Willie Geist seemed as surprised as I was when he introduced this Morning Joe clip today.
"Ted Cruz of Texas said the administration is taking the wrong tone in the aftermath of the shootings in Minnesota.
"Immediately when an incident like this happens, they come out guns blazing. That that we took out a violent terrorist. Hooray! And the problem is, particularly for someone not paying attention, if you're being told this is a mom of three and there's no indication, you know, she's not waving an ISIS flag or doesn't have a suicide vest around her.
"Yeah, escalating the rhetoric doesn't help, and it actually loses credibility. And so I would encourage the administration to be more measured, to recognize the tragedy and to say, we don't want anyone, anyone's lives to be lost. and the politicians who are pouring gasoline on the fire need to stop."
Whoa. That's how bad it is, that TED CRUZ is telling people to stop making it worse. I think I need my smelling salts and my fainting couch.
Now, it's commonly believed he's positioning himself to run against Vance for the Republican nomination, so he hasn't had an epiphany. But he might be semi-sincere when he points out it's stupid.
