Senate Republicans Argue Black Lives Matter and Defund the Police Are to Blame for Gun Violence – Mother Jones

...Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Tx.) used the hearing as an opportunity to angrily rant against the political "theater" that he says Democrats engage in every time there's a mass shooting. "Every time there's a mass shooting, we play this ridiculous theater where this committee gets together and proposes a bunch of bunch of laws that would do nothing to stop these murders," Cruz said. Cruz also blasted Democrats who, in the past, have called out Republican lawmakers who in the past refused to support gun control measures in the wake of mass shootings, instead just offering the victims and their families warm wishes. "I don't apologize for thoughts and prayers," Cruz declared. "And I believe in the power of prayer and the contempt of Democrats for prayers is an odd sociological thing." ...

https://www.motherjones.com/mojo-wire/2021/03/senate-republicans-argue-black-lives-matter-and-defund-the-police-are-to-blame-for-gun-violence/