Ted Cruz Begs DOJ to Investigate Netflix’s ‘Cuties’ as Child Porn
“Barack Obama makes a ton of money from Netflix,” Cruz told Fox News in the latest right-wing rant against the award-winning film.

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In light of Netflix's release of the controversial film ‘Cuties’ last week, Senator Ted Cruz (R-TX) says he has called on the Department of Justice to investigate whether the production company has violated federal laws regarding the sale and distribution of child pornography. “This movie ‘Cuties,’ it sexualizes 11-year-old girls, it has them dancing like strippers,” Cruz told Fox News on Sunday, two days after he sent a letter to the DOJ, urging they to look into the matter. “[I]t is likely that the filming of this movie created even more explicit and abusive scenes,” Cruz wrote, predicting that future pedophiles would “manipulate and imitate this film in abusive ways.” He also slammed former President Barack Obama as someone who “makes a ton of money from Netflix.” (The award-winning film portrays a young immigrant girl’s coming-of-age story as she struggles with how to adapt to Western culture.)
Vox journalist Aaron Rupar called Cruz’s actions a ploy to drum up support among QAnon, a known incubator of pedophile conspiracy theories. Cruz then retweeted him, claiming ignorance of the violent far-right group’s conspiracy theories about Democrat child sexual abuse rings.
I don’t know what the heck opposing child porn has to do with QAnon.
— Ted Cruz (@tedcruz) September 13, 2020
But Lefty press flacks hate Trump so much they’ll defend kiddie porn. Not OK.
We should ALL unite against Netflix sexually exploiting 11-yr-old kids. https://t.co/eUBJiAn7ha
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