Sen. Cruz Responds to the United Nations’ Targeting U.S. States on Matters of Free Speech

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) today released the following statement in response to the United Nations’ recent targeting of U.S. states on matters of free speech:

“The hypocrisy of the United Nations is astounding. The United States does not need any lectures from the U.N. regarding free speech, free assembly, or any issue pertaining to safeguarding human rights, especially from appointees of the U.N. Human Rights Council. America’s Constitution is a model for protecting free speech – distinguished by its defense of speech others may find offensive or hurtful. 

“The U.N. has no credibility or authority to target U.S. states for public shaming on matters of free speech or human rights when it has failed time and again to effectively tackle the great human rights challenges of our time. The U.N. has created a bureaucratic architecture of hatred and obsessive bias against America’s friend and ally the Jewish State of Israel. It has turned ostensible human rights institutions – like the U.N. Human Rights Council – into farces on matters of human rights, catering to some of the world’s worst human rights abusers. And it has been exposed for corruption and breach of trust in how its officials perform their duties. 

“The United States is a free and open society with strong democratic institutions safeguarding the life, liberty and pursuit of happiness of its citizens. Rather than attacking U.S. states for considering common sense laws to protect residents and property, the U.N. should look within itself and excise the rank hypocrisy which undermines its credibility on human rights in the eyes of freedom-loving people around the world.” 

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