BOOM: Ted Cruz hammers Obama for using Sandy Hook to promote agenda that will do nothing to stop violent crime

 by  The Right Scoop 

Oh man. This is why I love Sen. Ted Cruz. He doesn’t wait around for other people to speak out. He is truly a leader and a fighter, and he’s exactly right:

HUFFINGTON POST – Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) responded to President Barack Obama’s latest call for action on gun control Thursday, launching criticism at the White House and promising to do everything in his power to stop the administration’s push for stricter legislation.

“It is saddening to see the president today, once again, try to take advantage of this tragic murder to promote an agenda that will do nothing to stop violent crime, but will undermine the constitutional rights of all law-abiding Americans,” Cruz said in a statement. “I am committed to working with Sens. Rand Paul, Mike Lee, Marco Rubio, and Jim Inhofe — and I hope many other colleagues — to use any procedural means necessary to protect those fundamental rights.”

Cruz also blamed the Obama administration for contributing to the gun violence it is now attempting to address.

“In any conversation about how to prevent future tragedies such as Sandy Hook, our focus should be on stopping criminals from obtaining guns,” Cruz said. “Unfortunately, the Obama Administration has failed to make this a priority — in 2010, out of more than 15,700 fugitives and felons who tried to illegally purchase a firearm, the Obama Justice Department prosecuted only 44. That is unacceptable.”

Cruz has frequently criticized Obama's campaign against gun violence as disingenuous and ineffectual, suggesting that the president has "exploited" the December shooting in Newtown, Conn., in order to build support for proposals that Cruz claims will do nothing to stop gun deaths.

Instead, Cruz has joined with his Senate GOP colleagues in a pledge to filibuster the forthcoming legislation in hopes of preventing it from coming to the floor.