Quote of the Day: Ted Cruz on arming Syrian rebels and background checks

Wed, 06/19/2013 - 10:32am | posted by Jason Pye

Now that it’s the policy of the Obama Administration to arm rebels in Syria — including a large terrorist organization with strong ties to al-Qaeda — Sen. Ted Cruz (R-AZ) asked President Barack Obama via Twitter if he would perform background checks before our government provides them with weapons:

Yep, folks, that’s right. President Obama wants to make the process tougher for law-abiding Americans to get a weapon for self-defense, but he’s totes cool with arming al-Qaeda. Seems legit, right?

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