Ted Cruz Mercilessly Grills Key Biden Nom For Lenient Sentence For Jerry Sandusky-Related Convict

Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) grills Judge Karoline Mehalchick, nominee to be United States District Judge for the Middle District of Pennsylvania, for her sentencing recommendation for former Penn State President Graham Spanier over his role in the Jerry Sandusky scandal.
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[@jrculbertson7463]

She's not qualified to be the local dog catcher

[@DennistheMenace2011]

And she said she is a mother of 2 children. Hope those kids don't encounter a monster like this Jerry guy!

[@keythdanielsen5533]

She'd spare all the rabid ones.

[@unrealuknow864]

She should withdraw out of shame for how Kennedy went at her. He had a multi page list of her cases being overturned.

[@craigm3777]

Yea kennedy ate her up

[@suzettemyers6058]

As Senator Kennedy stated, the list of cases being overturned was longer than King Kong’s arm!

[@Alfiesolomon631]

The reversal were longer than king kong arm. Huhuhu

[@jennifergilbert9596]

Ted Cruz is awesome because he takes his job seriously.

[@sandrahunter5749]

I like Ted Cruz and John Kennedy

[@fredcastro563]

Don't forget Cruz went to Cancun when Texans were dying in the cold. Don't pretend he cares.

[@richgouette]

that, and I'll never forget him debating while a candidate for the GOP against Trump, he didn't need teleprompters, and spoke with intelligence

[@daleemrick9816]

@@fredcastro563 😂

[@daleemrick9816]

@@fredcastro563 if he stayed in Texas would people still die?

[@catmandude2357]

"I had the ability to throw the book at a pedophile, but instead I barely slapped his wrist, because I'm a democrat activist judge." There, fixed it for her.

[@maxwellcrazycat9204]

Very accurate.

[@oldkingcrow777]

The sad thing is, if I were a judge, as hard as ir would be, I'd try to separate emotion and give even the worst criminals due process. Out of principle, I'd pride myself on true execution of the law But that said, her history speaks for itself that this wasn't that type of scenario like she tried to claim (also says a lot that they unanimously disagreed with her). She's a Soros-esque (maybe literally, not sure) activist puppet

[@aaronjaggard8287]

Well said

[@charlesmurphy1510]

Also, Sorros would not like it.

[@bikinggreg]

I think you misspelled "minor attracted person."

[@Jamal-jv8yc]

How did she get nominated. So many reversals. It’s like she didn’t know enough law to be a judge.

[@dittohead7044]

Who nominated this incompetent woman? An incompetent president?

[@craigm3777]

Because shes not a judge at heart, shes a professional, paid activist.. That dead look in her eyes, like sociapath dudes... Shed blow your car up with you in it for HER CAUSE

[@downunda107]

Biden nominated

[@rageagaintstheNWO]

They love their activists. China has to fund them at this point, destroying the country without firing a shot.@@downunda107

[@pebblesceleste1633]

These days you don’t have to know much about anything to be sitting in these positions. I want to be a nominee and get paid for doing nothing.

[@danboren6567]

Do any of Biden's nominee's actually qualify for their jobs? I haven't seen one yet that should be confirmed1

[@reneekeryger1839]

Agree not one.

[@WVUJason81]

you're absolutely correct, Biden nominees overall have been wildly to the extreme left

[@bo7341]

I mean, neither is he.....

[@danielradebaugh9687]

Not qualified, but they do have to "check" a box or two.

[@strfltcmnd.9925]

NOPE

[@guygranger7894]

She says " As a mother of children herself,she understands the nightmare of a child abuser ",but apparently,,,,only if it`s her OWN children involved. NOT YOURS.

[@satyricon65]

Yup.

[@keicbell]

Dead-eyed look on her face. Imagine that was in front of you, deciding your fate. How much faith would you have in fair judgement? 'Deeply harmful', I agree

[@sabine4759]

@@keicbell It 's a complete miracle for me how this woman could still be a JUDGE!?? She doesn 't seem very bright to me! As far as I know the exams at Law school are pretty difficult, how did she even pass them??

[@joannreed2064]

@damebaasi YEAH! FAKE! AND IT IS STILL SEE THRU! THEY GO TO PRIVATE COACHING!

