oao css-16my406 r-poiln3 r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0\">(2) Schumer repeatedly confers w\/ House managers, as always &amp; fully appropriate.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Cruz added that \u201cCNN is no longer a news organization. They\u2019re Dem propagandists.\u201d<\/p>\n<div data-paragraph-id=\"paragraph_4E6F4F6C-764B-E0F6-C51C-93A46CAF1943\"><em><span>The Daily Wire is one of America\u2019s fastest-growing conservative media companies and counter-cultural outlets for news, opinion, and entertainment. 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