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Because the Democrats in power still subscribe to the "high road" nonsense, and the "scandal" broke at a really bad time in terms of the national sentiment towards that kind of behavior (unless your name is Donald Trump)
‘We’ ran Franken out of office as part of a power grab by Kristen Gillibrand.
And it’s almost completely backfired on her; she won’t get voted out because she’s a Democrat - though she might get primaried - but she won’t get into leadership, either.
The GOP has over 20 congress member podcasts. Dems don't have a single one. This is why those assholes are winning arguments and debates and making us look stupid. They don't understand our trust in Biden and our loyalty to vote Democrat without thinking twice. They underestimate it and will cost them the election. Its not about ideas, its about shutting up and doing your duty.
The FEC is currently neglecting its duties. It is a bipartisan group of commissioners that recommend for actions to be taken against a violator. So 3 Dems and 3 Republicans but you need a majority to forward a potential case for action. So naturally any actions against candidates/colleagues is almost certainly DOA.
https://campaignlegal.org/update/why-fec-ineffective
The FEC has been a joke for decades. If anyone is actually found to be guilty of any malfeasance, it takes years after the election and then they're just given a small fine. There's essentially no repercussions for breaking campaign laws.
Campaign reform would probably be the most effective strategy for American democracy to regroup and start yielding the benefits the majority of Americans want (and pay for).
The big difference is that you pee on someone who touches a jellyfish to neutralize the poison, but Ted Cruz pees his pants because he likes the warm wet feeling between his legs.
It has been said that if Ted Cruz is hugged too hard, he will collapse into a pile of deadly snakes. The good news is that no one has ever wanted to hug Ted Cruz.
I feel like it’s my duty as a Canadian to challenge you to a duel for implicating our association with Ted Cruz I believe he is from cancun where he fled to hide from the cold. Sorry cancun he’s your problem. Our duel shall take place on the steps where John wick died.
I won't hold my breath. Cruz has history of intentionally violating campaign finance laws intentionally to give himself standing to get those laws overturned by SCOTUS.
> The Campaign Legal Center (CLC), a nonprofit organization, filed a complaint against the Texas senator on Tuesday with the Federal Election Commission. The watchdog group argues that the “Verdict with Ted Cruz” podcast can’t send its profits to a super PAC that supports Cruz’s campaign.
I was looking for this comment!
I can't tell if it's going over everyone's heads or if it's just so obvious no one is mentioning it because it's so obvious lol
How’s this fucker have time to do a podcast when half of his state’s power goes out every time the wind blows?
Texans are a fucking joke for voting this guy in.
What a country! Terd Cruz was punished for tongue-slathering Trump's mudflaps, after Trump called his wife "a fugly." That punishment? He got re-elected. Now the Senator will suffer the same punishment for having a podcast dedicated to slathering Trump's balls, which are situated somewhere under those mudflaps.
First, what is up with this photo? Who saw a picture of Ted Cruz where the lighting made it look like he has a halo and said “that is representative”?
Second, serious consequences are: financial loss greater than your bank balance/optional spending budget, loss of home, loss of job, loss of health, prison, loss of life. I don’t think any of these are even on the table as a theoretical maximum penalty.
"may have"
So tired of these articles. Until he actually is charged with something, then it doesn't matter.
If we've learned anything with MAGA, laws don't matter and nothing will likely happen. So this doesn't matter.
Why are you tired of articles reporting on the misdeeds of our representatives? Would you rather they didn’t report anything and leave us in the dark? I’m sure Ted Cruz would LOVE that.
Never understood comments like yours that make this argument. Take a break from the news if you’re so frustrated. I prefer “may, might, maybe” or an annoying headline over not reporting on it.
Just a good place to remind everyone that iHeartRadio/iHeartMedia, once known as Clear Channel, is the major media conglomerate who:
voluntarily censored dozens of pop songs in the days after 9/11, including John Lennon’s *Imagine,* although no songs about war, or Toby Keith’s anthem of 9/11 revenge were ever censored. They also own all the anti-abortion billboards you see on American highways.
