'How Do You Explain These Tweets?': Ted Cruz Confronts 'Extremist' Biden Nominee During Hearing

thank you senator cruz thank you madam chair uh i'm going to direct my questions to mr badoya uh mr bedoya the biden administration has nominated a number of extreme nominees uh radicals who've advocated for abolishing the police two of the senior officials currently at the justice department uh a banking regulator who trained in the soviet union and advocates nationalizing the banks and wants to bankrupt thousands of businesses across america and unfortunately mr doyle as i look at your record you fall firmly in that line i see the record of someone who has been a left-wing activist a provocateur a bomb thrower and an extremist so i want to take a minute to explore your views you know i took a look at twitter you've been very active on twitter tell me mr badoya what what are your views on on ice thank you for that question senator i have as a law professor called attention to what i see as fourth amendment violations in ice's face recognition searches and these are measures that have triggered bipartisan oversight by okay let's let's be clear i i'm not talking about uh the things you say when you're wearing a suit and tie talking about fourth amendment violations i'm talking about what you angrily tweet out to the world i refer you to a tweet from february 26 2021 it is time to call ice what it is an out of control domestic surveillance agency that peers into all of our lives uh that's not just simply a a comment about an abstract fourth amendment issue and and and let's be clear you also have on april 10th 2021 a tweet which is certainly not lacking in subtlety it is a tweet that says maryland police have no business working with ice maryland police have no business working with ice maryland police have no business working with ice maryland police have no business working with ice maryland police have no business working with ice so apparently you're calling on state law enforcement to refuse to cooperate in any way with federal immigration enforcement what uh how do you explain these tweets is that uh are are you with the more radical members of the squad in the house and and and are you an advocate for abolishing ice i am not senator that last message was rhetoric the bill that it was uh posted in support of was a bill to require the government to get a warrant before scanning seven million maryland drivers faces won the support of one of the most prominent republicans in our senate uh senator christopher west and so um i have occasionally used rhetoric sir uh but um i've worked with you and your staff when i was a staffer in 2013 the bill that i helped draft to help separate a children act you co-sponsored as an amendment and so i emphatically believe that if confirmed i uh can and will work across the aisle set aside my politics to help your constituents and those across the country and well let's talk a little bit more rhetoric let's take a look at june 23 2018 another tweet you sent in this case you're blasting a fellow democrat uh decorum uh directed at uh steny hoyer the house whip thousands of latino kids still forcibly separated from their parents some in cages and you go on cnn to ask for decorum from members of the hispanic caucus you should apologize to those members and to the latino community so you're blasting not just ice not just federal law enforcement but you're also blasting democrats uh who are not sufficiently extreme to your liking when it comes to immigration is that right senator i think family separation was a the kids at the border uh looked like my cousins and so so you were really troubled by the kids in cages under president trump and as i was troubled with what happened to children in certain circumstances under the prior administration have you said one word about the kids in cages in the joe biden cages the cages are bigger they're more full have you said a word about it since it was a democrat president putting kids in cages senator respectfully i believe i have uh in certain circumstances criticized uh immigration policy under the current administration have you said a word about the biden cages or it is or is that rhetoric only directed at your political opponents uh i can't say whether i've used the word cages but i do believe i've been critical of democrats and republicans alike and i believe democrats and you believe you've been critical of democrats and republicans alike that's you that's your sworn testimony today uh yes and i believe the the message you referred to with respect to leader hoyer speaks to that all right here's another one you're retweeting joy anne reed where she says we're learning daily the ugly consequences of having had a white supremacist administration uh do you embrace the the uh practice of the far left of blasting their political opponents as white supremacists and do you think that kind of rhetoric is is suitable for what is supposed to be a a uh independent agency enforcing the law senator i don't recall sharing that i don't believe the prior administration was a white supremacist administration i've worked with democrats and republicans alike on the senate commerce committee our research well you retweeted it and i'll i'll enter the the tweet in the record i'm going to ask about one final one which is something else you retweeted uh where where it was actually i i gave a speech where i said critical race theory is bigoted it is a lie and it is every bit as racist as the klansmen in white sheets and you retweeted uh some fellow named john b king uh with a gif of slamming the door um i i take it you you disagree with the proposition that that critical race theory is is is bigoted so so tell us your views on critical race theory senator uh uh secretary king's great grandfather was enslaved in gaithersburg maryland and i believe his point was that that history should be taught in schools um i don't recall that specific message but i don't know if i have a top-line view do you agree with the propositions of critical race theory that america is fundamentally racist that all white people are racist that our institutions are irredeemably racist senator i do not believe all white people are racist uh i don't i i haven't given great thought to critical race theory before this uh this hearing sir but i emphatically do not think all white people are racist and i i can't recall the other provisions of your question sir so madam chair i would ask unanimous consent that the tweets that i referred to be entered in without objection senator lujan thank you madam chair um commissioner rosenwursel as i said in my opening statement it's refreshing to finally be having a hearing as we're having a conversation about the importance of having a five member

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Published: Wed Nov 17 2021