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Ted Cruz, US senator mocked for flight to Cancún, seeks airport police escorts
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And I'm saying it is not a reasonable policy for someone who controls the TSA's purse strings to not trust them to stop weapons from coming into an airport.
It's his fault it happens. He needs to deal with the consequences if there are any.
And again, this is not a common thing for federal politicians. It simply isn't. Yes, the president and his family have a security detail. But only after a ton of presidents got assassinated. William McKinley got assassinated because Leon Czolgosz just walked up to him and shot him. But back then, we didn't have airports or security screenings. And most senators and congresspeople still don't walk around with a security detail.
Only the cowards.
You mentioned AOC.
AOC got sexually harassed on the capitol steps and does not have a security detail. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lMeF_jwnHMA
Here she is being confronted by angry pro-Palestinian protesters. In public without a security detail. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8oMkaJ73D7E
As for Bernie Sanders? Here's BLM protesters getting on the stage with him while he was running for president. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p2iMM7m12zE
Bernie Sanders and AOC are not cowards and are not afraid to be around people who are harassing them in public. Not even when there is no security scanner around.
Ted Cruz is.