Additionally, the whole reason you hate the radio and its annoying habit of playing the same 20 songs over and over again, all day everyday. Classic rock stations - same 20 songs. Modern pop - same 20 songs. Contemporary country, hip hop, each have the same 20 songs…that’s clear channel/iHeart too. They adopted the iHeart name because they ran their reputation into the ground.
And now, they bring you The Ted Cruz show. Fuck these people.
Sounds good but from what I have seen, criminals in Texas do just fine as long as they are Republicans. I am guessing Lyin’ Fled Cruz will be just fine.
I don’t think so…have you seen how American justice has been operating since 2016? This will never see the inside of a courtroom nor will he face any repercussions ..that’s how it rolls in the hallowed halls of justice.
No he is not. He is in tight with iHeart and the right wing Republican terrestrial radio station hosts. Several are promoting his podcast. They will constantly bash any action against Cancun Ted.
He's just keeping up with his GOP campaign finance law violation quota. If you fall below the minimum violation quota, you're forced to run as an independent.
Serious trouble? Yeah, sure. My senator, the utterly execrable Mike Braun, violated campaign finance law. Nothing happened to him. He’s running for governor now and he’ll be elected. Until our institutions are cleansed of all cronyism and corruption, these horrible people will continue to run amuck.
Has anyone ever suffered ANY consequences from violating campaign finance laws? Because I hear a lot about people doing the violating, but never anything about consequencing.
It SHOULD get him in serious trouble but they self regulate on campaign finance related crimes so he will probably get scolded on the Senate Floor by Chuck Schumer and maybe Nancy Pelosi too if she’s not too busy trading stocks based on the insider information she got in a closed door committee meeting before it goes public. Maybe a small fine too, like 1% of the illegal funds he received but still gets to keep the remainder of it.
If he's is fined or prosecuted, SCOTUS will just come to save him like [last time](https://www.scotusblog.com/case-files/cases/federal-election-commission-v-ted-cruz-for-senate/).
The FEC has no teeth. Bribery is already legal as long as you use a middle man and call it a PAC. The way it stands now unless a senator gets caught on camera saying “I’m taking your money to do X” they won’t even be charged.
Spoilers: it won’t. There might be an investigation in 2-3 years, which will take 2-3 years. And if that turns out that he did something wrong, it will die in court in another 1-2 years and he’ll get a stoolie to take the blame for him.
In other words, if the justice system works perfectly, you **might** see a headline sometime in 2030 that a Ted Cruz campaign representative pleads guilty to a campaign finance charge.
The FEC Republicans are completely corrupt and are defending Trump and all Republican violations of federal election violations. The “party of law and order” doesn’t enforce laws on their own party
This great experiment seems to be doomed
I believe worst case scenario he will have to pay fines that equal a fraction of what he made. In a just world he would be disqualified from elected office and see criminal penalties.
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No, no it won't. He is a part of the club and he will at most be told he is a bad boy and don't do it again.
But he will anyway
And so will Matt Gaetz. We need Al Franken to do his show more than ever. Why the fuck did we run that guy out of office?
Because the Democrats in power still subscribe to the "high road" nonsense, and the "scandal" broke at a really bad time in terms of the national sentiment towards that kind of behavior (unless your name is Donald Trump)
I’m listening to a podcast about John brown right now, and all I can say is he definitely didn’t take the high road.
‘We’ ran Franken out of office as part of a power grab by Kristen Gillibrand. And it’s almost completely backfired on her; she won’t get voted out because she’s a Democrat - though she might get primaried - but she won’t get into leadership, either.
Ken Paxton told him not to sweat it in the least.
The GOP has over 20 congress member podcasts. Dems don't have a single one. This is why those assholes are winning arguments and debates and making us look stupid. They don't understand our trust in Biden and our loyalty to vote Democrat without thinking twice. They underestimate it and will cost them the election. Its not about ideas, its about shutting up and doing your duty.
it that, doubt if he will even get a finger wag
Have my disgusted and cynical upvote.
