Get the latest BPR news delivered free to your inbox daily. SIGN UP HERE.
Senator Ted Cruz schooled his former Harvard Law School professor — the left-wing Laurence Tribe — after the 78-year-old career academic launched a sexist invective against White House press secretary Kayleigh McEnany, who’s also a Harvard Law alum.
Cruz said it’s a shame that Tribe has been destroyed from the inside-out by his pathological Trump Derangement Syndrome.
Cruz added that Tribe is bitter because he was repeatedly passed over for a Supreme Court spot by Democrat presidents.
The brouhaha erupted after Tribe trashed McEnany for defending President Trump’s position that he has “absolute immunity” from criminal prosecution while he remains in office.
McEnany cited Alexander Hamilton and Supreme Court Justices Samuel Alito and Brett Kavanaugh in her response.
“It’s almost as if folks don’t understand a legal term of art. ‘Absolute immunity’ is a legal term of art,” Kayleigh explained.
(Source: Fox News)
Rather than refute McEnany’s statements by offering thoughtful analysis, Tribe resorted to the usual left-wing tactic of launching an ad hominem attack (this is something leftists constantly accuse Trump of doing).
Laurence Tribe snidely tweeted: “It’s embarrassing that Kayleigh has a Harvard Law degree.”
Constitutional-law attorney Ron Coleman — who specializes in the First Amendment — fired back at Tribe by replying: “Not as embarrassing as the fact that you are an emeritus professor there. Not even close.”
Not as embarrassing as the fact that you are an emeritus professor there
not even close
— Ron Coleman (@RonColeman) July 10, 2020
Ted Cruz reacted to Tribe’s misogynistic put-down by tweeting: “You were once a good teacher. It’s embarrassing to see you now publicly belittling the intelligence of your young, female former students. I don’t know Kayleigh, but her answer cited Justice Alito, Justice Kavanaugh and Alexander Hamilton. Which one embarrasses you?”
.@tribelaw You were once a good teacher. It’s embarrassing to see you now publicly belittling the intelligence of your young, female former students.
I don’t know Kayleigh, but her answer cited Justice Alito, Justice Kavanaugh & Alexander Hamilton. Which one embarrasses you? https://t.co/vaqHAqPxwo
— Ted Cruz (@tedcruz) July 10, 2020
Tribe reacted by tweeting: “You embarrass me, Ted Cruz. As does Kayleigh’s misappropriation of Hamilton and Justices like Alito, who agreed with Chief Justice Roberts that Trump’s absolute immunity claim was bogus, a point on which SCOTUS was 9-0.”
You embarrass me, @tedcruz — no “young female,” though you are my former student. As does Kayleigh’s misappropriation of of Hamilton and Justices like Alito, who agreed with CJ Roberts that Trump’s absolute immunity claim was bogus, a point on which SCOTUS was 9-0. https://t.co/IACRyv766f
— Laurence Tribe (@tribelaw) July 10, 2020
Ted Cruz fired back that Tribe is a broken man, thanks to his Trump Derangement Syndrome, which has addled his brain — and his legal acumen.
Cruz tweeted: “Larry, Trump has broken you. You used to be able to engage in principled debate—as you and I did in your ConLaw class. Now, you’re a rich, bitter, angry Leftist. And you wouldn’t have directed that snide condescension at Kayleigh were she not a young, blonde woman.”
Cruz continued: “As you attack Kayleigh, it’s also just obnoxious for a teacher to be insulting his former students. Acting like an angry sixth-grader. I know your feelings were hurt that multiple Dem Presidents passed you over for SCOTUS, but you could try to show a modicum of class.”
2/x And, as you attack Kayleigh, it’s also just obnoxious for a teacher to be insulting his former students. Acting like an angry sixth-grader.
I know your feelings were hurt that multiple Dem Presidents passed you over for SCOTUS, but you could try to show a modicum of class.
— Ted Cruz (@tedcruz) July 10, 2020
Tribe did not reply to Cruz, but was clearly triggered, as evidenced by his nonstop tweet storm howling over Trump’s taxes.
Tribe then tried to goad President Trump into a Twitter beef. Tribe wrote: “Do you agree with your buddy [Ted Cruz] that my critique of [McEnany] for how she defended you was misogynistic or otherwise offensive? I dare you to defend Kayleigh by attacking me. I suspect you’re much too cowardly to take me on.”
To @realDonaldTrump:
Do you agree with your buddy @tedcruz that my critique of @PressSec for how she defended you was misogynistic or otherwise offensive?
I dare you to defend Kayleigh by attacking me.
I suspect you’re much too cowardly to take me on. https://t.co/IACRyv766f
— Laurence Tribe (@tribelaw) July 10, 2020
President Trump did not take the bait and ignored Tribe’s attempted ambush. That appears to have enraged Tribe even more.
Reminder: This is what happened the last time a leftist tried to “embarrass” President Trump over his taxes: MSNBC’s Rachel Maddow humiliated herself.
Maddow’s “big scoop” revealed that President Trump had paid $38 million in taxes on income of $153 million in 2005.
That debunked a ridiculous New York Times story claiming that he paid NO income taxes between 1995 and 2013.
https://twitter.com/SanMateogirl11/status/841977605884637184
Goya boycott backfires bigly as Trump supporters buy up Goya products like it’s Christmas
DONATE TO BIZPAC REVIEW
Please help us! If you are fed up with letting radical big tech execs, phony fact-checkers, tyrannical liberals and a lying mainstream media have unprecedented power over your news please consider making a donation to BPR to help us fight them. Now is the time. Truth has never been more critical!
Samantha@BizPacReview.com
Samantha Chang is a senior staff writer for BizPac Review. She is a financial editor and lawyer based in New York City.
- DOJ attorney in charge of election-crimes unit quits after AG Barr opens investigation - November 10, 2020
- ‘Whoa, whoa, whoa’: Neil Cavuto slammed after he cuts off Kayleigh McEnany presser - November 10, 2020
- Same media that cheered Stacey Abrams, Al Gore for refusing to concede attack Trump for same move - November 8, 2020
Comment
We have no tolerance for comments containing violence, racism, profanity, vulgarity, doxing, or discourteous behavior. If a comment is spam, instead of replying to it please click the ∨ icon below and to the right of that comment. Thank you for partnering with us to maintain fruitful conversation.
