Fireworks Ensue After Cruz Calls Democrats the ‘Party of Murderers and Rapists’
“Democrats today hate democracy. They’re angry at the voters for re-electing Donald Trump. And they’ve engaged in lawfare to stop democracy from operating.”
Tensions flared between Sens. Ted Cruz (R-TX) and Amy Klobuchar (D-MN) during a Wednesday hearing of the Senate Judiciary Committee. The session, titled “Rule by District Judges II: Exploring Legislative Solutions to the Bipartisan Problem of Universal Injunctions,” focused on the growing trend of federal district court judges issuing nationwide injunctions to block President Donald Trump from carrying out his agenda.
Cruz did not hold back when it was his turn to speak. “Democrats today hate democracy. They’re angry at the voters for re-electing Donald Trump,” he said. “And they’ve engaged in lawfare to stop democracy from operating.”
“Now that their efforts to indict President Trump and stop the voters from re-electing him have failed, they are going and seeking out individual radical judges to try to shut down policies and they are forum shopping like crazy.”
“Give me any loon judge put on the bench by Obama or Biden who disagrees with a policy. We just saw a judge flagrantly ignore U.S. immigration law concerning TPS being revoked. …”
Cruz explained, “U.S. law explicitly says there is no judicial review for that, but hey, they [Democrats] found a judge that says ‘Hey, you know what. We the Democrat Party, we are the party of illegal aliens. We are the party of murderers and rapists and gang members and the Democrat Party exists here to fight to keep murderers and rapists and gang members in your communities.”
“There’s a reason the Democrat party is at 26% approval nationwide because they put radical policies ahead of rule of law,” he added.
“Nationwide injunctions are an abuse of power,” Cruz emphasized. “It is the judiciary acting as policy deciders and it’s incumbent on this committee and this body to rein in the abuse of power from these unelected radical judges who are trying to overturn the election because they disagree with what the voters decided.”
Understandably, Cruz’s rhetoric did not sit well with Klobuchar who began by saying, “Okay, that was a lot. … We love the democracy, and I believe what we should be having is a civil debate on how we can best — if Donald Trump wants to make changes to the government, we should be doing it in a legal way, not how he’s doing it.”
“And the only reason there’s all these injunctions, Sen. Cruz, is because he’s violating the Constitution. Why would Trump-appointed judges —”
Cruz interrupted to ask, “Why don’t you file them in red districts? Why are the Democrat attorney generals seeking out left-wing loons?”
The senators briefly began talking all at once. After Sen. Ashley Moody (R-FL), who was moderating the hearing, restored order, Cruz reminded her that “we have debates on this committee.”
“It’s so exciting to be following Sen. Cruz once again,” Klobuchar said sarcastically. “I will be taking more of my time since he is taking more of his time to yell at me.”
She continued, “I am making the strong case that the reason all these cases have been filed … is because this is not legal.”
Klobuchar attempted to argue that the judges issuing nationwide injunctions had been appointed by a range of presidents—including Ronald Reagan, both Bushes, and even Donald Trump. In reality, however, the majority of these judges were appointed by Democratic presidents.
She then referenced a Truth Social post in which Trump shared an image of himself wearing a crown, captioned “Long live the king!” That led to her well-rehearsed punchline: “The issue is that we do not live in a kingdom, and Elon Musk is not his court jester. … No one is above the law.”
"CONGESTION PRICING IS DEAD. Manhattan, and all of New York, is SAVED. LONG LIVE THE KING!"
–President Donald J. Trump pic.twitter.com/IMr4tq0sMB— The White House (@WhiteHouse) February 19, 2025
Klobuchar went on to recite an unconvincing litany of familiar Democratic talking points, during which Cruz quietly exited the room. Who can blame him?
She also claimed that Republican rhetoric had contributed to threats against judges who issued the injunctions. Yet, when conservative Supreme Court justices faced similar threats following the 2022 overturn of Roe v. Wade, she insisted that Democrats acted swiftly to protect them. I don’t remember it happening quite that way, do you?
Mercifully, she concluded, “What he [Cruz] said was completely untrue in terms of Democrats and Republicans decrying violence. We didn’t just decry the violence. We actually did something about it. … I think that kind of language actually makes a situation worse when it’s not even true. But unfortunately, Sen. Cruz left, so he did not hear my response to what was a lie.”