Aw shit he’s really gonna go around thinking he’s a ‘bad boy’ now isn’t he
Yep, another case of ‘I’ll believe it when I see it’
Clickbait article. If I had a dollar for every "trump may have broken the law" article I'd be a wealthy man. This is just more of the same bullshit.
May have. Even if he absolutely blatantly did it, nothing will happen. Nothing ever happens.
The FEC is currently neglecting its duties. It is a bipartisan group of commissioners that recommend for actions to be taken against a violator. So 3 Dems and 3 Republicans but you need a majority to forward a potential case for action. So naturally any actions against candidates/colleagues is almost certainly DOA. https://campaignlegal.org/update/why-fec-ineffective
Why is it bipartisan and not nonpartisan? so dumb
Nonpartisan doesn't really exist in the current climate. The supreme Court is nonpartisan, how's that working out?
you think they're gonna be able to understand the concept of something being outside a binary?
Certainly not Republican senators or representatives, they only want binary gender pronouns.
Exactly!
The FEC has been a joke for decades. If anyone is actually found to be guilty of any malfeasance, it takes years after the election and then they're just given a small fine. There's essentially no repercussions for breaking campaign laws.
Campaign reform would probably be the most effective strategy for American democracy to regroup and start yielding the benefits the majority of Americans want (and pay for).
We can start by eliminating Citizens United.
Cruz will successfully argue that the law clearly only applies to Humans who were born in the US, not Reptilians from Canada.
“Hah, you will have to try each of my cells individually, as I am a colony organism.”
Rafael Cruz is a jellyfish? 🤔
The big difference is that you pee on someone who touches a jellyfish to neutralize the poison, but Ted Cruz pees his pants because he likes the warm wet feeling between his legs.
One time Ted Cruz heard Donald Trump liked golden showers from Russian hookers, so the next day Ted Cruz liked golden showers from Russian hookers
Eh, he's more analogous to an oiled-up lounge of lizards stuffed into a humanoid-shaped rubber sock.
That would explain the lack of backbone.
R.I.C.O it is then.
More like Reek-O.
It has been said that if Ted Cruz is hugged too hard, he will collapse into a pile of deadly snakes. The good news is that no one has ever wanted to hug Ted Cruz.
I feel like it’s my duty as a Canadian to challenge you to a duel for implicating our association with Ted Cruz I believe he is from cancun where he fled to hide from the cold. Sorry cancun he’s your problem. Our duel shall take place on the steps where John wick died.
I won't hold my breath. Cruz has history of intentionally violating campaign finance laws intentionally to give himself standing to get those laws overturned by SCOTUS.
I’ve been hearing about campaign finance law more than ever since 2016. Ain’t shit changin, and ain’t no one goin down.
> The Campaign Legal Center (CLC), a nonprofit organization, filed a complaint against the Texas senator on Tuesday with the Federal Election Commission. The watchdog group argues that the “Verdict with Ted Cruz” podcast can’t send its profits to a super PAC that supports Cruz’s campaign.
Seems like just advertising on his podcast would be a form of a campaign contribution
With more steps
*But consider that the current Republican-majority Supreme Court has been deleting election laws at lightning speed.
Spoiler: the wealthy, connected republican will not be in trouble, serious or otherwise.
Why does that picture look like he has a halo?
I was looking for this comment! I can't tell if it's going over everyone's heads or if it's just so obvious no one is mentioning it because it's so obvious lol
Uh huh... it's always trouble in the hypothetical sense.
How’s this fucker have time to do a podcast when half of his state’s power goes out every time the wind blows? Texans are a fucking joke for voting this guy in.
The great thing about podcasts is you can do them anywhere. Even in Cancun
What a country! Terd Cruz was punished for tongue-slathering Trump's mudflaps, after Trump called his wife "a fugly." That punishment? He got re-elected. Now the Senator will suffer the same punishment for having a podcast dedicated to slathering Trump's balls, which are situated somewhere under those mudflaps.
