Dumb and Dumber

Just when you think Donald Trump makes the most stupid, preposterous remark, another Republican presidential candidate tries to top it.

"Now listen, here’s the simple and undeniable fact. The overwhelming majority of violent criminals are Democrats.”  That’s what Ted Cruz told conservative radio host Hugh Hewitt when commenting on the shooting at a Colorado Planned Parenthood clinic.  According to Cruz, Democrats “fight to give the right to vote to convicted felons. Why? Because the Democrats know convicted felons tend to vote Democrat."

Of course, Cruz hits a double target with this one.  You know what color the Republican base associates with violent felons?  Wink, wink.  So in one swipe, Cruz whips up the Republican hate base by playing both the fear and race cards.  Can you imagine the damage a released violent criminal, you know “those people,” can inflict by voting? 

I doubt very much that the white man who killed three people at the Colorado clinic is a Democrat.  More likely he is an Evangelical Christian Republican.

Bonus Cruz stupid remark:  "Last I checked we don't have a rubber shortage in America. When I was in college we had a machine in the bathroom, you put 50 cents in and voila! So yes, anyone who wants contraceptives can access them, but it's an utterly made-up nonsense issue." — Ted Cruz in Iowa responding to Democrats' assertion that Republicans are against contraception (Source: Time)