Sen. Ted Cruz tried to plant the seeds for a conspiracy concept involving the White Home not giving Democrats and Republicans the identical paperwork, however Judiciary Committee Chair Dick Durbin shut him down.

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Cruz: Mr. Chairman, earlier than we break can ask one query? Senator Hirono made reference to the suggestions of the probation workplace in 5 of those circumstances. These suggestions usually are not within the report, I’ve not seen them. My workers has not seen them and that raises two questions. Primary, whether or not the White Home is offering differential supplies to Democratic members than Republican members as a result of I don’t know the place Senator Hirono would get entry to them, secondly, regardless whether it is differential, would the chairman take into account either side ought to have entry to the underlying information. Decide Jackson says she’s following the information. 

Durbin: You already know we accomplished discovery earlier than we began this listening to. 

Cruz: How did Hirono get the data that Republicans didn’t?  Do you could have entry to them?

Durbin: I’m not going to entertain it.

 Cruz: May you ask Senator Hirono how she received them?

Ted Cruz’s antics are how Republicans launch their conspiracy theories. Cruz was suggesting that the White Home supplied pre-sentencing experiences on the kid predator circumstances to Democrats and never the Republicans on the committee.

Chairman Durbin was appropriate to close Cruz down as a result of he was getting all wound as much as begin grandstanding and lift extra “questions” that are all the time the premise of the GOP’s conspiracy theories.

Ted Cruz has latched on to Josh Hawley’s little one predator smear and he’s going to run with it as a result of he is aware of that it’s going to get him on Tucker Carlson or Hannity.

If Republicans can’t discover a purpose to vote towards Decide Jackson, they’ll make one up, which seems like what Cruz was attempting to do.