Ted Cruz Storms Off After Questions About Guns, Wants Door Control Instead: A Closer Look
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- Seth takes a closer look at pro-gun politicians refusing to take action for stricter gun safety measures to stop America's plague of mass shootings and pitching an insane alternative to get rid of doors instead of guns.
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The same people who demanded that kids shouldn’t have to wear masks for a pandemic because the psychological damage it would have on kids are perfectly fine surrounding schools with armed military style security.
And Kevlar backpack
Right?!? It's insane
In their mind the fact that those security services would most likely also harass black students at a disproportionate rate is probably just an additional benefit of that system
In the end they only care for their own desires and nothing else, and they got here by desperate politicians selling the freedoms of others to buy votes.
But at this rate the second civil war is around the corner as the point of no return is quickly approaching.
Though this is likely to be embraced as the far-right see their shrinking voter numbers and would rather strike now than change their political platform.
… and doing nothing, so the children know that school shootings are likely to keep on happening, and have to find a way to live with that hanging over their heads. Nice.
The "ONE DOOR" idea would go against EVERY fire code in the nation. God forbid they get this passed and there is a fire.
Or a shooter blocks off the only exit.
Maybe more doors? So people can, you know, get out of a building quickly without having to wander through the halls for too long.
Even call of duty players know a bottleneck is a good spot to rack up a kill streak. This is like tactics 101.
I wouldn't be surprised if they started chaining doors shut.
If schools had one door with an armed guard, the NRA would insist on their right to bring weapons in.
It’s a good thing there’s no more bomb threats anymore too… 🤦♂️
What can we expect from a person who didn’t do anything when someone called his wife is ugly, in public? when his state was in a winter freezing storm, this person went to Cancun. and when confronted this person casted the blame on his kids. Sooner than later, this person will blame on his parents for something he doesn’t know.
I fergot trump called cruzs beard ugly.
I love the energy when Seth's joke or something in the show doesn't go as planned. He's so genuinely funny.
Politicians: "Let's not politicize this."
Dude, literally your only job is to politicize stuff.
American politics is disgusting.
Just have to vote the 'power hungry' idiots like Cruz out.
GOYA, Get out of your couch, register & show up to vote.
Save yourselves & your children coz you might be closer to the action & consequences some time soon!
Also Ted Cruz-They're coming after the cat in the hat!
NDA (National Door Association) has put out a statement urging republicans to not politicize this issue.
Exactly! "Let's not make this political" said..........the ...politician!?!?
Did a politician just say “it’s easy to go to politics” Isn’t that literally his job?
it's easy to go to logic
What he meant to say is "it's easy to arrive at the logical conclusion". I mean, what else would you call 'less guns = less shootings'? It's like saying 'less dynamite = less explosions'.
governments job is to control you peasants through fear while you still hallucinate government authority and never learned to read a history book
Well, everyone needs an AR 15
Oh yes it's the Media that is at fault
When Seth said, "I'll be he was glad that place had more than one door" I was laughing so hard. Brilliant line
Me too!. Total LOL
In a alternate reality Seth was my favorite English teacher. He still talked to us about how he used to open Mike and had dreams of being on snl. Great teacher.
Hey Siri, do you call Dana? I’m having very far to know what is a girl you mean who’s calling on this phone call to Roseville
Hi Sam, that song beautiful are you messed it up
Are you sure you’re an English to say because he didn’t mess up everything I say
What time is it in the system? How do you name 6:14
Ted Cruz is proof that anyone, ANYONE, can be a senator.
Yup! 😂😂😂😊
And proof that anyone can graduate from Harvard.
Even tacky, disgraceful, disgusting, selfish, lacking empathy, doesn't care, loves to run, Ted Cruz.
He's also proof that not everyone SHOULD.
Wrong, Ted Cruz is proof that morons are responsible for electing one of their own.
Ted Cruz, a POLITICIAN, is upset that a reporter asked him a political question. WHAT DO YOU THINK YOUR JOB IS, TED?
Grifting. Rage spouting. Fox-splaining in misinfo- speak. Lyin' Ted Raphael Cancun Canuck Cuban Cruz who only dropped his dual citizenship to not only run for Senate but for President of a country he wasn't born in and mainly to stop embarrassing Canada for having any connection to him, believe those things are his job as a (shudder) Senator.
But you probably like Chucky Scmucky who wants to make sure only criminals and politicians will have guns. Oops criminals and politicians are essential the same.
Mastriano did the same thing in Pa when a reporter started asking him about stopping the steal and he ran away. This is who repubs want for gov. in Pa. Although I think he might be worse than Cruz.
Cater to lobbyists and cash their checks.
