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Ted Cruz wants lawmakers to get security escorts through America’s airports
(www.politico.com)
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Unfortunately this is probably needed. Just Ted Cruz is the worst person to propose it given the whole Cancun debacle.
Imagine if someone like AOC (or whoever is your favourite politician) said the exact same thing? There are a lot of psychos out there and a lot shit on the propaganda egging people on to do crazy shit.
Swatting politicians (on both sides of the aisle) is becoming commonplace. Harassing elected officials in public is becoming commonplace too. And then there was that guy that broke into Nancy Pelosi's house and attacked her husband.
People are more and more thinking that doing an end-run around democracy to remove elected officials by taking matters into their own hands.
I want Ted Cruz gone, but I want him gone because of a humiliating election loss. Not from some psycho hanging around airports.
My main argument against this is ROI. These people provide no real value to the government. They choose to be on an extreme side in order to get elected. No one wants to harass the moderates. So let them hire thier own security to fly with them.
Also since the airport is a secured setting, their presence is unpredictable and everyone else needs a ticket, it is safe from targeted interactions with psychos. And mostly safe from unplanned as well.
So instead of addressing the problems underpinning increased violence, you think the right solution is to have the population pay (via taxes) provide protection to the political elite that most of the population can't afford to provide for themselves?
But what weapons are they coming at him with in an airport?
A stale baguette from a sandwich shop?
It doesn't bother me that they are yelled at in public. Half those shits aren't even elected by us. Did you vote for the Supreme Court? Did you vote for the Federal Reserve chairperson?
If they are going to break women's body autonomy and wreck the middle class then maybe they shouldn't have a nice dinner. Maybe they should face a bit of anger.
A man much smarter than I once said "violence is the language of the unheard"
This "solution" is just another con to allow your lawmakers to ignore you in more ways.