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Jilly_in_VA

(13,869 posts)
Sun Aug 3, 2025, 02:19 PM Aug 2025

Ted Cruz Shamed by NY Gov for Murdered Muslim Cop Insult

New York Governor Kathy Hochul was quick to hit back at Senator Ted Cruz (R-TX) after he questioned why she was wearing a hijab in a photo posted to X.

The image, which shows Hochul sitting next to New York City Mayor Eric Adams in a mosque, was originally posted by an anonymous conservative account with the caption, “Why in TF is the Governor of New York wearing a fcking hijab?!”

Cruz then reposted it, adding his own biting commentary of “Um, wut?” On Saturday night, Hochul responded to Cruz’s question with a concise explanation, writing, “I wore a headscarf to honor a fallen Muslim NYPD officer at his funeral. Respecting a grieving family’s faith is ‘wut’ leaders and anyone with basic decency would do.”

Some users on X were quick to point out that Cruz is no stranger to accommodating religious customs while visiting a place of worship, with fact checkers adding a note to the post linking an example of Cruz wearing a yarmulke while visiting the Jewish Center of Brighton Beach during his 2016 presidential campaign.

https://www.thedailybeast.com/clueless-ted-cruz-shamed-by-ny-governor-kathy-hochul-for-murdered-muslim-cop-insult/

Rafaelito is such a dunce!

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Ted Cruz Shamed by NY Gov for Murdered Muslim Cop Insult (Original Post) Jilly_in_VA Aug 2025 OP
Thank you, Kathy Hochul for putting these pestilent cretins in their place and showing class while doing so. hlthe2b Aug 2025 #1
Thanks, Ted, for your respectful, tender, and compassionate display of thoughts. Ping Tung Aug 2025 #2
K&R spanone Aug 2025 #3

hlthe2b

(112,937 posts)
1. Thank you, Kathy Hochul for putting these pestilent cretins in their place and showing class while doing so.
Sun Aug 3, 2025, 02:26 PM
Aug 2025

Ping Tung

(4,151 posts)
2. Thanks, Ted, for your respectful, tender, and compassionate display of thoughts.
Sun Aug 3, 2025, 02:30 PM
Aug 2025

You must be taking lessons in delicacy from your silver tongued pal in the White House.

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