Like many conservative politicians, Ted Cruz has found a new obsession: banning books. Texas is leading the nation in removing books “dealing with race, sexuality, and gender from schools,” according to NBC News, with “hundreds of titles [already having] been pulled from libraries across the state for review.” Many librarians are doing what they can to keep the books (including Pulitzer Prize winner Maus) in circulation, but they face an uphill battle against the likes of Texas governor Greg Abbott and Cruz, who believes that “left-wing educators” are introducing students to “explicit pornography.”
“Take a look at some of the portions from books that parents are going to school boards and reading out loud; this is what my child is being taught.’ And in too many instances, you have left-wing educators putting explicit pornography in front of kids. I think that is severely misguided, the crypto-loving senator told Insider. He continued:
“I don’t believe schools should be teaching explicit pornography to kids and advocates on the left that want schools to teach explicit pornography to kids are far out of the mainstream,” he said. “I think most moms and most dads don’t want their elementary school teaching pornography to their children. They want them teaching, reading and writing, and math history.”
It’s no coincidence that many of the targeted books deal with racism and sexism, and frequently feature LGBTQ characters. It’s also rich that Ted Cruz, of all people, is leading the crusade against “explicit pornography.”
https://twitter.com/meowmeowmeuw/status/1492201132063608840
This is something Ted knows a lot about https://t.co/w1vZd3Pasp
— Jesse Hawken (@jessehawken) February 11, 2022
https://twitter.com/DucksForDuckGod/status/1492198140669214724
Why are teachers showing their students Ted’s Twitter likes? https://t.co/7TIHSViZbQ
— Owen Johnson 🦭🇵🇸 (@OwenHJohnson1) February 11, 2022
THIS @tedcruz? https://t.co/rKB1Besi6H pic.twitter.com/SK3jkFdZfb
— Christine Pelosi (@sfpelosi) February 11, 2022
Ted "I liked a porn clip on 9/11" Cruz has an opinion on exposing people to explicit pornography???? curious https://t.co/iSZxdadFIc
— starlightxfury.bsky.social (@starlightxfury) February 11, 2022
Ted Cruz and explicit pornography go hand in hand. https://t.co/OCqNgyt9Bp pic.twitter.com/AvTBwxKARz
— Republicans Getting Dunked On (@RepubsDunkedOn) February 11, 2022
FWIW, gotta respect Ted Cruz's hustle in trying to change the search results for when you google "Ted Cruz pornography" (not that you would ever do that) https://t.co/t1OXHS80bh
— Don Moynihan (@donmoyn) February 11, 2022
Cruz can’t blame a “staffing issue” this time.
(Via Insider)