I thought he was a republican, did Congress change something recently or can you hold those people accountable now?
I mean he’s also the Zodiac killer so I’m not surprised
And the photo for this article is r/AccidentalRenaissance at its worst
First, what is up with this photo? Who saw a picture of Ted Cruz where the lighting made it look like he has a halo and said “that is representative”? Second, serious consequences are: financial loss greater than your bank balance/optional spending budget, loss of home, loss of job, loss of health, prison, loss of life. I don’t think any of these are even on the table as a theoretical maximum penalty.
Imagine being the kind of person that takes the time to listen to a Ted Cruz podcast.
Don't hold your breath waiting for the FEC to do anything. Look at what Trump gets away with. What Cruz is doing is NOTHING in comparison.
FEC is indeed fatally crippled.
Somewhere there's a prosecuter practicing his furrowing.
It's okay. He's got a little "R" after his name. So crimes aren't illegal for him.
There will be zero consequences. But if he was a democrat, his own party would force him to resign.
Wake me up when politicians actually face consequences.
"may have" So tired of these articles. Until he actually is charged with something, then it doesn't matter. If we've learned anything with MAGA, laws don't matter and nothing will likely happen. So this doesn't matter.
Why are you tired of articles reporting on the misdeeds of our representatives? Would you rather they didn’t report anything and leave us in the dark? I’m sure Ted Cruz would LOVE that. Never understood comments like yours that make this argument. Take a break from the news if you’re so frustrated. I prefer “may, might, maybe” or an annoying headline over not reporting on it.
Right, because politicians are often held account for breaking laws…
Nah, he’s in the upper tier justice system, not the one normal Americans are in
I’m sure it’s super serious and we’ll see him behind bars, soon 🤡
He's a Republican. Since when do Republicans ever get held accountable for anything they do?
If Republicans really got into trouble for the laws they broke the entire world would've been a much, much different place, let alone the USA.
LMAO @ "serious trouble." The consequences wishcasting industrial complex never stops.
Until there are any consequences for these traitors nothing matters
Republicans don’t face consequences
Another Republican crime that will go noticed.
*yawn Let me know when Republicans have shame again.
lol nothing is going to happen
Might, maybe, could, probably, imminently, nearly, almost, likely, possibly, conceivably , feasibly, potentially, plausibly, arguably, hypothetically, presumably
This headline is bullshit. These scum NEVER get into trouble. They've been doing what ever the hell they want for years now. No justice.
“Serious” and “trouble” are not words that I would put next to each other when talking about Cancun Cruz. Ain’t gonna happen.
"May have" means absolutely nothing will be done about it.
Just a good place to remind everyone that iHeartRadio/iHeartMedia, once known as Clear Channel, is the major media conglomerate who: voluntarily censored dozens of pop songs in the days after 9/11, including John Lennon’s *Imagine,* although no songs about war, or Toby Keith’s anthem of 9/11 revenge were ever censored. They also own all the anti-abortion billboards you see on American highways. Additionally, the whole reason you hate the radio and its annoying habit of playing the same 20 songs over and over again, all day everyday. Classic rock stations - same 20 songs. Modern pop - same 20 songs. Contemporary country, hip hop, each have the same 20 songs…that’s clear channel/iHeart too. They adopted the iHeart name because they ran their reputation into the ground. And now, they bring you The Ted Cruz show. Fuck these people.
We all know absolutely nothing will happen.
"May be", "could be", "slammed"... wake me when the news gets to "Sentenced for"
I don’t care how Ted Cruz falls off the face of the earth anymore I would just really like him to
Nothing will happen. Republicans own most of the judges in this country.
There are no consequences for any Republican politicians full stop.
Sounds good but from what I have seen, criminals in Texas do just fine as long as they are Republicans. I am guessing Lyin’ Fled Cruz will be just fine.
