Session #114 · 2015–17

Speech #1140064313

My Democratic friends invoked their Irish and Italian grandparents. Well. when my Irish and Italian grandparents came to this country. they did not pose a terrorist threat because they were not seeking to murder innocent citizens. When my Cuban father came as a refugee. he was not a terrorist threat seeking to murder innocent citizens. This is an example of the Democratic Partys refusal to acknowledge the qualitative difference. Perhaps if they cannot see it. they can hear it. because in 2009 the Obama administration released Abu alBaghdadi. the leader of ISIS. As he was being released. Abu alBaghdadi turned to Army COL Kenneth King and said: See you in New York. ISIS intends to murder Americans. and if the Democratic Party cannot distinguish between ISIS terrorists and Irish and Italian and Jewish and Cuban immigrants. then they are ignoring reality. I would note that the Expatriate Terrorist Act is very. very similar to legislation that was introduced in 2010 by Democratic Senator Joe Lieberman and Senator Scott Brown. both of whom apparently. under the view of the Senator from Vermont. are unAmerican as well. I would note that at the time. thenSenator Hillary Clinton said about legislation virtually identical to my legislation: United States citizenship is a privilege.
Keywords matched
immigrants refugee

Classification

Target group
Also mentioned
Italian Cuban Jewish
Sentiment
Negative
Stereotyping
No
Confidence
95%
Model
gemini-2.0-flash
Framing
Security threat

Speaker & context

Speaker
TED CRUZ
Party
R
Chamber
S
State
TX
Gender
M
Date
2015-11-19
Speech ID
1140064313
Paragraph
#0
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