While a fiery exchange between Sen. Josh Hawley, R-Ark., and Berkeley Law Professor Khiara Bridges at a Senate Judiciary Committee abortion hearing on Tuesday afternoon widely made news headlines, a moment where Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, called out President Joe Biden at the same hearing has mostly flown under the radar.
When Cruz was recognized at the “A Post-Roe America: The Legal Consequences of the Dobbs Decision” hearing, he said Biden and Judiciary Committee Chair Dick Durbin, D-Ill., are on public record opposing the “unlimited abortion on demand” held by today’s modern Democratic Party.
“Today’s modern Democrat Party has become radicalized on abortion. Today’s Democrat Party has said if you are Democrat and pro-life, get the hell out you are not welcomed in our party,” he said.
Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, speaks as an aide puts up a poster depicting a 1974 quote from then Sen. Joe Biden where he said that the Roe v. Wade decision “went too far” during a Senate Judiciary Committee Hearing to examine a post-Roe America, focusing on the legal consequences of the Dobbs decision, on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, July 12, 2022. (