Run away when the going gets cold
One of your best Closer Looks yet ! The moron Cruz meeting Bigfoot and the Steven Segal impression mix-up ! Seth your impressions were just hilarious & outstanding ! You make this horrible , sad topic bearable !
Oh my goodness! Seth Meyers, thank you for giving us honest news about what is going on and at the same time makes us laugh. Late Nights Shows, you are all suppers.
He may have been honest but he was making it seem like Ted Cruz is stupid. And he was making it sound like protecting gun laws is bad. Sorry to say it(not really) but Seth is a one sided person only focusing on one side of the story and trying to make people get on the bandwagon with him.
A politician asking not to politicize things is like hiring a lawyer who says let's not make your case a whole legal issue.
🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 lmao
Oh, they're very selective about what they don't want politicized. Killing unborn children? Politicize! Killing born children? Don't Politicize!
Exactly right!! So insane to me
They are oligarchs masquerading as politicians
Funny how Republicans like to say the other side is being political while pretending that they aren't being political themselves.
“Look at him run away, I bet he was thankful that place had more than one door.”
Seth, that was BRILLIANT. As I type this, I have the video paused so I could laugh and applaud. I don’t care that you can’t hear my applause, you and your writers EARNED it.
They more than earned it he knows it right there like yeah Oscar Worthy Ted Cruz is a clown and I have no sympathy for him of whatsoever but everybody else I hope they do the right thing and get him the f*** out of there and just put Beto in there they should have did that in the first place 🤔🙏😎
BURN! That _was_ brilliant.
I'd listen to that over and over except I don't want to hear any more from Ted.
Omg. Right, it was so great.
The one door idea is one step of stupid behind having dogs around the school, or bees, or dogs with bees in their mouth and when they bark they shoot bees at you.
@@joshreynolds7643 Feeling inadequate, I see.
I love when Seth cracks himself up!
Wow, this is perhaps the angriest I've ever seen Meyers get. Understandable too. The gunman literally bought the weapons he used a mere matter of days earlier. But god forbid we address the problem--no, blame it on literally anything other than firearms.
Let me make something clear
GUNS are not the problem psycho ass people are, gangs are, criminals are. When have you ever seen a gun grow legs and walk up to someone and shoot them
NEVER.
“It’s about mental health,” says the party that always votes against improving mental healthcare (and literally every other kind of healthcare)
@Brucifer Mephistopheles - That's almost hilarious--the idea of mentally (and morally) deficient leaders "improving" mental health.
lol yeah it's really infuriating when the only party that recognizes that killing mass amounts of literal children is a mental health issue is the same party who exploits neurodivergent people the most
i hate this fucking country so much
Fair point, but most of them do say improving mental health is done by bringing people back to the Church and wholesome family times (of 1950's I guess?)
Within the last two weeks, Abbott signed off on a cut of over 110 million dollars on next year's mental health budget for Texas. There is a direct correlation between domestic abuse and the abuse of animals, and these shooters. If we just forbid any of those people from owning weapons of death, we could cut the number of deaths by around 75%.
Texas spends the less per capita on mental health than any other state in the country.
I genuinely felt sick when Cruz shoved the reporter back and did his whole “do you know why people come to America” thing. It felt straight out of a dystopian novel
And it was so forced and so insincere. Like a bad reality TV show.
He really is “Lyin’ Ted Cruz.”
America is truly the land of opportunity, where even a loser with no character or convictions can become a Senator.
Yes I reacted the same way. Cruz is despicable.
How did Lying Ted went out, He went out like a b!tch.
@@MaryamofShomal even a broken clock is right twice a day. Or something like that..
I love how Ted Cruz says why does everyone want to come to America?
A: I was born here and feel trapped here. I want to live in Canada, Mexico, Japan Australia, or even Germany . I swear I would feel safer in all of them. So I do not understand why people come here but ultimately I am sure there are plenty of people that are dedicated to leaving.
R/iwantout
nothing is keeping you here leave
The correct answer is "propaganda" propelled by jingoistic and chauvinistic interests (do not confuse with "male chauvinism" specifically) and aided by the massive media presence of the US in popular culture and their retaliatory potential in terms of economic matters (i.e being unliked by the US closes a lot of doors for countries that want to create opportunities for trade and diplomacy).
So basically good PR with a hearty dose of fear of economical/literal annihilation has built up the US as the "home of the free" and a "land of opportunity" despite both monikers being severely out of date.
Also Ronda, people who are dissatisfied with their country usually try to work and improve it, they don't just leave. Or are you under the impression that people are incapable of loving something and being disappointed by it at the same time?
Writing from america.
You likely would feel safer in those countries, because when a mass shooting happens, the guns laws in those countries are IMMEDIATELY changed, closing loopholes, making it harder to get a gun.
Sadly, there are too many “real” republicans who refuse to change, they’d rather get money and support from the NRA.
