F**k You, Ted Cruz!

[Aresen]

Ted Cruz, Who Bragged About Backing Smarter Sentencing in 2015, Turns Against His Own Cause

Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) opposes the FIRST STEP Act, which includes sentencing reforms that are less ambitious than ones he enthusiastically supported just three years ago. Cruz has never offered a plausible explanation for this turnaround.

When the Senate Judiciary Committee approved the Sentencing Reform and Corrections Act (SRCA) last February, Cruz was one of just five members who voted against it. He offered an unsuccessful amendment that would have eliminated retroactive application of shorter sentences for certain nonviolent drug offenders, a feature he said would doom the bill.

"If you want this bill to be more than a messaging press release, if you want this bill to actually to go into the United States Code, particularly given that we have an administration and an attorney general who have come out against it," Cruz said, "I would suggest the way to maximize the chances of doing anything to fix the problem is to accept this amendment. Its chances of passing would rise dramatically." Yet now that Jeff Sessions is gone and Donald Trump has endorsed the Senate version of the FIRST STEP Act, which includes several elements of the SRCA, Cruz is still opposed to the changes.

[Hugh Akston]

Ted Cruz isn't that hard to understand. Spineless creatures are incredibly flexible.

[Mo]

Most spineless creatures have a useful purpose in the ecosystem.

[Hugh Akston]

Relevant:

[Painboy]

Relevant:

He looks like one of the English's caricatures of Napoleon come to life.

[Tuco]

Walking definition of the word "oleaginous" right there.