SCOOP: Former Homeland Security Secretary backs Ted Cruz's Stop FUNDERs Act to prosecute funders of political violence
Sen. Ted Cruz picks up an endorsement from former Homeland Security Secretary Chad Wolf in his push to dismantle the illegal funding that is behind anti-American protests.
Sen. Ted Cruz (R., Texas) scored yet another major endorsement in his fight to pass legislation designed to dismantle the web of far-left NGOs that is seemingly ever-present behind the funding of anti-American rallies across the country.
Cruz’s Stop FUNDERs Act, which would help law enforcement dismantle this network, has already been endorsed by FBI Director Kash Patel and by Tysen Duva, nominee for Assistant Attorney General For The Criminal Division, among other law enforcement officials.
Now, Cruz can add former Secretary of Homeland Security Chad Wolf to its backers.
During a Senate Judiciary Subcommittee hearing on Political Violence, Cruz described his legislation as a move that “adds rioting as a predicate offense to RICO to enable the Department of Justice to use the full tools that have been directed at the mafia to go after the corrupt enterprise, because at the end of the day, the thug who is engaged in violence is committing criminal acts, but the billionaire who is trying to tear down this country by writing checks to fund it bears, in many ways, far greater responsibility.”
Cruz’s renewed push for his bill comes as the Trump administration recently designated ANTIFA as a terrorist organization.
The Texas lawmaker asked the Trump administration veteran if passing the Stop FUNDERs Act would help tackle the problem of political violence.
Wolf was unequivocal: “absolutely, it would,” he replied. He added that the America First Policy Institute, where he now works, has also endorsed that piece of legislation as well, because you have to understand where they’re getting their finance, where they’re getting their backing. And if you can’t use the resources that the Department of Justice should be using, it’s going to make it very difficult…giving them additional quivers in their in their bag, I think, would be very good.”