{"id":1937874,"date":"2023-05-25T11:08:31","date_gmt":"2023-05-25T15:08:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/aoc-makes-huge-mistake-challenging-ted-cruz-he-gives-her-an-unforgettable-history-lesson\/"},"modified":"2023-05-25T11:16:13","modified_gmt":"2023-05-25T15:16:13","slug":"aoc-makes-huge-mistake-challenging-ted-cruz-he-gives-her-an-unforgettable-history-lesson","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/aoc-makes-huge-mistake-challenging-ted-cruz-he-gives-her-an-unforgettable-history-lesson\/","title":{"rendered":"AOC&#8217;s Challenge to Ted Cruz Backfires &#8211; He Schools Her with History Lesson."},"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%2Faoc-makes-huge-mistake-challenging-ted-cruz-he-gives-her-an-unforgettable-history-lesson%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=1937874&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--><h2>Debunking the Left&#8217;s Big Lie: Ted Cruz Schools AOC on Civil Rights History<\/h2>\n<p>It\u2019s one of the left\u2019s most frequently trotted-out canards: Sure, the Democrats may once have been the party of Jim Crow, the Ku Klux Klan and George Wallace \u2014 but somewhere along the line, things switched and now\u00a0<strong>Republicans<\/strong> are the real bigots.<\/p>\n<p>Except, as Democratic Rep. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/cameras-capture-aoc-telling-desantis-read-bible-govs-comments-daniel-penny\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez<\/a> of New York found out the hard way when she tried that line on GOP Sen. Ted Cruz of Texas, that\u2019s little more than a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/watch-jailed-alberta-pastor-released-on-bail-recounts-harsh-imprisonment-and-blasts-evil-canadian-politicians\/\" title=\"WATCH: Jailed Alberta Pastor Released On Bail; Recounts Harsh Imprisonment And Blasts \u2018Evil\u2019 Canadian Politicians\">big fat lie<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>In a Twitter thread so thoroughly entertaining it even caught the attention of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/live-desantis-expected-officially-announce-presidential-run-interview-elon-musk\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Elon Musk<\/a>, Cruz managed to school both AOC and anti-Trump, anti-Cruz RINO Norman Ornstein, an emeritus scholar at the American Enterprise Institute.<\/p>\n<p>The whole kerfuffle began when Ornstein attacked Cruz for criticizing the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/let-clear-rick-scott-issues-warning-socialists-looking-visit-florida\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">NAACP\u2019s virtue-signaling<\/a> \u201ctravel advisory\u201d for Gov. Ron DeSantis\u2019 state of Florida. The senator said the boycott was \u201cbizarre\u201d and \u201cutterly dishonest,\u201d noting that the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. \u201cwould be ashamed of how profoundly [the NAACP has] lost their way.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cGuess who would have been first in line to filibuster against the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/president-trump-vows-to-campaign-against-ga-gov-secy-of-state\/\" title=\"President Trump vows to campaign against Ga. Gov., Secy. of State\">voting rights act<\/a>, and the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/robert-e-lee-statue-removed-from-us-capitol-video\/\" title=\"Robert E. Lee Statue Removed From US Capitol (VIDEO)\">civil rights act<\/a>. Yes, Ted Cruz!\u201d Ornstein said in the Monday tweet.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<h3>Norman Ornstein&#8217;s Tweet:<\/h3>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Guess who would\u2019ve been first in line to filibuster against the voting rights act, and the civil rights act. Yes, Ted Cruz! <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/ZljiJED3P8\">https:\/\/t.co\/ZljiJED3P8<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Norman Ornstein (@NormOrnstein) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NormOrnstein\/status\/1660645287541501953?\">May 22, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>\u201cNonsense. That shameful filibuster was led by Democrats\u2014your party,\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/fired-ted-cruz-asks-aoc-perfect-white-pantsuit-question-standing-border\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Cruz<\/a> said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMy party \u2014 the Republicans \u2014 proudly voted for the Civil Rights Act in much higher percentages than the racist Dems,\u201d the senator said.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<h3>Ted Cruz&#8217;s Tweet:<\/h3>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Nonsense. That shameful filibuster was led by Democrats\u2014your party.<\/p>\n<p>My party\u2014the Republicans\u2014proudly voted for the Civil Rights Act in much higher percentages than the racist Dems. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/MgPZZFTlak\">https:\/\/t.co\/MgPZZFTlak<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Ted Cruz (@tedcruz) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/tedcruz\/status\/1660961922643120132?