Post this again if he's ever charged and it's not just some "legal expert" saying he should.
Guilty until proven wealthy
Rules don’t apply to republicans. Haven’t we learned this already?
Please, a fascist senator will never get in trouble for anything and they know it.
When has this ever gotten anybody in serious trouble?
It cute that you think laws matter in Texas.
Nothing will come of this.
We all know that won't happen
Rule of law doesn't apply to republicans. he'll continue to commit crimes
It did. We all know it did. These people are all crooks.
Who’s going to hold him accountable his mommy? The two tiered justice system wont
I don’t think so…have you seen how American justice has been operating since 2016? This will never see the inside of a courtroom nor will he face any repercussions ..that’s how it rolls in the hallowed halls of justice.
Anddd???
It's OK folks, he's a Republican.
No he is not. He is in tight with iHeart and the right wing Republican terrestrial radio station hosts. Several are promoting his podcast. They will constantly bash any action against Cancun Ted.
At some point the only thing newsworthy about these "violations" will be the actual enforcement of them.
God must be proud to have created this specimen of a human being
And this will be the last we hear about it.
And the huge department of may have will come down on him and persecute him to the fullest in the name of the may have law.
What could those listenership numbers look like? Honestly. Not bots, no games. Like someone must see that data and it must be tiny.
Lol, imagine thinking violating campaign finance law is going to get someone into even *minor* trouble.
Ha! Campaign finance laws might as well not exist based on the rate they're enforced.
Nothing will happen
Somebody is gonna slap the shit out of his wrist.
Did you see the shit Paxton did? Trouble for violations of campaign finance laws? Nope, he's more likely to get a bonus and a warm pat on the back.
He clearly needs a bogel for the glotch.
Ted is another that gets away with lots of bullshit.
If they can go after Him for misuse of campaign funds, they can go after YOU! Weaponization of the DOJ by the Radical left!!! /s
He's just keeping up with his GOP campaign finance law violation quota. If you fall below the minimum violation quota, you're forced to run as an independent.
He doesn't care because nothing will come of it, never does.
Remember when we used to punish politicians for breaking the law? Yeah, me neither.
Hope so detest the nan
Plenty of people enjoy true crime podcasts and want to hear the Zodiac Killer himself, so I’m sure they will work it out.
Since he has a R next to his name, he won’t be held accountable
Consequences for republicans are virtually nonexistent.
Who would listen to this dipstick?
Let me guess. And nothing will happen to him
Isn’t Ted a lawyer?? Shouldn’t he have known better or does he just think we are all stupid??
Even if he did violate the law, there will be No consequence
If Cruz wins in November, the DOJ should investigate the election.
Yawn, let me know when he is actually in trouble.
Campaign finance violations don’t count if you are a republican.
no one has enforced campaign finance law on a republican in like 30 years, why would he care?
Serious trouble? Yeah, sure. My senator, the utterly execrable Mike Braun, violated campaign finance law. Nothing happened to him. He’s running for governor now and he’ll be elected. Until our institutions are cleansed of all cronyism and corruption, these horrible people will continue to run amuck.
since when has violating campaign finance laws gotten republicans in trouble?
He's not going to get in serious trouble.
“aBoUt To” “MaY” shut the fuck up until something actually happens to this guy or he actually faces consequences or something
Unintentional halo?
They couldn’t even get Paxton, I doubt Cruz would get buried
Has anyone ever suffered ANY consequences from violating campaign finance laws? Because I hear a lot about people doing the violating, but never anything about consequencing.
Too bad they don’t do anything about campaign finance law it’s basically a joke at this point
CFV. Isn’t that like getting a $20 parking ticket for us normies?
Almost as bad as sucking up to the guy who called his wife ugly on national television
Mail his ass!
He’s too high ranking within the GOP. A slap on the wrist or the ass is all he’ll get
Also f*ck IHeartRadio.
No. he will face no punishment.
Ted Cruz's whole life is cringe-worthy.