@@rondaperry7243 unfortunately it’s a little more complicated than just wanting to move out of the country. Not everyone has the privilege to leave.
I missed this the night it aired. So glad I came acrossed.it on the internet. I loved it. I agree with you. Ted Cruz is a putz!!
I subscribed so I won't miss any more. Ty!
when a politician says don't politicize an issue, just remind them that they are 'Politicians' and it's their job.
@@thekaren1111 isn't it a fact that a politicians job is politics?
When a fascist tells you that you're being political, it means you're disagreeing with him.
Remember covid and mask? XD
@@esmeraldagreengate4354 Asking an American polititician to do their job is frankly unfair. It's a hobby interest, like cheerleading. When you break it down, US politicians perform the same services for lobbies that cheerleaders do for sports teams. I'm sorry if that creates images which are somewhat graphic for some who might read this.
_"when a politician says don't politicize an issue, just remind them that they are 'Politicians' and it's their job."_
You're assuming a lot about politicians. When a politician says something, 99% of the time they're projecting. Learn some critical thinking skills. Critical thinking doesn't make you cynical; your lack of it makes me that.
Everyone is rightly pointing out the inherent fire hazard, but I think it’s also important to note that one door means that anyone who runs for the exit has to get past the gunman blocking their only escape. How can anyone think that’s a good plan?!
Only Ted Cruz can come out with this idea 😭😭
This was my thought pattern as well, multiple shooters would so love choke-points.
They don't think.
Worse than that, it concentrates all the people who are entering into one compact kill zone that's exposed in all directions, just what the mass shooter wants.
Protect the inside by a security door, but anyone outside playing or walking in is fair game?? Ridiculous
That Steven Seagal part was too funny 😂
It is ridiculous that when I went to high school in Chicago the highest school was locked with chains until it was time for the students to go in and then after the students were in class... The doors will be locked and security guards will be at the doors ready to open if there was a fire or some other catastrophe.
Why are the school system doors open for anybody to walk in?
This just in: Ted Cruz suggests blocking fire escape doors in schools.
He doesn't get as much money from the Fire lobby as he gets from the Gun lobby... so, lots of dead kids from fire is fine.
ID10T
For real! That’s what I visualized, then he doubled down… not just no unlocked back doors, but just one Fort Knox in the front? 🤦♂️
@@It-b-Blair these ammo-sexuals will not be happy until everyone is living in their own fortress pointing missile launchers at each other, only then is it true 'freedum!!!!!™'
Well it would probably reduce school shootings... because it would be vastly more effective to simply light a fire in front of the only exit.
Kinda hard to answer a question about Gun Control with a check from The NRA in your pocket.
And an invitation for a free dinner on Friday
So true!
Bought and paid for by merchants of death.
And an invite to meet and greet in the other pocket.
You want to disarm the good guys?
He was the one who was chastising the new Supreme Court Justice about how she "can't even answer the question 'what is a woman?'"
To my knowledge, no one has accused Ten Cruz of being smart. Or if being worth the air he breathes.
"Let's not politicize this." Dude, you're a politician, that's why people are talking to you about this political issue. It's like a chef asking, "Why does everyone keep asking me where their food is?"
"Let's not politicize this..."
- Politician, who currently looks bad politically due to ineffective policy
When they say that, it's a ploy to buy time so the issue will cool off. Disgusting.
lol
You actually ask a waiter where the food is. LMAO.
A school shooting shouldn't be politicized but everytime it happens, it does get politicized. Gun owners who are responsible are not responsible for the acts of a psychopath. They just aren't. By eliminating all guns, you are hurting and punishing people who have been responsible
It’s taken me a long time to understand that when politicians say, “let’s not make this political,” it’s not because they’re appealing to a sense of decency, it’s because if it’s political, then they’ll be expected to do something about it.
You are right, the GOP wants their only job to be gaining and holding power, not to be expected to do anything for anyone. No improvements, no safety, no responsibility is what the GOP wants.
that's why you say, "well, yes, this, by definition IS a political issue."
Vote these criminals out! They run for office to get rich & powerful...not to serve their constituents..Once in office they don't give a rat's ass about who put them there.They pass bills that keep them in power regardless of what the majority wants. They dispise the voters.They feel they're above the law. They say they're against abortion, for example, until their mistress needs one.They say they want to save the unborn..big lie..but won't lift a finger to save the living children by passing common sense gun controls. Their solution...more guns, less doors. Idiots!! Why is it harder to get a credit card than it is to buy an assault weapon whose purpose is to kill as many people as possible as quickly as possible? What is wrong with us? Who poisoned the well?
Please run for public office. We really need sensible people like you in power as opposed to the crooks we have now
Right: what they mean is, leave me alone, don't make me answer your questions, let me just mouth pieties and then go back to Business as Usual.
