CNN commentator Margaret Hoover went after Texas Senator Ted Cruz, accusing him of “pandering” to right-wing bigots by stating the Supreme Court incorrectly decided the case that legalized same-sex marriage nationwide.
Hoover appeared on Monday’s edition of “New Day” to discuss Cruz’s recent remarks that the Supreme Court was “clearly wrong” when it determined the 2015 landmark case of Obergefell v. Hodges.
She stated that Cruz is “pandering not just to the base of the Republican Party, but to the worst kind of bigotry in the Republican Party.”
“The Texas GOP has just passed this plan saying that being gay is ‘abnormal.’ And so, if you’re part of the Republican Party in Texas, you subscribe to this notion that being gay is abnormal now.”
The CNN contributor then turned her attention to Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas, who has suggested that the overturning of Roe v. Wade could lead to a review of Obergefell and other cases.
“Of course, Clarence Thomas didn’t suggest we should reexamine Loving V. Virginia — which the Obergefell ruling is based on — which argues that marriage is a fundamental right,” Hoover said.
“Of course, the Loving V. Virginia decision is about interracial marriage, of which Clarence Thomas benefits from that law and that reading of the Constitution. So all of this is circular inanity and pandering to the bigots.”
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