OMG… Senators Ted Cruz and Amy Klobuchar just had a TENSE exchange. Cruz unleashes on Democrats, calls them the "party of r*pists," and she is FUMING.
CRUZ: "'We, the Democrat Party, we are the party of illegal aliens. We are the party of m*rderers and r*pists and gang… pic.twitter.com/NBvjHTyxBr
— Eric Daugherty (@EricLDaugh) April 2, 2025
On Tuesday, former House Speaker Newt Gingrich testified at a House Judiciary Committee hearing on these activist judges. He summed up the situation perfectly in his opening statement. He said, “Fifteen District Judges effectively seized control of various Executive Branch duties in the first six weeks of the current presidency through nationwide injunctions. This is potentially a judicial coup d’etat. It clearly violates the Constitution and more than 200 years of American history.”
Of course, both Cruz and Gingrich are right. Klobuchar’s remarks were pure gaslighting—something we’ve come to expect from today’s Democratic Party. At this point, dishonesty isn’t just a tactic; it’s become the party’s brand.
Just as a pickle can never be a cucumber again, Democrats have become so steeped in deception over the past decade, it’s hard to imagine a path back to integrity.
And their cratering approval numbers show the American people are seeing it too.
Elizabeth writes commentary for Legal Insurrection and The Washington Examiner. She is an academy fellow at The Heritage Foundation. Please follow Elizabeth on X or LinkedIn.
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When the tariffs succeed, they are dead in the mid terms.
Notice they have not found a judge looney enough to stop that one?
Give them a chance m
The democrats are the party of thieves. That’s 100%, not just random hangers-on who are into murder and rape.
Which party is for ABORTION, ABORTION, ABORTION?
For no reason, for any reason.
Yes, the Democrat Party is the party of murder and perversions of all kinds.
Half of the Republicans too favor abortion, not as a good in itself but for unwanted pregnancy. It’s a conceit that it’s popular to ban abortion. Every referendum the pro-life lost resoundingly, when it came up. As strongly pro-life Ann Coulter said, we can give you some things but we can’t give you everything. In the meantime we have to avoid losing elections because of it.
“not as a good in itself but for unwanted pregnancy.”
Um… what the hell else is it good for? Weight loss? Wrinkles?
Murders rapists and now arsonists.
Doesn’t Klobuchar have staff she can go and abuse?
Cruz has it correct. They are the party of murders, rapists, and illegal immigrants. If this wasn’t the case they would at least support’s Trump’s effort to eject them even if they didn’t support any of his other policies.
“Cruz explained, “U.S. law explicitly says there is no judicial review for that,…”
But a judge defied congress, and did it anyways. Sounds like grounds for impeachment. A long shot, true, but DO SOMETHING.
Instead of getting into a pissing contest with a woman use your considerable influence to get your pals in the H of R to start impeachment proceedings, and at least try to scare these judges straight.
Impeach one; impeach all, but DO SOMETHING.
If there is no judicial review, then the judge’s decision is illegal, and the President should be free to disregard it.
Indeed, if Trump can identify one judicial order that is clearly ultra vires, with no possible way that it could be valid, he should make an example of it and defy it. But he has to be very careful, because he would only get one bite at that cherry. The first attempt has to be successful, there are no do-overs. If he defies a court order and it turns out to have been valid after all, that would be a disaster.
So yes, by all means have this fight, but pick the battleground carefully.
cruz is correct
the left does have something going for themselves
the rest of the world is backing them up
maga!!
“We love the Democracy”
So would I if I lived in one but I don’t.
Cruz bravely put himself in a tough place. This is a message to which America desperately needs to be exposed, but whoever is the messenger is going to be crucified.
“She then referenced a Truth Social post in which Trump shared an image of himself wearing a crown, captioned “Long live the king!”
Simply stupid of Trump to do this. However, I don’t remember the same dudgeon when Obama was depicted — over, and over, and over — with a halo. Newsweek didn’t even depend on a subliminal one — they drew theirs in with the whole box of crayons and then added glitter.
as che
the left is tds
wear that crown djt
Cruz omitted Islamfascists and Muslim terrorists from his list.
*Islamofascists*
To a battle of wits, Klobluchar comes unarmed.
And, yes, the shoe does fit…