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Ted Cruz Tweets About Cancun Flight Prices as Texas Braces for Brutal Storm
"Inflation is out of control," Cruz tweeted on Wednesday. He indicated gas, food and lumber prices had also increased by typing the phrases with an accompanying symbol of an upwards arrow.

He ended the message by adding: "And tickets to Cancun are up 32%!"

The message was met with immediate disapproval by social media users, many of whom noted the upcoming storm threatening Texas.

"The Cancun Cruz missile thinks it's hilarious that more than 700 Texans died from the cold the last time he fled the country," one Twitter user wrote in response to the senator's tweet.
Another writer advised that since another storm is approaching, Cruz "best book your airline tickets now."
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Ted Cruz Tweets About Cancun Flight Prices as Texas Braces for Brutal Storm

The Republican senator was roundly criticized for a trip to Cancun during 2021's freak winter storm in Texas.
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Missouri prosecutors say proposed self-defense bill from GOP state lawmaker would 'make murder legal'
Prosecutors, police officers and local politicians are sounding the alarm about a self-defense bill in Missouri's Senate, saying the legislation would effectively make murder legal in the state.

The bill is sponsored by Republican state Sen. Eric Burlison and was last discussed at a hearing in the state Senate's Transportation, Infrastructure and Public Safety Committee on Tuesday, The Associated Press reported.

According to SB666: "Under current law, the defendant has the burden to prove he or she reasonably believed physical or deadly force was necessary to protect him or herself or a third person. This act provides that there shall be a presumption of reasonableness that the defendant believed such force was necessary to defend him or herself or a third person."

The bill further says that any person who "uses or threatens to use force in self-defense is immune from criminal prosecution and civil action for the use of such force," with the sole exception of using force against a police officer on duty if the person "reasonably knew or should have known that the person was a law enforcement officer."

More than 30 sheriffs, police departments and prosecutors in Missouri signed a letter against the bill. Law enforcement leaders said the legal process for self-defense laws was already tight and under this bill, "officers would be barred from arresting someone for any violent offense where they claim self-defense."

During Tuesday's hearing, Stoddard County Prosecuting Attorney Russ Oliver called it the "Make Murder Legal Act" and said it would sow chaos in Missouri, KFVS 12 News reported.

“It was important to come up here and let our senators know that this bill is dangerous to public safety,” he said. “This bill is dangerous to our victims. And we shouldn’t have to go before a judge before we can arrest someone who has killed someone.”
Thirty states have so-called "stand your ground laws" in public places. But Florida, Kansas, Kentucky, Oklahoma, South Carolina and Tennessee are the only states that prevent law enforcement from arresting someone who claims self defense, according to the Giffords Law Center.
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Missouri prosecutors say proposed self-defense bill from GOP state lawmaker would ‘make murder legal’

Prosecutors, police officers and local politicians are sounding the alarm about a self-defense bill in Missouri’s Senate, saying the legislation would effectively make murder l…
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Pence breaks with Trump: 'I had no right to overturn the election'
"There are those in our party who believe that as the presiding officer over the joint session of Congress, I possessed unilateral authority to reject Electoral College votes. And I heard this week that President Trump said I had the right to ‘overturn the election,'" Pence said at a Federalist Society event in Florida.

"President Trump is wrong. I had no right to overturn the election," Pence continued. "The presidency belongs to the American people, and the American people alone. Frankly, there is almost no idea more un-American than the notion that any one person could choose the American president."

"Under the Constitution, I had no right to change the outcome of our election. And Kamala Harris will have no right to overturn the election when we beat them in 2024," Pence said to applause.

Pence's comments on Friday came as part of a broader speech about the need for conservatives to remain true to the Constitution and reject efforts to consolidate power at the federal level.

"I understand the disappointment so many feel about the last election. I was on the ballot. But whatever the future holds, I know we did our duty that day," Pence said.

"The truth is, there’s more at stake than our party or our political fortunes. If we lose faith in the Constitution, we won’t just lose elections — we’ll lose our country," Pence added.
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Pence breaks with Trump: ‘I had no right to overturn the election’

Former Vice President Mike Pence on Friday sharply rebuked former President Trump for suggesting he had the ability to overturn the results of the 2020 election, calling the idea “un-American…
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Hogan calls RNC censure of Cheney, Kinzinger a 'sad day' for GOP
“The GOP I believe in is the party of freedom and truth,” Hogan tweeted on Friday. “It’s a sad day for my party—and the country—when you’re punished just for expressing your beliefs, standing on principle, and refusing to tell blatant lies.”

Hogan, who is not seeking reelection as Maryland’s governor due to term limits and has previously been critical of former President Trump, is one of a group of moderate Republicans who openly questioned or outright slammed the RNC’s decision earlier on Friday to censure the two House Republicans.

The RNC voted to formally censure both of them for their previous criticism of Trump and their involvement in the House select committee investigating the events around the Jan. 6, 2021, riot at the U.S. Capitol.
Others previously connected to the RNC also blasted the move on Friday.

“As the former chairman of the Republican party, I cannot express enough my condemnation of this pathetic act of cowardice taken by its current leadership to censure ⁦@Liz_Cheney⁩ and ⁦@RepKinzinger⁩. You are wrong. I stand with Liz and Adam,” former RNC chairman Micheal Steele tweeted.
Mike DuHaime, a former political director for the RNC, said the committee would be “insane” if it censured both Republicans.

“The RNC is insane if it censures @RepKinzinger and @RepLizCheney. The party that long valued individuality and differences of opinion now demands fealty to the election results lie. And it stupidly keeps the focus Trump instead of Biden,” DuHaime said Friday morning before the vote.
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Hogan calls RNC censure of Cheney, Kinzinger a ‘sad day’ for GOP

Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan (R) called the Republican National Committee’s (RNC) censure of Reps. Liz Cheney (R-Wyo.) and Adam Kinzinger (R-Ill.) a “sad day” for his party.“The GOP I believe in is th…
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George Conway: Republicans have gone from 'cowardice to depravity'

Conservative attorney George Conway blasts the Republican National Committee resolution calling the January 6, 2021 Capitol Hill attacks "legitimate political discourse".
 
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'Un-American': Pence Drops MAGA-World Bomb Rebuking Vote Stealing Plot

As Donald Trump becomes increasingly unhinged about the insurrection, former vice president Mike Pence has officially repudiated the MAGA election lie, saying “Trump is wrong” and that he did not have the right to overturn the 2020 presidential election. Meanwhile, the RNC has voted to censure the GOP’s top Jan. 6 critics, saying the rioters were engaging in “legitimate political discourse.”
 
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