A few questions for Cruz:
- What exactly is a “Muslim neighborhood?” What is the threshold at which a “neighborhood” becomes “Muslim?” Is it a percentage or an absolute number? Where would you get reliable information to establish this?
- Who would do the patrolling? Would it be state or federal officials? If you are planning to use state people who are already on the ground in that area, how would you make that happen, given that they aren’t under your control? If they will be federal agents, where will they come from, and who will pay the bill?
- What do you mean by “patrolling?” Do you mean warrantless surveillance on masses of people who have not engaged in any kind of criminal behavior? If so, how do you plan to justify this obviously illegal plan?
One can only draw the following conclusions from this ridiculous idea:
- Trump is not the only GOP candidate who believes in the use of “truthful hyperbole.”
- Cruz is very passionate on the subject of religious freedom for his kind of people: evangelical Christians. For others, not so much.