6:00-6:10--Wiccan crystal user here and this cracked me up. I actually went, "No. No, Seth, don't sit on the crystals. That sounds very painful!" XD
Thank you.
They need to cancel the NRA event. That is a true slap in the face to the families who lost their loved ones
It would be amazing if an overwhelming mass of people from Uvalde and elsewhere showed up to protest their event.
They really only care about themselves!
Exactly. These politicians aren't pro gun, they're pro gun lobby money.
No guns allowed at the convention, either.
@@DennisMoore664 I was thinking this too
"It's easy to go to politics..." You're a SENATOR, TED. This is what you signed up for!
Asking an American polititician to do their job is frankly unfair. It's a hobby interest, like cheerleading. When you break it down, US politicians perform the same services for lobbies that cheerleaders do for sports teams. I'm sorry if that creates images which are somewhat graphic for some who might read this.
Run for Pres Seth!
The BBC narrator voice was so brilliant and true!
A single door for schools with hundreds of children is literally a fire hazard that no fire marshal would ever approve.
Remember the Triangle Waistcoat Factory Fire where over 140 workers (mostly immigrant women) perished when there was a controlled, locked exit? Fire departments worldwide mandated multiple exits enforced by penalty of imprisonment or severe fines if ever these regulations are violated. Maybe Ted Cruz can read that story on his next flight to the Caribbean for vacation.
Yep that’s what I just said
@@jamesbrady5807 Good point! Ted Cruz should have studied harder.
They're fine with children burning alive too, so long as they get to keep their murder machines to LARP with
@@cosmosofinfinity Do you mind explaining LARP?
"DONT TAKE MY GUN! Take that kids rights to a safe class room and that woman's rights to her body and that kids right to learn about black history..."
Exactly!
USA is the upsidedown
Not the mention our rights to go to a movie, a concert, church or the grocery store
They did take the guns. It was a gun free zone. A women's right to her body does not extend to her child's body. You want safe classrooms? Arm teachers that want to be armed. We have always learned about our history.
@@jhutch1470 Obviously not enough of a 'gun free zone,' though, was it? You're an idiot. I'd suggest you go to back to school and learn some more but I don't want you to die.
When I first heard the door thing - my first thought was "Fire?" yea, trap everyone in behind a secure door.
Great job Seth and crew.
Cruz is getting defensive because he can't answer the question, then he Pathetically plays the Patriotism card to squirm his way out of the vice.
While blaming the media- GQP101
This creep is actually Canadian
He ran toward the eagle scouts and shook their hands because all he saw was a uniform and thought they were cops. He ran to what he thought was armed protection from the big scary journalist who had dangerous questions.
he is such a weasel!! Ted Cruz
"Think Ted, Gotta give Fox News a soundbite to edit out all the cowardice."-Ted's thoughts just before his parrot routine.
Republicans: “Bans don’t work.” The rest of us: “So no bans on abortion, right?” Republicans: “Listen here you son of a…”
They only care about unborn tissue. Once you are born you are on your own.
Loooool
Brilliant, Maurice R!
👏👏 gold
Lmao
Thank you Seth for starting my day the right way.
Yep turn every building into something resembling a high security prison...complete madness.
“No way to prevent this tragedy” says politician from only country where this happens
Maybe if we used guns on them, they'd change their tune quite quickly. Bullets ripping through Cruz's head, Kemps lungs filled with holes as he drowns in his own blood, even McConnell s throat sack would spray viscera everywhere, they'd act SOOOOOOOO quick.
Which proves It’s a culture problem. We identify freedom with guns and as long as they don’t take those they can get away with a lot.
@@raymonds7492 America isn’t free by any measure. Low life expectancy, high poverty rates, abysmal voting rights, and high violent crime rates. Gun laws would be an easy starting point, but we have a long way to go.
It's easy when you don't care/try to prevent anything.
@@Axolotl_Mischief it’s also easy when your country has laws that protect individual safety.
Someone else pointed this out and I think its accurate; Republicans said no to access to birth control because it would encourage more sexual activity. They said no to injection safe zones because access to that would encourage more drug use. But access to guns, that apparently does not cause more gun violence....
There's plenty of irony to go around. There's no irony deficiency, for sure. For instance, the GOP thinks infants are infinitely precious, and they constitute an absolute and implacable ban machine when it comes to protecting their right to life. One tiny detail: it seems the small print must stipulate they're precious only up until they're born.
Then it's a fatalistic mass shrug from Republican legislators and gun worshippers alike, "Hey, watcha gonna do? Banning evil never works"
Spot on
Well ya know.. big Pharma checks and the NRA basically run the country
Brilliant! Call out the hypocrisy.