[@speccyiiii7677]

I can't believe she is a mother!

[@paulao7022]

She needs to be under judicial review! She's messed up!

[@farshadmn4273]

they are activists blinded by ideologies, not judges.

[@Jakobvielsted]

Judges are really blinded by ideologies, most people are in fact 😏

[@jamesdarnell1944]

Yep it’s because they are all taught by the same professors, belong to the same groups, and all go to the same parties- and the funding all comes from a certain people

[@thinkpad3220]

Great point. Agree 100%. @@Jakobvielsted

[@georgina979]

She's one of those people that protects the underworld...

[@timpatz1994]

if a nominee, nominated by either side, R or D, can not recall or refuses to answer ALL questions posed to them, then they should IMMEDIATELY be banned from being a judge.

[@dittohead7044]

I agree. There ought to be some consequences for stonewalling, lying, or having memory loss 🤔

[@TheEsoteric]

I agree! The standards on the right should be the standards on the left. But we know that will never happen.

[@karlanderson9503]

She can't remember attending law school

[@jaynecopeland7968]

10 years & still a judge? WOW

[@brianmcgovern9005]

Just think of the amount of people that were ruined by her!

[@dakotatheplumber1287]

Look up Judge Brett Blomme in Minneapolis. He's the type of judges democrats put out there.

[@scottscott6794]

Good job Ted these are the incompetent judges that we have judging our lives they must be disbarred.

[@avagates2039]

You wrote 3 sentences in 1.

[@myxxx2577]

I followed her beyond just this video. If I failed at my job as often and egregiously as she does, I wouldn't have a job.

[@medicbabe2ID]

I was a medic; if I failed this hard I'd be in prison and rightly so 😠

[@scottripley6381]

I'm a welder, if I failed this hard your local Costco or Walmarts roof would fall in.

[@craigm3777]

Yes.. Shes been reversed a SHOCKINGLY number of times by higher courts 😮

[@shaneb4923]

This Is A Complete Embarrassment To The American People!!!! THANK YOU TED CRUZ FOR YOUR BRILLIANT WORK.

[@adamboynton7726]

How and why did she ever have the power of being a judge? This is disturbing beyond belief.

[@lukedemler4421]

It happens everywhere, school systems across the world simply reward memory over intelligence.

[@Shark-fj2sz]

Biden cult

[@adamboynton7726]

@@Shark-fj2sz Start a new punk band with that title. I only want 10 percent..

[@Fencesitter-cb9md]

Money!!!!

[@user-eh6ll5vb4t]

This becomes even more concerning when seeing the videos of sniffing children's hair, nibbling on their backs in front of everyone. What is happening is crazy. Kids need to be protected more than anything.

[@janettewilliams7784]

Scary that any judge would be lenient to hard criminals.

[@MrSinister718]

welcome to liberal america

[@MakerInMotion]

The party that wants to put dangerous people on the street after confiscating your means to protect yourself from them.

[@wlan246]

According to Leftist ideology, in the spirit of the materialist Enlightenment, there are no hard criminals-only hard circumstances. According to this ideology, people do bad things not because people are fundamentally flawed, but as a result of material adversity; and if government can institute conditions that satisfy these material needs, everyone will live in harmony and there will be no more crime.

[@michaelmcdonald3057]

Undoubtedly the biggest and most public case of her life , and she can't recall the details.

[@rhondamyers4936]

I find it remarkable this woman has no shame in being exposed as not following the law period. Fire her.

[@garethbarnes3680]

Having studied law in the UK, it frightens the life out of me that these judges can be so wrong on these cases

[@mrgrumpy70]

You should hear some of the rulings Recorder’s make in the UK Family Court. They have been known to overturn the court of appeal to achieve their rulings.

[@alexandriaocasio-smollett5078]

Completely agree with you. But I would like to make a distinction in regards to the topic... They’re not wrong in the sense that they believe what they are doing is the right/just thing to do. They completely understand what they’re doing is unconscionably despicable. They just don’t care. So I guess in a sense saying they’re wrong is technically correct. But it’s not like they argue that. They know exactly how disgusting they are. They just don’t give a shit.

[@4gma59]

No shortage of corrupt judges.

