Attorney General Merrick Garland repeatedly “evaded” questions from Republican senators during his confirmation hearing before Senate Judges Committee Senator Ted Cruz, R-Texas, told Hannity on Monday.
“He has the reputation of being relatively impartial as a judge,” Cruz told Sean Hannity.[but] I would say the trial was frustrating as it went on today because he basically evaded every question. He refused to answer any question. He responded as a judicial nominee and not as a nominee to be attorney general. ‘
Garland avoided responding directly to Cruz’s questions regarding the Durham investigation into the origins of the Trump-Russia investigation, the protection of the Second Amendment, and whether the illegal crossing of the border should be a criminal offense .
“It was a very disappointing performance overall,” Cruz said, “because he would not be candid, he would not be present.”
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Cruz also joined the chorus of conservatives who spoke out against Xavier Becerra, Biden’s nominated candidate for secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services. The senator described Becerra as an ‘extremist’ who would carry a radical liberal agenda if confirmed.
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‘The Biden administration likes to talk about it [how] they are scientifically based and their priority is to stop COVID, well … he’s not a doctor, ‘Cruz said, emphasizing Becerra’s background as a trial lawyer.
‘If a Republican Appoints a Trial Attorney to Lead [the] ‘Health and human services department amid a global pandemic, they will be laughed out of the room because it would be absurd,’ Cruz said.
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“And yet the Biden government’s focus is on paying the liberal special interest, not on being science – based and defeating the pandemic.”
Commenting on the media’s reaction to his Cancun family holiday that dominated the headlines over the weekend, Cruz made it clear: “I think the media is suffering from Trump withdrawal, where they have been attacking Trump every day for four years, they do not know what to do. to do not do so that they are obsessed with me taking the girls to the beach. ‘