\">May 23, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Aside from the fact that Ornstein technically doesn\u2019t identify as a Democrat, Cruz was accurate: Back when the Democratic Party treated the Deep South as its own private fiefdom and counted arch-segregationists such as Wallace, Orval Faubus and James Eastland among its members, the GOP was instrumental in passing those key pieces of legislation and ensuring they cleared the hurdle of the filibuster.<\/p>\n<p>But, like the Kool-Aid Man of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/aoc-makes-huge-mistake-challenging-ted-cruz-he-gives-her-an-unforgettable-history-lesson\/\" title=\"AOC's Challenge to Ted Cruz Backfires - He Schools Her with History Lesson.\">reflexive liberal cluelessness smashing<\/a> right through the brick wall of reason, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/cnn-trump-town-hall-blows-face-aoc-turns-network-ashamed\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Ocasio-Cortez<\/a> barged into the conversation with everyone\u2019s favorite anti-Republican whopper.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhy don\u2019t you go ahead and tell people what happened to the parties after that, Ted,\u201d the congresswoman said.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<h3>AOC&#8217;s Tweet:<\/h3>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Why don\u2019t you go ahead and tell people what happened to the parties after that, Ted <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/fiJgIgVZHO\">https:\/\/t.co\/fiJgIgVZHO<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (@AOC) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AOC\/status\/1660995725298225152?\">May 23, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>I\u2019m pretty sure AOC thought that comment would be a rhetorical mic drop. Instead, Cruz took it as an invitation.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSure,\u201d he tweeted. \u201cFirst, the Dem party founded the KKK. Then the Dem party wrote Jim Crow laws. Then the Dem party filibustered the Civil Rights Act.\u201d<\/p>\n<div id=\"firefly-poll-container\" class=\"one-half\">\n<div class=\"firefly-poll-question\">Do you think AOC should be voted out of office?<\/div>\n<div id=\"pollFormBox\" style=\"display: none\">\n<p>\t\t<label><strong>Yes<\/strong><\/label><br \/>\n\t\t<label><strong>No<\/strong><\/label><br \/>\n\t\t<\/p>\n<div class=\"firefly-poll-disclaimer\">\n\t\tCompleting this poll entitles you to The Western Journal news updates free of charge. You may opt out at anytime. You also agree to our <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/about\/privacy-policy\/\">Privacy Policy<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/about\/terms-service\/\">Terms of Use<\/a>.\t\t<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"firefly-poll-results\" style=\"display: none\">\n<div id=\"firefly-poll-results-yes\" style=\"width: 0%\">\n\t\t\tYes: 0% (0 Votes)\n\t\t<\/div>\n<div id=\"firefly-poll-results-no\" style=\"width: 0%\">\n\t\t\tNo: 0% (0 Votes)\n\t\t<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<h2>Ted Cruz Calls Out Democrats for Failing Minorities<\/h2>\n<p>Senator Ted Cruz recently took to Twitter to call out the Democratic Party for their legislative priorities that have failed underprivileged minorities. Cruz pointed out that while Strom Thurmond, a Democrat associated with the Civil Rights Act filibuster, eventually turned Republican, the Democrats of today have trapped millions of Black kids in failing schools by filibustering school choice. They also push for abolishing the police, resulting in more Black lives being lost. Additionally, every Democratic senator voted against Cruz&#8217;s bill to stop DC from throwing out 40% of Black kids from schools due to vaccine mandates.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">2\/x \u2013 Today, the Dem part filibusters school choice\u2014trapping millions of Black kids in failing schools.<\/p>\n<p>\u2013 Today, the Dem party pushes abolishing the police, which results in many more Black lives murdered.<\/p>\n<p>\u2013 Today, every Dem senator voted against my bill to stop DC from\u2026<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Ted Cruz (@tedcruz)<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<h3>The Failure of Democratic Priorities<\/h3>\n<p>Cruz&#8217;s tweet highlights the failure of the Democratic Party&#8217;s priorities when it comes to minorities. By filibustering school choice, they trap underprivileged Black kids in failing schools, denying them the opportunity for a better education. Pushing for abolishing the police also puts more Black lives at risk, as law enforcement is necessary for maintaining public safety. Additionally, voting against Cruz&#8217;s bill to stop DC from throwing out Black kids due to vaccine mandates shows a lack of concern for their education and well-being.