[@unrealuknow864]

The UK is not a good example of how to punish criminals. Particularly sex offenders.

[@broca246]

UK judges are worse! 😂

[@stevofinj]

This is embarrassing as hell! Great job Mr. Cruz! I have no words to describe how incredibly amazing it is that the unqualified nominees keep appearing. Abhorrent behavior by our President. Just sickening honestly

[@toddbrown7702]

The problem is that nothing EVER happens to them. It’s sad how so many of them never answer the question. Just beat around the bush. Our wonderful 2 tier prosecution in the USA. I should just switch to democrat ! Then I can get strippers & coke!!!😂

[@cyclos12]

Totally, Mr. Cruz is a solid politician when he isnt towing the Drumpf line

[@grizzlygrizzle]

The Biden administration's nominations are deliberate sabotage against America, with the collusion of Senate Dems. They are pushing for the destruction of America.

[@dgarzaart2000]

He has sold out our country to people who hate the United States. Something wicked is headed for him.

[@vickivitanza1782]

Unqualified people are easily CONTROLLED!! We have a judge on the SC that sides with CHILD ABUSERS!!

[@DarrenGlen]

Finally someone named and shamed for doing what we all talk about....letting serious criminals off with a slap on the wrist....this woman is a massive part of the problem

[@BJC62]

I've come to the conclusion that they are putting up one absolute crazy candidate so the other crazies can slip through. Probably worse than her slipping through.

[@BrandenToyota]

I think you're absolutely correct

[@agapeloves]

😂 That's a good one. You know there's some kind of flim flam shim sham going on by the lefties, may as well add another approach besides truth.

[@nickgeorgiou7770]

That’s a great analysis

[@michaelvarble4392]

Like the SCOTUS that can't identify what a WOMAN is that was forced on the country

[@vernonhoover3060]

Inspector bait. That’s what it was called when I worked or company that required a public utilities inspector to sign off. Leave a bit of a mess that will distract the inspector from the rest of the less noticeable contract violations.

[@RobertBeer-os7ju]

Her judge track record proves she doesn't have the majorities of American peoples best interests in the forefront.

[@lenculpepper9150]

It proves she doesn't follow the rule of law.

[@lauralovescoffee9290]

I truly hope these activists DO NOT only don't get the position they are being nominated for...BUT that a review of their careers is done and their licenses be revoked RIDICULOUS 🙄

[@craigsaimes4063]

BRILLIANT!! How she kept her job is beyond me

[@eduardosalcedosr1727]

She shouldn’t be a judge any longer remove her from her bench, THANK YOU SENATOR CRUZ

[@pshe2mg]

How this woman can be a judge ?

[@proudgary2228]

Cause...woman Cause.......democrat

[@christinemursch8064]

How does the Biden Administration pick these nominees? I'm from PA and this judge is horrible! How she was nominated to be a lifetime federal judge is beyond me. Let's hope she is not confirmed, the Penn State case should disqualify her for being so wrong.

[@Dave........]

Judge a tree by the fruit that it bears?

[@tymz-r-achangin]

Yes "for by their fruit we will know them"

[@purplemonkey649]

Cough.....Hunter Biden.

[@deep5811]

This person should not be in any position of power, at all. 😢😢😢

[@delbertvanderplaats9383]

Absolutely love videos with Ted ripping someone a new a##hole with all the confidence in the world, because he knows he's right and THEY do too!!! Thank you Ted Cruz!!!!😊

[@kennypitts4829]

It's as though she can't remember being corrected. Not being able to learn anything is a problem.

[@adamburling9551]

It is quite remarkable that these seemingly smart individuals, given their positions of responsibility, can forget a lot of very convenient things.

[@epifunny1]

She convicts herself when she states that Sandusky's crimes were "unspeakable". No, lady, they are NOT unspeakable. For any person who has the fortitude to truly honor Law and Justice, as Judges are called unerringly to do, will also have the absolute necessity to SCREAM these crimes into the consciousness of all. For it is only Evil that meets these crimes with silence. Instead, Justice meets these crimes with righteous anger, unvarnished disdain, and a rising clamor of indignation drawn directly from the strains that crumbled the walls of Jericho. She, and those like her, cannot convict the Evil because she does not have the Moral indignation necessary to hate the Evil: to hate its insatiable nature; to hate its willingness to attack the weak; and to hate its desire to hide behind the silence. Until you hate the Evil, you will not Judge the Evil.

