Ted Cruz Warns Trump Administration Is Losing Credibility' Over Minneapolis Shootings

"Everyone who has anything resembling a conscience is horrified by what's happening in Minneapolis. What I want to call on everyone to do is just ratchet things down. Ratchet the rhetoric down, ratchet the anger down. We are supposed to be one nation, Cruz continued. And right now we're seeing a confrontation now look, this is an organized confrontation, this is a deliberate confrontation"

"But I want to start with the rhetoric politicians are using on both sides. On one side, they view every shooting as an absolute tragedy, as evidence that America has become Nazi Germany; on the other side, you see some people that seem pretty eager to celebrate a violent and lethal confrontation with law enforcement, Cruz said. Any time you have an American that is killed in a confrontation with law enforcement, it is tragic that a life is lost."

"What I think the administration could do better is the tone with which they're describing this that immediately when an incident like this happens, they come out guns blazing. That, We took out a violent terrorist. Hooray! And the problem isyou're being told this is a mom of three and she's not waving an ISIS flag or doesn't have a suicide vest around her escalating the rhetoric doesn't help, and it actually loses credibility."

The administration is losing credibility with Americans over its handling of two fatal shootings by immigration agents in Minneapolis. Escalated rhetoric that immediately frames incidents as victories over violent terrorists or celebrates lethal force undermines public trust. Extreme responses on both sides—portraying every shooting as evidence of societal collapse or eagerly celebrating confrontations with law enforcement—intensify division. The incidents resulted in two Americans who, from appearances, were not violent criminals. A more measured tone that recognizes the tragedy, avoids triumphalism, and emphasizes that no lives should be lost would help restore credibility and calm tensions.

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