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Sen. Ted Cruz moves event after mask feud with UW-Madison

"I'm gonna call them out on it," Cruz said in an interview with WISN 12

Sen. Ted Cruz moves event after mask feud with UW-Madison

"I'm gonna call them out on it," Cruz said in an interview with WISN 12

OVER MASKS. US SENATOR TED CRUZ IS NO STRANGER TO CONTROVERSY AND WE ARE GOING TO FLIP A CERTAIN SIGNAL AT ALL OF THE TYRANTS WHO WANT TO SHUT US UP AND CONTROVERSY IS WHAT HIS ENTVE SPONSORED BY FORMER WISCONSIN. GOVERNOR. SCOTT WALKER’S YOUNG AMECARI FOUNDATION PRODUCED. WE HOPE PARTICULARLY WITHLL A THE HYPE ABOUT THE CHANGE AND BUT THE LINE, IS THAT OFTEN HES LPUS GET CURIOUS STUDENT. TO COME TO THESE EVENTS AND WNHE THEY COME THEY THEY GET TO HEAR THINGS THAT MANY OF THEM DON’T EVER HEAR THE WEDNESDAY NIGHT LIVE TAPING OF CRUISES PODCAST ORIGINALLY SCHEDULEDN O THE CAMPUS OF UW-MADISON. ABRUPTLY MOVED THE MASONIC CENTER LESS THAAN MILE AWAY AT THE UNIVERSITY DENIED THE GROUP AN EXEMPTIONOR F CREWS AND CO-HOST MICHAEL KNOWLES TO BE MASKLESS THE UNIVERSITY INSISTS THE GROUP NEW OF THE MASK POLICY ALL ALONG. THIS MAY HAVE BROUGHT MORE ATTENTION TO THIS ANDN IN I ASPECTS DO YOU WANT THE CONTROVERSY? DO YOU WANT THE BACK AND FORTH IN THESE EVENTS ON CAMPUS? LOOK I WOULD RATHER STILL BE ON THE UNIVERSITY CAMPUS. THE POINT WAS TO GO THERE. BUT AT THE SAME TIME I DON’T RUN AWAY FROM IT. I MEAN IF THEY WTAN TO TO PLAY THE HEAVY-HANDED SENSOR, I’M GONNA CALL HIM OUT ON IT. THE MASICON CENTER TOLD 12 NEWS GUESTS WOULD BE REQUIRED TO WEAR MASKS, BUTOT N EVERYONE DID CRUISE CAPITALIZING ON THE CONTROVERSY. WE SAID WE’REOT N RECORDING A FRIGGIN’ PODCAST. WE’RE IN MASS THE SERIES PART OF A NATION. WHYO T WE’RE ORGANIZED BY YOUNG AMERICANS FOUNDATION WHERE FORMER GOVERNOR WALKER IS PRESIDENT. SENATOR CREWS WILL BE AT TEXAS A&
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Sen. Ted Cruz moves event after mask feud with UW-Madison

"I'm gonna call them out on it," Cruz said in an interview with WISN 12

Texas Republican Sen. Ted Cruz is no stranger to controversy. And controversy is what his Wednesday night event in Madison produced.The event, sponsored by Young America’s Foundation where former Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker is president, abruptly moved from the UW-Madison campus to the Masonic Center after the university denied an exception for Cruz and his co-host to be maskless during the event. "The bottom line is that often helps us get curious students to come to these events, and when they come they get to hear things they don’t ever hear," Walker said in an interview with WISN 12. The Wednesday night live taping of Cruz's podcast "Verdict with Ted Cruz" was originally scheduled on campus. Walker said the group was denied an exemption for Cruz and Knowles to be maskless. The university insisted the group knew of and previously agreed to the policy all along. "Look, I would still rather be on the university campus," Cruz said in an interview with WISN 12. "The point was to go there, but at the same time, I don't run away from it. If they want to play the heavy-handed censor, I’m gonna call them out on it."The Masonic Center said guests would be required to wear masks at the event but not everyone did. The series is part of a nationwide tour organized by Young America's Foundation. Cruz will appear at Texas A&M Thursday night.

Texas Republican Sen. Ted Cruz is no stranger to controversy.

And controversy is what his Wednesday night event in Madison produced.

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The event, sponsored by Young America’s Foundation where former Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker is president, abruptly moved from the UW-Madison campus to the Masonic Center after the university denied an exception for Cruz and his co-host to be maskless during the event.

"The bottom line is that often helps us get curious students to come to these events, and when they come they get to hear things they don’t ever hear," Walker said in an interview with WISN 12.

The Wednesday night live taping of Cruz's podcast "Verdict with Ted Cruz" was originally scheduled on campus.

Walker said the group was denied an exemption for Cruz and Knowles to be maskless.

The university insisted the group knew of and previously agreed to the policy all along.

"Look, I would still rather be on the university campus," Cruz said in an interview with WISN 12. "The point was to go there, but at the same time, I don't run away from it. If they want to play the heavy-handed censor, I’m gonna call them out on it."

The Masonic Center said guests would be required to wear masks at the event but not everyone did.

The series is part of a nationwide tour organized by Young America's Foundation.

Cruz will appear at Texas A&M Thursday night.