[@sathro]

This is great, unrestrained writing. I genuinely enjoyed reading your comment.

[@bjrnhalfhand2258]

Fantastic.

[@stevenewman1393]

Thumbs up to Sen. Ted Cruz for standing strong and firm and for showing just how unexceptable that these Democratic nominees truly are and for speaking and telling it as it truly is and as it truly is not indeed!,👌.

[@sjishere3354]

Thanks to Senators like Cruz and Kennedy to grill this pitiable woman.

[@benjaminsilva7302]

I can't believe this judge just sits there and lies about everything but in her court it called contempt of court.

[@C5Ron7]

Not even qualified for Dog Catcher!!! 🤬

[@mamacitadelosperros533]

Ted Cruz is such a thorough interviewer for these kinds of hearings. He misses nothing and the nominees do not have a chance if they are not prepared.

[@LoneStranger0]

This woman should not allowed anywhere NEAR a court as a judge!!!

[@JC-cn8xw]

Thank God for Cruz and Kennedy!

[@davidgray1165]

This woman shouldn’t judge a pie eating contest

[@a95569]

😂😂

[@fandhtwoohs8129]

How can a judge be so consistently wrong and maintain her position on the bench?!?!

[@Slcm02]

Great job Mr. Cruz. God Bless America

[@billybillo9998]

She needs to stand down!

[@tishamae8398]

We didn’t like her in Pa, so they are trying to put her in a higher court. Now this is surreal. Good job Ted 👏👏👏

[@trinzangtrinzang5549]

Thank you Senator Cruz!

[@patrickbrannen2887]

Not being able to forget is a terrible thing....

[@artnardone]

She has done an awful job. There should be a hall of Shame for lowlife judges, expose them all.

[@proudgary2228]

She's the type to smile at a multiple victim pedophile as she sets him free. But happily hand down a multiple life sentence or death penalty to the father who ends the pedophile life.

[@ronnyvonallmen6892]

Amazing how Qualifications have been so “Cheapened” by this Administration…

[@WoundedWarrior2012]

Revoke her law license immediately!!

[@joycesalzman1430]

We love you Ted Cruz! Thank you for your service.

[@ameliam7898]

They seem to always fail up in this administration

[@longshanks90]

Could be the worst judge in the world 😂

[@user-fk9eh7xu2f]

Hard to imagine there are so incompetent judges in the U.S

[@Stevedrums741]

I don't know much about much, but I do know that if I were in her position and was about to be brought up in front of people like Kennedy and Cruz, I would have spent as much time as necessary reviewing my past and if there were any blemishes on my record, that would have been my focus. I don't know that she's bad or a bad person. I do know that she is unprepared. And when you get to this level, I would assume you need to be prepared.

[@paulao7022]

She's got hundreds of reversals and other judge's that's higher up than she us....correcting her and over ruling her on her court cases!

[@terrierose5917]

All liberals have short memories when it comes to the painful truth

[@homiej6939]

Freaking awesome .. Slaughter to the max. This will follow her forever.

[@victorhornal533]

This judge could not even sit on a juvenile case

[@mikesmith-po8nd]

Dem judicial nominees are not impartial arbiters, they are there to make rulings based on politics.

[@WellsLarry]

She must be an activist. That trumps law and facts.

[@yvonnealbers9189]

She should be removed from the bench asap

[@lupylady]

God bless you Ted Cruz for fighting for the American people 🙏🏼🕊️💕🇺🇸

[@mikecolie9290]

When a weasel won't even look at who they are speaking to it says a lot about their character.

[@michaelbrown865]

Corruption and decay go hand in hand

[@cherylheywood7902]

She should be in jail. She’s despicable.

[@paulvarn4712]

Cruz and Kennedy roasted this judge as they should have.

[@johnbland1422]

Blackstone said, it's better for 10 guilty men to go free , than for an innocent man to spend a day in jail. Apparently she thought he said, let's turn, 10 guilty men free for everyone that spends a day in jail.

