"I am not in the habit of supporting people who attack my wife and attack my father. I am not going to be some servile puppy dog."
- Ted Cruz, 7-20-16
- Ted Servile Puppy Dog Cruz, reality
Ted Cruz didn't want the voters, the House or the Electoral College to decide.
Ted Cruz wanted a made-up "commission" to decide who the president would be.
That's how Vlad does it.
Ambulances can’t reach patients before they die. Fire trucks can’t get through and house fires blaze. Pedestrians trying to cut through trains have been disfigured, dismembered and killed; a Pennsylvania teenager lost her leg hopping between rail cars as she rushed home to get ready for prom.
In Hammond, the hulking trains of Norfolk Southern regularly force parents, kids and caretakers into an exhausting gamble: How much should they risk to get to school?
https://www.propublica.org/article/trains-crossing-blocked-kids-norfolk-southern
When crossings are blocked for hours, kids risk their lives to get to school by crawling through trains that could start at any moment. Ambulances and fire trucks can’t get through. The problem has existed for decades. But it’s getting worse.
When Republicans are in power, they rack up giant deficits, mainly by cutting taxes on corporations and the wealthy.
Then when Democrats take the reins, Republicans blame them for being spendthrifts.
It's the same story every time.