<\/p>\n<h3>The Need for Change<\/h3>\n<p>It&#8217;s clear that the Democratic Party&#8217;s priorities are failing minorities, and change is needed to address these issues. School choice should be available to all, regardless of race or socioeconomic status, to ensure that every child has access to a quality education. Police reform is necessary, but abolishing the police is not the answer. And lawmakers should prioritize the education and well-being of all children, regardless of their vaccination status.<\/p>\n<h3>Conclusion<\/h3>\n<p>Ted Cruz&#8217;s tweet serves as a reminder that the Democratic Party&#8217;s legislative priorities have failed underprivileged minorities. It&#8217;s time for change to ensure that every child has access to a quality education, public safety is maintained, and the well-being of all children is prioritized.<\/p>\n<h2>Ted Cruz Schools AOC on History and Economics<\/h2>\n<blockquote>\n<p>&#8220;The Republican Party was founded to oppose slavery,&#8221; he continued.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Our first Republican President was Abraham Lincoln, who won the Civil War and ended slavery. It was Republicans who voted for the Civil Rights Act in a much higher percentage than racist Dems.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Not only that, Cruz said, but the GOP has been the party leading the way for black economic emancipation in the 21st century \u2014 all while the Democrats continue to push a culture of government dependency and grievance.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Today, we produced the lowest African-American unemployment EVER, under the Trump economic boom,&#8221; the senator noted. &#8220;Today, we produced the lowest African-American poverty levels EVER, under the Trump economic boom.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>And just in case AOC needed a few more receipts, well, here you go:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>\u2013 Also, just two years ago, the Dem governor of Virginia had put the photo of A MAN DRESSED AS A KKK KLANSMAN on his personal yearbook page.<\/p>\n<p>\u2013 And today, the sitting Dem President\u2014Joe Biden\u2014gave in 2011 a flowery eulogy for an &#8220;Exalted Cyclops&#8221; of the KKK.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote>\n<p>\u2013 And to add to all that, the Dem party aggressively <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/critics-blast-biden-over-crisis-in-cuba-theyll-only-allow-in-people-who-wont-vote-republican\/\" title=\"Critics Blast Biden Over Crisis In Cuba: \u2018They\u2019ll Only Allow In People Who Won\u2019t Vote Republican\u2019\">supports open borders<\/a>\u2014which has led to the deaths and brutal assaults of thousands of Hispanics, and AOC somehow can\u2019t seem to find her White pantsuit to cry over their suffering.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Even Twitter impresario Elon Musk was impressed with the back-and-forth:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>The kind of interaction that makes this platform so unique &#038; entertaining!<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>One understands Ocasio-Cortez is no political scientist or historian, but you\u2019d think she\u2019d have known better than to use this hoary, trite smear \u2014 and not only that, to <strong>actually believe it<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>The Democratic Party and the Republican Party didn\u2019t just swap positions on racist policies sometime in the 1960s. Rather, the Democrats have gone from subordinating black Americans through slavery, disenfranchisement and segregation to subordinating them through a culture of government dependency \u2014 all while offering them no path out of the web of bureaucratic and educational dysfunction.<\/p>\n<p>The face of Jim Crow in 2023 looks nothing like George Wallace standing outside the schoolhouse door at the University of Alabama, refusing to let a black student in so he could enroll.<\/p>\n<p>Rather, it looks like AOC, Randi Weingarten and countless other Democrats standing inside the door of the schoolhouse \u2014 and the welfare office, and the unemployment bureau \u2014 refusing to let minorities <strong>out<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The Republican Party was founded to oppose slavery.<\/li>\n<li>Abraham Lincoln, a Republican, won the Civil War and ended slavery.<\/li>\n<li>Republicans voted for the Civil Rights Act in a much higher percentage than Democrats.<\/li>\n<li>The GOP has been the party leading the way for black economic emancipation in the 21st century.<\/li>\n<li>The Trump economic boom produced the lowest African-American unemployment and poverty levels ever.<\/li>\n<li>The Democratic Party has a history of racism and supports open borders, which has led to the deaths and brutal assaults of thousands of Hispanics.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The post <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/aoc-makes-huge-mistake-challenging-ted-cruz-gives-unforgettable-history-lesson\/\">AOC Makes Huge Mistake Challenging Ted Cruz &#8211; He Gives Her an Unforgettable History Lesson<\/a> appeared first on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\">The Western Journal<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>way, history tells a different story. 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