Horror grasp Stephen King gave Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Tex.) a blunt reminder of his personal latest previous in response to the lawmaker’s newest tweet about immigration.
Cruz fired off a message calling the scenario on the southern border an “invasion” and cited a rise within the variety of border encounters with folks within the Terrorist Screening Database, which has turn out to be a latest Republican speaking level.
When Sen. Tim Scott (R-S.C.) made the same comparability final month, Washington Submit fact-checker Glenn Kessler referred to as it “deceptive” on condition that there are some 1.6 million names on the checklist, many erroneously, and that the statistics replicate individuals who had been caught.
In different phrases, they weren’t let into the nation.
However King famous that a minimum of one particular person went within the different path: Cruz himself, who infamously fled Texas in 2021 as document chilly and widespread energy outages led to a lethal humanitarian disaster throughout the state.
Because the catastrophe unfolded, Cruz snuck out to trip in sunny Cancun ― returning dwelling solely after he was observed by a few of his fellow passengers and shamed on-line.
King could be greatest recognized for his books and the movie variations which have emerged from them, however he’s additionally been politically lively, particularly on social media, the place he hasn’t been shy about calling out GOP lawmakers.