Clearly to republicans sexual activity is a bigger problem than mass shootings.
Seth, love ya, so funny! Thanks
One door means that if a shooter comes in there is literally no escape except trying to go through the guy with the gun. 🤦♀️
"Man, I bet he was thankful that place had more than one door." Touché, Seth, well played, sir!
I nearly fell off my bed at the rawness of that.
Ted Cruz condescendingly patting that reporter’s shoulders like that should infuriate decent people everywhere. How has he not had a neighbor Rand Paul him yet?
Well, if I was his neighbor, I'd either move immediately, or do everything in my power to never see him. I'd put a 30 foot fence between us. I'd leave home at 3am. I'd send him a letter saying NEVER to step in my yard because I shoot first and ask questions later, even though I don't own a gun.
He did that as an aggressive move. When one man puts his hands on another like that. He is basically saying “am going to kick your ass”
@@mikey2toes966 lol my money's on the middle weight reporter who looks 20 years younger. I don't think the overweight almost senior Cruz could kick anyone's butt.
Because that would involve touching Ted Cruz, and there's only so far that justified hatred can push you.
You think he goes home to Texas? Probably staying in a hotel by the airport cause his wife doesn't want him home.
Right cause that's gonna go great In any sort of evacuation let alone just getting in and out of the building in a timely fashion
The British and UK just recently had a shooting. And the next day their gun laws became extremely strict. And when asked about the rapid law response.
They said, "" We don't want our country to become like the USA "". Now that is saying something. The UK seen a problem and they took action to solve it with strict laws.
This is why I love the UK.
when cruz said its the safest country i am surprised nobody died of laughter
@@jb7872 i can agree to that
How would he know he’s always away somewhere
"Someone burned my house down!"
*Ted Cruz:*
"Your fault. You should have kept a glass of water by your front door."
Teds solution to gun violence: ban doors.
At this point of time all kids and school staff need bulletproof vests as part of their school dress code. But the repukes would go crazy and would scream take those off the children we need to let the children breathe! Really? 19 children are no longer breathing? 2 teachers are no longer breathing!! These POSs are evil.
Sound like something crazy brain dead trump would say
Ted would make it about not having enough guns. Then he'd say something like, "You should have prayed."
Civil Villain == You should take over Seths place
At my workplace we have one entrance and 6 exits which are fire escape doors that can only be open from the inside.
Love you Seth ❤ You tell 'em 💪🤗👍
This 'one door' solution is brilliant...as long as schools have no windows, no outside activities, no recess and kids don't leave at the end if the day. Ted Cruz is a goddamn genius.
I mean. The killer only used one door.
Lol you nailed it. As a former teacher this guy has no clue how schools work. End of day dismissal would be a nightmare!!
He knows that what he spews is complete BS. He’s a shameless scumbag
My school actually did this, it was so frustrating when I was late. There were lots of doors but only one set had exterior handles.
And add that this shooter started his rampage in the parking lot.
One of the reasons the shooter during the Montreal Massacre at École Polytechnique in 1989 was able to corner the women in one lecture hall was because the rooms were designed with only one door. Most medium-large lecture halls now have more than one door which offer escape just as much as they offer an alternate entrance for a shooter. Maybe, just maybe, the shooter has always been the problem.
This is PERFECT!! Spot on!!!!!
Love this show. ♥️♥️♥️
"That's why they call it the American Dream because you have to be asleep to believe it" - George Carlin
love Carlin
That’s completely insane. One door in and out of an entire school would be a fire hazard and against building codes. Imagine if there was a fire and you had to evacuate. That idea is merely a distraction to change the conversation away from gun control, and here we are, falling for it. Keep the conversation about getting rid of assault weapons!
I wouldn't be surprised if a gunman either got someone to pull the fire alarm or posed as a volunteer at the school and pulled the fire alarm knowing everyone exiting the building from that one door would be running directly into the line of fire with nowhere to go as a traffic jam of people occurred. What of the guards at the door? They'd be dead before they could aim and fire at the head of the gunman with the fully automatic rifles who's wearing full body armor.
Yes I agree. If you are only aloud to have a gun with six bullets in the magazine you can only kill six children, so that not so bad, is? Or we could ban guns all together. Has anybody else thought of that or am I the only one.
Love the BBC reference! Great use of the David Attenborough accent too. Keep the jokes coming Seth!
I love his bloopers
Several years ago a nightclub in my country burned down, killing and wounding several people. The reason these people were trapped in the fire was that the staff had locked the emergency exits (to prevent people sneaking out without paying), so there was only one door in and out. Just, you know, in case anyone wonders why having only one door is a terrible idea.
In my country the same thing happened in a movie theatre. All the exits were locked, the staff left. So many trapped people died in a fire.
That’s different, they’re not saying one door out. Just one entrance in one school starts.
