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Trump-Milley feud played key role in classified documents caseĭemocratic leader accuses McCarthy of reneging on budget deal with Bidenįox News’s Turley: Trump could face ‘terminal sentence’ if DOJ proves. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed. On Saturday, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky called on Western governments to issue preemptive sanctions against Moscow.īiden said last week that he was “convinced” that Russia was planning on invading Ukraine, though members of his administration have said that diplomatic paths toward deescalation are still on the table. The Biden administration has vowed to issue “unprecedented” and “crippling” sanctions against Russia if it invades Ukraine. I gotta say Bill, Joe Biden becoming president is the best thing that ever happened, tragically, for Vladimir Putin,” said Cruz. “Joe Biden came to Capitol Hill and personally lobbied Democratic senators to vote against Russian sanctions. And they said, number two, provide lethal military aid, give us the weapons to defend ourselves.”Ĭruz argued that Senate support for sanctions against the Nord Stream 2 pipeline has changed solely because of who is sitting in the Oval Office and accused Democrats of voting “in favor” of Russia. “They’ve asked the United States explicitly, ‘Put sanctions on Nord Stream 2, right now, today.’ Joe Biden could do that this morning. If you look at what the Ukrainians want, they’ve been very explicit,” Cruz said. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) blasted President Biden on Sunday for what he described as his enabling of Russia’s aggression toward Ukraine, saying Biden’s presidency was the “best thing” that had happened for Russian President Vladimir Putin.įox News Channel anchor Bill Hemmer asked Cruz during an appearance on “Fox News Sunday” if he believes the White House’s approach to the situation at the Ukrainian border has worked so far. In her speech to the event, former Republican Vice Presidential nominee Sarah Palin got the address of the White House wrong.Sen. Mr Perkins also believes that religious freedom only applies to Christians who oppose same-sex marriage, compares gay people to drug addicts, and threatens a “revolution” over equal marriage,Īnti-gay activist Mat Staver – who recently compared same-sex marriage to beheading carried out by ISIS – also lead a panel at the event, titled ‘The Assault On Constitutional Rights In A Nanny State’.

The Family Research Council was condemned by the Jewish Anti-Defamation League in June for Perkins’ comparison between gay rights and the Holocaust, but he repeated his claim in August. The Republican received 25% of the votes cast by attendees at the event, which is run by the Family Research Council – whose president Tony Perkins regularly compares gay rights to the holocaust.Ĭruz attempted to introduce a bill to ban recognition of same-sex marriage earlier this year, despite the striking down of the Defence of Marriage Act.ĭr Ben Carson, who has compared gays to paedophiles and recently claimed same-sex marriage was a ‘Marxist plot’ came second in the poll with 20%, followed by Arkansas governor Mike Huckabee on 12% and Rick Santorum with 10%ĭemocrat Hillary Clinton, meanwhile, garnered just one vote out of the 1,900 cast. Texas senator Ted Cruz has been picked as the most popular potential Presidential candidate at the anti-gay Values Voter Summit.