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As always I’m thankful for the Houston Police and Capitol Police for their quick action.
I’m also thankful that the clown who threw his White Claw had a noodle for an arm. https://t.co/CRSfNHckA2
— Ted Cruz (@tedcruz) November 7, 2022
On Monday, the Houston Astros held their World Series victory parade, and Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas), a big Astros fan, happily took part. A splendid time was had by all except for one Joseph Arcidiacono, who saw Cruz riding by on a float, waving to the crowd, and seized the opportunity to express his thoughtful, considered, disagreement with Cruz’s principled conservatism.
Arcidiacono, who sports a nose ring and fashionable two-tone hair, and whose political positions you already know down to the very last detail, chucked two full cans of White Claw hard seltzer at the senator, missing with one and striking a glancing blow with the other. When he was arrested, however, Arcidiacono did something constructive for once: he made a statement that every Leftist should look into the mirror and repeat every morning.
The issue at hand was more about legitimizing Leftist violence against those they hate. Arcidiacono’s coming trial will likely be highly influenced by the political proclivities of the officials involved. Meanwhile, the New York Post reported Tuesday that Arcidiacono, 33, “made his initial court appearance overnight and was charged with felony aggravated assault with a deadly weapon.” Houston’s KTRK noted that Arcidiacono’s bond was set at $40,000, and he “will have to meet various bond conditions, including not going within 1000 feet of the senator’s work or home, wearing a GPS monitoring device, making no threats to Cruz and no drugs, alcohol or guns.”
The judge was apparently unmoved by the argument from Arcidiacono’s attorney (a luckless public defender) that bond should be only $100 because the White Claw cans weren’t heavy enough to do serious damage. The crusading Defender of The People argued that “she questions the charge since she doesn’t believe the cans meet the requirements of being considered a deadly weapon. She cited a 2003 Texas criminal appeals case that required that a deadly weapon object have more than a hypothetical capability of causing death or serious bodily injury. The attorney said that Arcidiacono was standing about 20 feet away from Cruz and that the officer’s statements in the case don’t meet those requirements.”
Imagine if this sort of argument carried the day: it would be open season on Cruz and other defiantly conservative public officials, as Leftists would feel free to throw virtually anything they wished at them, as long as it wasn’t capable of causing death or serious bodily injury.
Meanwhile, Arcidiacono gave us the indelible words that every Leftist should say in the mirror every morning: “According to details read in court,” KTRK reports, “the suspect made a statement after he was detained, saying ‘I know I’m an idiot. I’m sorry.’”
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