Alex Padilla is getting to know the ropes of his new job.The California senator got into his first Twitter spat with Texas Sen. Ted Cruz this week since arriving in the Senate in January. The war of words started Tuesday, the same day the Senate Judiciary Committee held its hearing on gun violence. At the hearing, Padilla, the Democrat who was appointed to fill Vice President Kamala Harris’ seat, made the claim that it’s easier to buy a gun than vote in many states. “In a majority of states, new voters are able to obtain a rifle quicker than they’re able to cast their first ballot,” he said. “It seems to me we have our priorities entirely backwards when it comes to this — when we make it easier to buy a gun than we do to cast a ballot.” This is demonstrably, laughably false. Find me the Dem that says “it’s abusive to require a photo ID to buy a gun!”They ALL say that about voting.(Except for the CA gubernatorial recall….) https://t.co/YEVqiIbzTq— Ted Cruz (@tedcruz) March 24, 2021 Cruz tweeted a clip of Padilla’s remarks on Tuesday and called them “demonstrably, laughably false.” “Find me the Dem that says…
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Alex Padilla gets into first Senate Twitter spat with Ted Cruz