[@franbrochu4844]

I hope to god this woman don't get the job Sandusky was a demon and for her to go easy on him is a slap in the face to all his victims she is a jerk

[@dougford5691]

Very disturbing. She should never have been a Judge. She is a nightmare.

[@dacurlydac3042]

She should not even be a Judge...

[@kevin-sx1iw]

Is their one moral, intelligent, competent person in this entire cartel?

[@auntlala4971]

No 😢

[@a95569]

I assume the question is rhetorical. The answer is NO.

[@auntlala4971]

These nasty judges need to be fired and jailed one of them is on the supreme court its awful for our children's future

[@craigbeaumier1122]

She never can recall-not ready to be a judge..

[@paulao7022]

Her & her kind...help the criminals. She should NEVER ' EVER be a judge!

[@tracysongsprice8648]

What happened to due process for the children that suffers ,she is a disgrace for courts and mothers

[@ImDeviantMrED]

I've heard of "kicking a dead horse" but damn.

[@James-ux5kv]

Best predictor of future action is past action! But that kind of thing doesnt really matter to you i guess.

[@user-ph7wz7dq6w]

Love when pedophiles expose themselves..good job demon..

[@downunda107]

Inspiring Sen. Cruz. ThankYou

[@ELeeZimmermanSciFiHistoryNet]

... and, Ted, if the elected Republicans had stood up for ELECTION INTEGRITY when it mattered then this person might not be sitting before you day with a free pass to her next appointment.

[@lenculpepper9150]

Yes, she was nominated by a Republican! That's rich, to see a Democrat speak of integrity.

[@davidmckinley5343]

She does not have a clear understanding of how to apply the law.

[@westernslav6453]

This woman needs to go to prison herself for this.

[@ronallen6578]

Sen. Cruz, You can bring out the truth and only pray common sense takes hold. As long as the other side is lying to themselves, the American population and refuses to act like people who even care about what's best for the country, nothing will change with this administration.

[@patricianyiri8879]

WAY TO GO SENATOR CRUZ!!!!!!🕊😇👵🇺🇸🇮🇱💖

[@TalkingGIJoe]

This woman should be in prison not up for a higher position...

[@James-gk3ow]

Put them in jail

[@pgsibilo]

This Judge is a shining emblem of how sick America is.

[@RisingTidesAC]

Republican Senators: We will mercilessly grill you. Republican Senators after the merciless grilling: You are nominated!

[@MakerInMotion]

Lol They appointed Colleen Shogan to National archivist after she lied to their faces and they caught her. The grilling is all for the cameras these people all get the job.

[@RisingTidesAC]

@@MakerInMotion Exactly!

[@wolflair296]

@@RisingTidesAC no all judged get nominee cuz dems have majority in Senate

[@yobabybubba]

Great job, Ted.😊

[@jaeger5638]

Well done Senator Cruz! You make us proud!

[@jai4618]

Would she rule the same IF HER OWN KIDS WERE VICTIMS!

[@johngreenhorn8853]

She seems a very distant person as if she is on some sort of medication.

[@tomwashingtonjr848]

Love Cruz ❤🇺🇸❤️

[@rhondamyers4936]

It is not money that corrupts , it’s the love of money. This woman has to be very rich. She must feel her and her children will be exempt from punishment.

[@user-io5dq3if2j]

This woman should never be allowed to set on a federal bench at all Ted Cruz just flat Taylor You're not getting my nomination to be on a federal bench here anywhere in the United States of America

[@timhallas4275]

She's the type that would let a rapist walk because he is part of an "oppressed racial demographic". She's also the type that would accept sexual services for her leniency.

[@davidcantu4945]

"I find it a little bit amazing " that this moroon politian has a degree from Yale 😂.

[@buckhorncortez]

What's a "politian"...?

[@purplemonkey649]

​@@buckhorncortezHalf Polish, half Italian?

[@scottstafford3074]

I find it totally amazing that you can actually type, never mind spell after sniffing so much glue….

[@edwardjoy3820]

How do you know she went to Yale?

[@bradmorris7318]

BLIND JUSTICE MY ASS

[@elifoust7664]

VOTE HER N0

[@carolthacker7776]

She needs disbarred!

[@LightGesture]

Hardly grilling. More like putting her into check.

[@johnscreekmark]

Please tell me this disgrace was not confirmed!!