First, that sounds horrible. Second, did I get this right? ... the nightclub wanted people to pay to leave?
146 workers died locked in the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire in NY in 1911. All the exit doors had been kept locked to prevent unauthorized breaks and theft.
@@DavidJamesQ They presumably wanted them to pay their tabs.
GOP: "We need more cops because Americans don't feel safe."
Also GOP: "America is the safest and 'freeest' country in the world."
WELL, WHICH ONE IS IT?
Best comment I've read all night. The only thing I would add is that even in places where they've decided they do need more cops, people aren't applying for the job because _it's too dangerous to protect a school in this country._
It's both. There's a stunning clip of Newt Gingrich tacitly acknowledging that objectively the US is far safer than a couple of decades ago, but saying "I'll go with what the voters think".
Of course it's the GOP's job to TELL the voters what to think, (ie, America is in imminent danger from within), but they can also leak out bits of truth on the topic, at other times, and subject to strict moderation, if it suits the agenda of a proportion of their paymasters (the lobbies, who actually write US laws)
Well, when one suffers from Chronic Cranial Rectosis they do think everything stinks.
the school got more cops and still didn't do jack 🤦
@@Gottenhimfella I've never understood this. How is US the freeest country? What can you do there that you can't in other democratic countries?
The Steven segal part just kills me. Love u Seth
I’m in Canada in a small town and my daughters school has many doors but only one maybe 2 that can be accessed during operating hours.
"we shouldn't politicize this" says the party that makes political running commercials with guns in them. And who also accept money from the NRA so they can afford to continue running for office. So they can therein continue making political commercials about how guns are the answer.
At a press conference in front of their sycophants they accuse others of making it political. It's beyond parody.
We need to outlaw lobbying. (and the filibuster but that is another rant) Lobbying is bribery, corruption. The NRA has paid politicians to stop guns laws for decades. Stop lobbying, set a limit on political contributions (and tax them), demand financial transparency in government and we will finally have government for the people.
When a fascist tells you that you're being political, it means you're disagreeing with him.
EXACTLY!!!!
And who get millions in bribes from the NRA.
Glad you pointed out the fire hazard Seth!!! Don't let those jackals bring you down!
Been thinking about that since he came out with drivel
To be "Fair and Balanced ™", nobody is actually suggesting single door buildings. This is a strawman. The idea is to have single *entrance* buildings. One-way fire exists would still be available. That said, it's still a ridiculous band-aid fix of a suggestion only meant to distract from the actual problem.
@@christopher6600
Pretty sure Ol' Lyin Ted was adamant about there being only "One door."
@@christopher6600 he said "one way in and one way out" so yeah. He said one door.
That doesn't mean we shouldn't secure schools better. Unattended chain link fences won't keep intruders out.
Did you hear about the man who got on to a school campus and was detained by three teachers or the second grader who brought a gun to class? Both happened in the last twenty four hours. Better security outside the schools would have prevented that man from even getting onto the campus and metal detectors would have prevented that second grader from getting that gun to his class.
Missed you Sir Seth
That was a good British accent 😊😂😊
One of your better sessions. Ted Cruz is so despicable and cowardly.
As useful as Abbott's legs!
... and corrupt
So just like all other Republicans. But sure, let's focus on Ted. If you vote him out the world will be saved. That worked so well with getting Trump out, eh.
@Merril R No, no! No returns, no refunds.
He is so far up TRUMP & NRA's assas can only smell roses. Rose's love that shet!
GOYA, vote the poly-pricks out!
2nd amendment 'right to bare arms' was ment for the immediate moment where little policing & protection services was available. It was for you to protect you family, land & lifestyle of the times. Not to create vigilantes, mass murders & suppressionist. Just self preservation.
I'm a lifelong Texan...and I have never been more ashamed and embarrassed! Our state government is a joke!
The great American heroes of your state, Charles Goodnight and Oliver Loving would certainly not have tolerated this behaviour. Remember them and remain proud!
They are living in the 1700s
I sympathize, but they've gone far past joke status. They are quite literally responsible for the DEATHS of Texans. Whether it's:
1) mishandling COVID and misrepresenting the value of mitigation, masking, testing, and vaccines, or
2) completely failing to develop a modern safe reliable power grid, or
3) Support, enact, and support COMMON SENSE gun laws.
In each case, their dereliction of duty is KILLING TEXANS!
Me too, Deborah.
