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He chose to be a senator, if he feels it’s unsafe he can find a “safer” profession.
Do you think that an elected official might have a higher risk of being threatened than a private citizen?
No I don’t. There are a TON of elected officials that would not benefit from this change, so this isn’t so much protecting elected officials as it’s Cruz being too much a a fucking man child to handle criticism from the people he’s supposed to serve.
You have a source for this claim?