Ted Cruz wants taxpayers to fund airport escorts for top officials like him
Source: daily kos
Thursday, March 28, 2024 at 8:30:06a CDT
Sen. Ted Cancun Cruz is closer to enacting an airport security amendment that would allow top federal officials like him to apply for a dedicated security escort at commercial airports. Cruz added the amendment to the Senate bill that would fund the Federal Aviation Administration through 2028, telling Politico back in February that there are serious security threats facing public officials.
The Texas senator was busted by a fellow traveler when jetting off to Cancun, Mexico, in February 2021, while a disastrous winter storm slammed into his home state. The criticism, from Democrats and Republicans alike, was so brutal that Cruz immediately returned home, apologizing and admitting it was a "mistake." That didn't stop him from seemingly blaming it on his young daughters, telling KTRK in an interview that fleeing the state was their idea and he was "trying to be a dad."
Cruzs amendment covers a range of of political VIPs:
Cruzs bill would require the Transportation Security Administration to arrange for the provision of a security escort at a commercial service airport for a covered person, as well as their family and staff members. .............................
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Sen. Ted Cruz checks in for a flight at Cancun International Airport after a backlash over his Mexican family vacation as his home state of Texas endured a winter storm on Feb. 18, 2021.
walkingman
(7,628 posts)Walleye
(31,028 posts)Why doesnt he go on TV and tell all the Trump people to quit making death threats for crying out loud
pfitz59
(10,381 posts)and perhaps you wouldn't feel so threatened.
bucolic_frolic
(43,182 posts)for Ted!
intheflow
(28,477 posts)If you don't want people coming up to you criticizing your actions, maybe try not being such an active asshole. Also: people yelling "Cancun Cruz" at you is not a security issue. We'll come back to this if some lefty ever approaches you with a gun. Sticks and stones, Jerky Boy.
PatSeg
(47,501 posts)an opportunity to post that god-awful photo of him. He should have kept his mouth shut. A lot of people had forgotten the Cancun Cruz photo - oops, there it is and worse than I remembered!
C OH Dem
(21 posts)No one will bother his sad little ass and he can reflect on????? Never mind, he will never reflect on anything outside the range of his ego.
rsdsharp
(9,186 posts)I remember seeing then Illinois Senator Paul Simon in an airport in St. Louis. It was just him and an aide. Nobody approached him at all.
Asking Ted Cruz to not be a dick is like asking the sun not to shine or birds not to fly.
greatauntoftriplets
(175,742 posts)It was the morning after an election, he had won by a large margin. The Simons looked happy and relaxed. I smiled at them; they smiled back at me.
twodogsbarking
(9,759 posts)DENVERPOPS
(8,835 posts)Reminds me of the WBush Admin.......The Secret Service was overwhelmed with the massive numbers of W's staff that were grandiose enough to feel they were all strategically important enough to warrant having SS 24/7/365.......
The Secret Service went crazy trying to fill all the spots for years and years.......
Nothing is worse, than a little person, with a lot of power.........
You can only imagine what the SS and their expenses are to continually protect ol' lardass.......It has to be a small fortune......
Torchlight
(3,341 posts)...like someone taking his picture in an airport. Horror of all horrors. Photographer should have been lined up and shot, because otherwise, we're left with only one conclusion: Mr. Cruz has an inflated sense of uniqueness, an unwarranted sense of entitlement, he's easily offended, and unable to deal with opposing opinions; in effect, Teddy is a snowflake by his own definition.
jimfields33
(15,823 posts)machoneman
(4,007 posts)Traildogbob
(8,756 posts)Pay for it out of the RNC donations, its all GQP making the fucking threats. And good luck, your boys daughter in law is funneling every cent to
your boy.
Why should tax payers, of which I would bet you pay very little, pay for threats you demand of your cult.
My God I have never hated so much in my life prior to Trump, Gym, Cruz, MTG
FFS, no way I can name ALL the shit stains that drive my hate.
Clean house, literally. And senate.
The ONLY way greatness can be achieved. Rapture all the mother fuckers home GOD.
Conjuay
(1,392 posts)he isn't asking for us to buy him a private jet?
What's this world coming to?
trusty elf
(7,394 posts)AllaN01Bear
(18,261 posts)MissMillie
(38,560 posts).
erronis
(15,303 posts)Biophilic
(3,666 posts)I mean, what does he do that makes him a top official? He is such a privileged jerk.
Emile
(22,789 posts)of tax payers money that would be. They think they are conservative, 😂.