France had over 400 people slaughterd in mass killings in the past 7 years which is far more than the US and for a population almost 6 times smaller,
2015 150 people murdered by the suicidal german pilot Andreas Lubitz when he crashed his plane in the Alps near the city of Nice
2015 131 people gunned down in the Paris attacks , 90 of which were attending a heavy metal concert and the rest were at a soccer game attendented by the french president ,2 restaurants and a café
2015 17 people shot dead among them Charlie Hebdo journalists and kosher market customers
2016 86 people murdered by a killer that ran them over with a rental 19-tonne cargo truck during a Bastille Day parade in Nice
2019 3 police officers and an employee stabbed to death by police coworker
2020 Woman beheaded and 2 others killed by a knifeman in a church in Nice
Imagine a big school with a big fire and one door.. oh right just get rid of all electronics, paper, and all flammable items 🤣
Not standing in or blocking door
When the door lobby is giving Ted cruz hundreds of thousands of dollars, he’ll blame something else.
Excuse me, you can't believe anything. He says, he escaped to Mexico when Texas ran out of power leaving thousands of Texans to die. He doesn't care about anybody but himself.
Republican Solution: Assault rifles for everybody! No training, license, or age limits!
"I stand by my constitutional right to have an unregulated door. Face it -doors arent the problem - the knobs are the real threat here"....TED CRUZ 2023
@@acari27 Every time I see a video - end up shaking my head in disbelief. International media have moved in now -
he's going to run out of places to hide. Bring it on. Regards.
The restrooms...
Cruz: but it's a unisex restroom, I might be turned _gay!_
🏳️🌈 LGBTQs: we promise, we _DO NOT_ want _you_ to be one of us.
Straights: well _we_ don't him either! Who will take him? Any takers? Anyone?!?
“We can’t stop bad people from doing bad things.”
But we can create laws that punish teachers for telling kids that gay people exist and slavery was part of our history.
good news, the teachers will get guns.
and put women in prison for having an abortion !
@@pyronac1 "i support giving teachers guns. that way they can SELL the guns and use that money for things they actually need - like classroom *supplies*." --Michelle Wolf
Shut up gen z
GOOD FOR U, U HAVE A GOOD LOGICAL SENCE OF DIERECTION.
AND I DO BELIVE THIS WORLD IS THE DEVIL'S PLAY PEN. AND IF WE DON'T PRAY EVERY DAY TO THE LIVING GOD, AND TELL (HIM) THAT WE LOVE HIM AND GLORIFIED HIS NAME THE DEVIL TAKES OUR SOUL AND TAKES US DOWN TO HELL WITH HIM.
SO EVERYDAY I REBUKE THE DEVIL.
Worked at a world class museum for a decade and we had multiple doors open with unarmed guards. We did not allow guns on the premises. Our guards could tell if you had a concealed weapon and would turn you away at the door. Our head of security was the former head of the Phila SWAT team. We had no metal detectors. Never had an issue.
I love you. You make me laugh more the more I watch each show. 5th time I have watched this one.
If these republicans had their way, every American school would look like a maximum security prison.
But without the healthcare that prisons provide.
that's because the right wants more prisons and less public schools.
You say that like a bad thing.
People act like an unattended chain link fence is enough to keep students and staff safe.
At the very least schools need guards outside.
Did you hear about the man who got onto a school campus and was detained by three teachers? That happened within the last 24 hours.
If school had actual security to secure school grounds, than people like that man and the Texas shooter wouldn't even had made it on school grounds.
It's obvious gun control isn't going to happen any time soon, but the least we can do is secure campuses.
You would rather have a morgue?
@@thisistheaccountname yes, a highly motivated person with an AR-15 high velocity rifle verses an underpaid security guard with a handgun. Okay…..you Republicans seem to have a great imagination with your power fantasies. Why don’t you direct that energy to other things, like healthcare and making billionaires pay their taxes?
"America is the freest, most prosperous ..." Most willing to sit by while children are put in coffins ....
The freest and most prosperous... I suppose that's why so many Americans are trying to run from USA but can't because bureaucratic walls.
Freedom for all, but limited to...
Women? minorities? The poor? The homeless?
@@encarnacionvillazana3270 The Declaration of Independence says all MEN are created equal. It says nothing about women, children, poor people, farming tools, or other thing.
(:
@@Nerazmus
Yes. Nobody reads. The skim. The ignore responsibility and duty, and listen to what they consider "rights" under man made words...
Love him or hate him, Ted Cruz delights us all with his brand of dark comedy.
... oh wait, he's serious?
I love Seth he speaks the truth....
"When fascism comes to America, it will be wrapped in a flag and carrying a cross."
Sinclair Lewis
Trump must have read that quote. Ah just kidding he never reads anything.
Great quote. Apt.
One door in and out sounds like a perfect way to have a tragedy if a fire starts (1:57 - thanks Seth). It's also a great way to make sure you can rack up a body count the next time there is a mass casualty shooting and everyone is trying to get out of only one set of doors. Come on Texas - do better.