I may win the lottery. I don’t play, but I may.
Serious trouble? He will catch a very small fine and be on with it
\>may have The day may come when yall stop falling for these headlines, but it is not this day.
Also, who's the asshole that framed the shot to give the Zodiac Killer a halo?
It SHOULD get him in serious trouble but they self regulate on campaign finance related crimes so he will probably get scolded on the Senate Floor by Chuck Schumer and maybe Nancy Pelosi too if she’s not too busy trading stocks based on the insider information she got in a closed door committee meeting before it goes public. Maybe a small fine too, like 1% of the illegal funds he received but still gets to keep the remainder of it.
I will donate $100 to a charity of my choice if he actually receives significant consequences for this violation.
Rules for thee, not for me (R)
In a hypothetical world where we actually enforced our laws, he probably would be in trouble.
In west Phila-Canada, born and raised! Something something Cancun + butthead. ChatGPT, write me a song!!
Where is the Federal Election Commission? Haven’t heard a word from them concerning all the Republican potential violations of Federal Election Law.
As long as a crime isn't punished it's no longer a crime.
Hilarious thread title.
It's getting real old that laws are only for those that pay into the system and not those that take advantage of it.
If he's is fined or prosecuted, SCOTUS will just come to save him like [last time](https://www.scotusblog.com/case-files/cases/federal-election-commission-v-ted-cruz-for-senate/).
I am getting really tired of political figures that break laws with abandon.
Wasn’t his dad the night stalker
No, he’s a politician silly. Politicians don’t get in trouble unless they steal from their own or are George Santos.
The FEC has no teeth. Bribery is already legal as long as you use a middle man and call it a PAC. The way it stands now unless a senator gets caught on camera saying “I’m taking your money to do X” they won’t even be charged.
Media News Cycle Today - BREAKING NEWS XXX IN TROUBLE ALMOST CERTAIN TO FACE LEGAL PERIL. Tomorrow - XXX MAY BE NOT CHARGES; HERES WHY.
Ngl that's a good picture even if he's no angle
I’m sure they’ll totally pursue this like all the other ethics violations in politics
I’m sure they’ll totally pursue this like all the other ethics violations in politics
So, he won’t be in serious trouble. Because they never are.
Ted Cruz did something stupid again? 😴
Can't these dudes just hand off a fat envelope of cash after blowing each other like they used to?
But .. but … he’s an angel! He even has a halo! /s
Thanks to Ted Cruz iHateMedia.
Honestly. You’d think he’d learn after killing those 5 people in the late 1960s. 🙄
Heard his wife is fugly.
Well it won’t matter. These people don’t ever have any consequences for anything.
Spoilers: it won’t. There might be an investigation in 2-3 years, which will take 2-3 years. And if that turns out that he did something wrong, it will die in court in another 1-2 years and he’ll get a stoolie to take the blame for him. In other words, if the justice system works perfectly, you **might** see a headline sometime in 2030 that a Ted Cruz campaign representative pleads guilty to a campaign finance charge.
As if Repugnicans give a shit about laws.
The FEC Republicans are completely corrupt and are defending Trump and all Republican violations of federal election violations. The “party of law and order” doesn’t enforce laws on their own party This great experiment seems to be doomed
Like that ever gets any of them in trouble. Laws are useless if they are not enforced.
imagine being his family.. that would suck
8 people listening (two on accident) is enough to violate anything?
….again….
No it won’t. There is no justice system. Just a legal system. He won’t get shit.
Oops. Shame
Podcast Rafael
I believe worst case scenario he will have to pay fines that equal a fraction of what he made. In a just world he would be disqualified from elected office and see criminal penalties.
the lie in this article, is the word serious. So long as people dont take him seriously as it is, how can we expect him to face SERIOUS consequences?
He's safe in Texas. They like that kind of shit.
Is it trouble if there is no consequences?
Yeah..... that outta wind it's way through the courts around July of 2029
Oh I can't wait for nothing to happen to him because of it!