BumRushDaShow
(129,096 posts)and as such, has forfeited his right to even be in office.
summer_in_TX
(2,739 posts)Chickens&*t.
Has he documented threats to public officials in airports? Or is this all about his bruised ego from the photo taken as he was fleeing the ice storm for a vacation in Cancun?
kacekwl
(7,017 posts)Hire your own damn security. Fiscal responsibility you know.
thenelm1
(854 posts)AllaN01Bear
(18,261 posts)Blue Owl
(50,427 posts)Tetrachloride
(7,847 posts)joke
Marcuse
(7,488 posts)
should he fail to kiss Trumps anus with sufficient depth.
https://www.tmz.com/2021/01/08/lindsey-graham-harassed-trump-supporters-verbally-assault-traitor-airport/
RainCaster
(10,884 posts)I think I've got that right.
IcyPeas
(21,889 posts)CRK7376
(2,199 posts)Scared of walking through the airport.....He might have to come in contact with We The People! COWARD POS
!
Kennah
(14,276 posts)Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin
(108,035 posts)And what does your wife have to say about that?
Okay I'm just kidding.
DiverDave
(4,886 posts)To the door? With swat escorts?
As usual, half assed republican snowflakes.
Go for it teddy. You'd probably get us to pay for it.
republianmushroom
(13,616 posts)I don't even consider you a "low" official.
Firestorm49
(4,035 posts)JoseBalow
(2,393 posts)Let me guess, he wants it paid for him by taxpayers too, not just have it available at his expense.
He is abhorrent.
When Al Franken was Senator, he once said that he likes Ted Cruz more than any other Senator does, and he hates Ted Cruz.
FakeNoose
(32,645 posts)Come on Texas Democrats! You've got a really great candidate in Colin Allred. It's time to send Ted Cruz back home so he doesn't have to worry about his personal escorts through the airports.
Skittles
(153,169 posts)fuck that repuke POS
joshdawg
(2,648 posts)Fuck cruz!
COL Mustard
(5,906 posts)He can't interact with the public that elects him? Once he's through security there's no real threat. Everyone gets screened for weapons.
mahatmakanejeeves
(57,489 posts)Ted Cruz wants lawmakers to get security escorts through Americas airports
Cruz told POLITICO that his amendment is about ensuring that political VIPs arent endangered as they pass through public spaces in airports.
By ORIANA PAWLYK
02/03/2024 10:43 AM EST
Viral photos of politicians jetting off to a tropical hideaway during a deadly cold wave might become a lot rarer under legislation being pushed by Sen. Ted Cruz.
The Texas Republican infamously photographed by a gawker while en route to Cancún in 2021 is proposing a bill amendment that would offer lawmakers a dedicated security escort at airports, along with expedited screening outside of public view. That could make it much less likely that the politicians comings and goings would become fodder for embarrassing news reports and late-night comedy mockery.
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Marisa Garcia
Senior Contributor
I offer an insiders view of the business of flight.
Feb 4, 2024, 06:03am EST
Senator Ted Cruz has attached an amendment to the Federal Aviation Administration Reauthorization Bill. The amendment would provide free personal protection and Transportation Security Administration special handling for Members of Congress, Cabinet Members, and Federal Judges at U.S. commercial airports.
The amendment would require that any commercial U.S. airport the official and their family members or staff might travel through offer a security escort for the official and their entourage. It would also require the TSA to make special arrangements for private security screening of the officials and those accompanying them. The amendment calls on the TSA and FAA to calculate the costs of offering these additional protection services and to brief Congress on requirements for staffing and resources.
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Sun Feb 4, 2024: Ted Cruz wants lawmakers to get security escorts through America's airports
Sat Feb 3, 2024: Ted Cruz wants lawmakers to get security escorts through America's airports
Wonder Why
(3,212 posts)the only covered persons are criminals in handcuffs so Repug congressmen with who plead guilty to insurrection, wasting government money on false impeachments and similar crimes are already deserving of such treatment.
Red Mountain
(1,735 posts)a paper bag for his head, zip ties and a golf cart ride to the gate I'd search the couch for change to contribute.
GreenWave
(6,759 posts)Shermann
(7,423 posts)Shermann
(7,423 posts)Chainfire
(17,549 posts)However, I can see why the government "escorts" to sit around airports waiting for someone impotent to show up. Priorities are priorities.
3auld6phart
(1,048 posts)another self important asshole, cluttering up the earth. Another freak of nature along with his greasy fat orange boss can just die and fuck off .
Mysterian
(4,588 posts)Boggles the mind.