{"id":1728825,"date":"2022-11-07T19:47:49","date_gmt":"2022-11-08T00:47:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1728825"},"modified":"2022-11-07T19:47:52","modified_gmt":"2022-11-08T00:47:52","slug":"man-arrested-for-attacking-ted-cruz-at-houston-astros-parade-cruz-releases-statement","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/man-arrested-for-attacking-ted-cruz-at-houston-astros-parade-cruz-releases-statement\/","title":{"rendered":"Man Arrested For Attacking Ted Cruz At Houston Astros Parade, Cruz Releases Statement"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><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%2Fman-arrested-for-attacking-ted-cruz-at-houston-astros-parade-cruz-releases-statement%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=1728825&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--><p>Houston law enforcement officials released a statement Monday afternoon saying that they arrested a 33-year-old man for assaulting Sen. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/topic\/ted-cruz\">Ted Cruz<\/a> (R-TX) during a Houston Astros celebration parade.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHPD made one arrest during today\u2019s victory parade,\u201d the Houston Police Department said in a statement. \u201cA male, 33, threw a beer can at U.S. Senator Ted Cruz as the Senator was on a float in the 2400 block of Smith St. The beer can struck the Senator in the chest\/neck area. The Senator did not require medical attention.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNearby HPD officers arrested the male without further incident,\u201d the <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/houstonpolice\/status\/1589735632493957120?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1589735632493957120%7Ctwgr%5Eb225953b6a311c7d74387a5ce28ee43011279c43%7Ctwcon%5Es1_&#038;ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.fox26houston.com%2Fnews%2Fman-arrested-for-throwing-beer-can-at-sen-ted-cruz-during-astros-championship-parade\">statement<\/a> continued. \u201cHe was taken to jail and faces assault charges. We will release the suspect\u2019s name and booking photo here when formal charges are filed.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The can of beer that was thrown at Cruz did not appear to be opened, meaning it would be considerably heavier than an empty can, as a thud could be heard once it feel into the back of the military Hummer that was Cruz was riding in. Cruz\u2019s young daughters were standing next to him when the attack happened.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAs always I\u2019m thankful for the Houston Police and Capitol Police for their quick action,\u201d Cruz said in a statement to The Daily Wire. \u201cI\u2019m also thankful that the clown who threw his White Claw had a noodle for an arm.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>A video showed Cruz on the back of the truck reacting as a beer can came flying toward him. He and a staffer both reached up at the same time, attempting to deflect the can away with their hands, but it did strike Cruz. The staffer then <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/beer-can-flies-at-ted-cruz-during-astros-parade-appearance\">pointed<\/a> into the crowd, showing police and parade security officials where the offending beer can had come from.<\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Beer flies at Ted Cruz during Astros World Series Parade <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/lRALgyXCe2\">pic.twitter.com\/lRALgyXCe2<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Alien Truther Wildwest (@wcgroovy) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/wcgroovy\/status\/1589708360076922880?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 7, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Cruz attended the event after the Houston Astros won the World Series over the weekend, beating the Philadelphia Phillies four games to two by a final score of 4 to 1.<\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Fired up crowd today during the <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/astros?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@Astros<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/WorldSeries?src=hash&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#WorldSeries<\/a> parade!<\/p>\n<p>Such a great time celebrating an amazing team!<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/GoStros?src=hash&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#GoStros<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/mvjtRLtKWx\">pic.twitter.com\/mvjtRLtKWx<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Ted Cruz (@tedcruz) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/tedcruz\/status\/1589719652846170112?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 7, 2022<\/p>\n<p><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Houston law enforcement officials released a statement Monday afternoon saying that they arrested a 33-year-old man for assaulting Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) during a Houston Astros celebration parade. \u201cHPD made one arrest during today\u2019s victory parade,\u201d the Houston Police Department said in a statement. \u201cA male, 33, threw a beer can at U.S. Senator Ted &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":102,"featured_media":1728828,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[541],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1728825","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-daily-wire"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1728825","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/102"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1728825"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1728825\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1728828"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1728825"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1728825"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1728825"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}