It also inhibits efficiency in case of an evacuation. Imagine the same horror that just happened, but no children can be evacuated, because there's only one door and all the windows are reinforced glass and don't open enough to let a person through. Next they'll be advocating for outfitting schoolbags with ceramic plating and deploying snipers.
Sorry, Ted Cruz shot a gun in a political ad, so we have to vote for him. It's the law here. 🤪
Blame everything except the guns ....
Someone needs to show him WHY this solution is by far the worst solution ever!! He is very dumb! Like present these repukes a diagram like in school and show them how having 1 door to enter and exit is horrible!!
@@ArcaJ Sounds like Georgia has the same problem with MTG, didn't she blow up a Prius with a 50 caliber. Vote me!!
Not only do we have a problem with guns on our city
Streets but we have a problem across the border in Mexico a country that bans guns and still get there guns from across the border.
OMG! He wants the Santa Clause! only go in the chimney.
"America is the greatest country on earth" is just a sad thought terminating cliché that helps stop us from ever becoming anything resembling "great".
Great in school shootings!
And he says people come to America because it's the safest country? Really Ted? Give us the evidence. Oh,I forgot. The GOP has a little trouble producing evidence.
america was the greatest like 100 years ago, now it really is lagging behind on a lot of issues
America is great? Really? Is it??
Safest?! Not by a longshot.
"The freest, most properous" literally made me spit out my tea and laugh uncontrolably.
I dont get it. I mean there are many countries where you live free. Its nothing special.
It’s prosperous for Ted he keeps getting big money from the NRA
And didn't he say "safest", too?
@@capturedflame Yes, he is.
Wow unbelievable.
Multiple exits to any building, not just schools are required by Building code. They are considered a Life Safety requirement to safely allow emergency egress during a fire event. Reducing the door capacity puts everyone at risk should there be a fire (or any other emergency) evacuation needed.
"You can't legislate away evil."
Maybe not.. but we can vote evil out of office, Lauren.
Exactly! Quite a few people in America are indifferent to elections. It’s a shame that they don’t make good use of their votes.
Thank you so much!
Candidate for *Best of Thread*.
Ridiculously important to point out the dangers of only having one exit during an emergency.
Imagine only having one exit and a mass shooter blocks it off. They have not thought that through!
Cruz and Co. think nothing through. They react to protect their own interest: remaining in office. When Texans finally see the light, they’ll vote him out and the nation will be a little safer.
I don't think they care. Republicans just want us all to die. It's their platform.
New mass shooting strategy for schools with one door... start a fire on the back of the building, then take up a position to shoot fleeing occupants as the funnel out of the ONE DOOR.
Only half the casualties will be from GSW, the other half will be from smoke inhalation and trampling.
What a bunch of brainiacs.
You are making the assumption that they can think.
Oh, they've thought it through, it's just inconvenient to say so they don't say it.
It's just a distraction though, you know. Cruz pulled the short straw and had to be the moron spouting nonsense this week, so we'd all get concentrate on that and move on.
He fled to a private island when Texas was going through one of the worst storms ever in Texas. And many unfortunate people died from lack of heating and food. How is he still in office?
So where is the door lobby on this? Surely they think the answer is MORE doors.
This is the perfect example of why Ted Cruz doesn't go on any other network other than Fox...He gets challenged with questions he can't answer, so he storms off.
and in this case, it was a Fox journalist asking the questions, right?
I mean... I have no words :-/
Simple question - why do any - any - news networks [(which excludes moronic propaganda channel Fox (obviously)] bother to try to interview Belial Cruz, Total Recall Greene, Lyingdill etc? That's just wasting time - oh wait - gottit - that's the Reptilian Partys objective - waste as must time as possible, despite the increasing need for body bags - welcome to ("the safest country") America, folks....
@@dontbefatuousjeffrey2494 No it was Sky News. Murdoch did own part of it at one point but it's now all owned by Comcast and it's never been anything close to Fox News in it's reporting or bias.
Every door was supposed to be locked - even the classrooms, but Texas is so lax on guns that they don't bother.
No, it wasn't
I can't comprehend how one reasonable person ever listened to Cruz and still voted for him.
Em, 'reasonable'???
same people that vote for other GOP candidates
And yet the idiots will line up in November to vote for these same idiots again. Meanwhile, they keep asking why these things are happening in our country. There’s only one answer….REPUBLICANS. VOTE THEM OUT OF OFFICE AT ALL LEVELS.
@lzampuye - "Ah, "as Shakespeare would have said, "Therein lies the rub." The key word there is "reasonable." Obviously, that is not in the vocabulary of Cruz supporters.
The fact that pepole like Ted Cruez gets re-elcted summons up the biggest problem with America.
Seth's David Attenborough impression sounded more like Mr. Burns from the Simpsons
One door, One Escape.