SENATOR Ted Cruz has come under fire after walking away from a Sky News correspondent following a Texas school shooting that saw 19 children and two teachers being murdered.
The interaction happened while Cruz was attending a vigil for the massacre that happened at Robb Elementary just two days ago.
Cruz immediately shook his head after being asked if this was the time to reform gun laws and then said that is “where the media likes to go”, despite gun laws being at the heart of the issue.
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The final straw was pulled when Cruz, a high-profile gun rights supporter, was asked why “American exceptionalism is so awful.”
The senator then rebutted by saying “you’ve got your political agenda and God love you," and then turned his back on the British reporter.
After being heckled as he walked away, he turned around and pointed his finger at the correspondent and said: “Why is it that people come from all over the world to America? Because it is the freest, most prosperous, and safest country on earth.”
The interaction then ended as Cruz left the room, but the question was left unanswered.
President Biden tweeted yesterday that: “These kinds of mass shootings rarely happen anywhere else in the world.
“It is time to turn this pain into action.”
Salvador Ramos, the gunman responsible for the recent school shooting in Uvalde, Texas, purchased two AR-15 rifles last week, only a few days after he turned 18.
The National Rifle Association, a gun rights advocacy group in the US, has been funding Republican candidates for years who are running for positions as high as president.
Donald J Trump received $30 million in campaign expenditure from the group whilst he was running for president.
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