“There are district attorneys and United States attorneys out there every day squeezing ordinary citizens on sometimes very thin grounds and taking them to trial in order to make an example, as they put it. I’m really concerned that ‘too big to fail’ has become ‘too big for trial,'” Warren said.
“We do not know, for example, if he received compensation for giving paid speeches at extreme or radical groups. It is at a minimum relevant to know if that $200,000 that he deposited in his bank account came directly from Saudi Arabia, came directly from North Korea.
The only reasonable inference was there was something in there that they did not want to make public.”
It’s clear that Cruz has business of his own to conduct, the cynical single minded business of making a name for himself while smearing the honorable reputation of a wounded and decorated war veteran and fellow Republican with a speculative, McCarthyesque smear that raised a more than a few eyebrows. Even John McCain, who these days rarely sees the forest through his bitter trees, felt compelled to draw the line and rebuke Cruz.
We are our choices, rarely do we get a second chance to make a good impression. My impression after listening and seeing these two freshman Senators make their debut, is that both of them will certainly make their share of headlines in the coming years.
Warren will provide quotes that Democrats and all fairminded people will appreciate and come to expect, while Cruz will continue to offer up smears and stupidity the Republicans will come to regret.
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