“And Ken, I’m proud to call you my friend. You’re a strong, powerful conservative leader, and you smell good when you sear.” Cruz was apparently not referring to his future stint in Hell.
No matter how you slice it or how badly you want it to be true, the truth just ISN'T that the bacon cooked by Texas Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Canada) came from indicted criminal defendant Texas State Attorney General Ken Paxton's bloated carcass. I know it's tempting to believe the hype that Ted Cruz specifically sought out his "good friend" Paxton's bacon in an attempt to boost his Presidential campaign standing by sacrificing one of his own on the altar of Tea Party politics.
I understand the reasoning of those who say that Paxton, brought under indictment in his very own deep Red Republican backyard, sought to make his bacon available to the highest bidder in the interest of protecting his beloved Lone Star State from the shame of yet another Republican legal scandal.
It's quite reasonable to assume that when a right-wing, Tea Party Christianist Attorney General surrenders himself to booking on multiple felony counts based in part on the detailed scrutiny of Texas Ranger investigators, that said bacon could well have been from the AG's porkbelly.
However...none of those assumptions would be kosher.
The reality is that Ted Cruz, burlesque mountebank of a Lampoon state, had neither the time nor the access to Paxton at any time between the making of said video and the indictment. Furthermore, Paxton's keen sense of self-preservation means that fat resource shall be stocked in reserve to use, as needed, in his own defense.
Just thought I'd clear that up for all y'all. I knew y'all was wondering, and so now y'all know.
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