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Republican Senator Ted Cruz thinks we need to “stop attacking pedophiles.”

The Texas senator made the brutal (potentially) Freudian slip during a Senate hearing about crime on Tuesday.

“Senator Booker also said we should have bipartisan agreement. I think that’s a great idea, we should have bipartisan agreement,” Cruz said. “How ’bout we all come together and say, ‘Let’s stop murders?’ How ’bout we all come together and say, ‘Let’s stop rapes?’ How ’bout we all come together and say, ‘Let’s stop attacking pedophiles?’” [...]


(other outlets portray it as more clearly a mistake, but we're rewarding the outlet leaning into the clickbait because it's more onion-y 🫠)

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[–] NONE_dc@lemmy.world 135 points 2 months ago (2 children)

Where I come from there is a saying: "Quien hambre tiene, en pan piensa" (Those who are hungry think of bread.)

[–] A_norny_mousse@feddit.org 46 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Love it. I think that's exactly what "Freudian slip" means.

[–] MajorasTerribleFate@lemmy.zip 20 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Oh, I thought it was a kind of lingerie my mom used to wear.

I HAVE to say this is a joke.

[–] tomenzgg@midwest.social 3 points 2 months ago (1 children)

I HAVE to say this is a joke.

Why? I doubt your mom uses Lemmy.

[–] MajorasTerribleFate@lemmy.zip 2 points 2 months ago

Honestly, because I take most things as both serious and facetious until I can properly de ide which it was intended as, and I tend to imagine at least a subset people also do that and might decide I wasn't joking. And I had a little hesitation about being unclear.

[–] boonhet@sopuli.xyz 7 points 2 months ago

Here it's "Mis meelel, see keelel" or "mis keelel, see meelel", depending on who you ask. Which translates to either "on the mind, on the tongue" or "on the tongue, on the mind".

[–] ivanafterall@lemmy.world 72 points 2 months ago (1 children)

You guys don't think...?

No, no, surely not.

[–] ThePowerOfGeek@lemmy.world 44 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Well there was that incident on the campaign trail about 10 years ago when his daughter recoiled in disgust when he went to kiss her.

His poor kids. I can't imagine how gross it must be to have him for a father.

[–] Frozengyro@lemmy.world 19 points 2 months ago

I mean, that sounds like a normal reaction a teenager would have to their father in public.

[–] Skyrmir@lemmy.world 32 points 2 months ago

This is the plausiblley deniable way for them to put it out in the media. They can check what right wing media reports it and how, then just call it a mistake. Meanwhile they normalize defending pedophiles.

[–] SeeMarkFly@lemmy.ml 27 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

He must think that pedophiles VOTED for him. He's acting like he's representing pedophiles.

OR pedophiles PAID for his extensive campaign.

Let's look at the Epstein files and find out.

[–] PattyMcB@lemmy.world 25 points 2 months ago

What. The. Fuck?

Somebody check his computer

[–] MedicPigBabySaver@lemmy.world 24 points 2 months ago

POS bozo!

Release the Trump/Epstein files

[–] Formfiller@lemmy.world 12 points 2 months ago

I think its more interesting that none of the other people in the room called him on that

[–] leaky_shower_thought@feddit.nl 10 points 2 months ago (1 children)

must be their phase 1 of the desensitization plan~

ted is surely leading the way.

[–] paraphrand@lemmy.world 5 points 2 months ago (1 children)

So the grooming is projection too…

[–] leaky_shower_thought@feddit.nl 3 points 2 months ago

i can totally see that angle loool

[–] Goun@lemmy.ml 9 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Death penalty to pedophile victims

[–] shittydwarf@piefed.social 21 points 2 months ago

Trump, Cosby, Weinstein and other famous rapists employ "fixers" to handle their victims. They threaten/coerce/trick them into silence with vicious NDAs, obtaining the "rights" to their stories and burying them, forcing abortions, etc. really would be easier to just erase them since thats a lot of effort!

[–] TropicalDingdong@lemmy.world 6 points 2 months ago
[–] Angelusz@lemmy.world 6 points 2 months ago

Freudian slips be real yo.

[–] Tollana1234567@lemmy.today 6 points 2 months ago

Lizard zodiac killer cruz said this.

[–] switcheroo@lemmy.world -3 points 2 months ago (2 children)

Not all republikkkans are pedophiles but all pedophiles are republikkkan. And they are all okay with pedophilia even if they aren't the ones doing the child abuse.

[–] Electric_Druid@lemmy.world 8 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (1 children)

I guarantee you not all pedophiles are Republican. I hate both groups, but let's be real here

[–] Soulg@ani.social 5 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (1 children)

An alarmingly high amount of pedos are Republican, I don't know why people feel the need to embellish that

[–] MHLoppy@fedia.io 3 points 2 months ago

Tribalism is a hell of a drug

[–] al_Kaholic@lemmynsfw.com 4 points 2 months ago

If you choose sit at a table full of pedophiles, you are a fucking pedophile. If you vote to not release the names of pedophiles or investigate people who might be pedophiles that there is enough evidence to put people on prison, how is this not getting thru to people.