Ted Cruz confronted by activist at restaurant after NRA speech, Texas school shooting

A viral clip shows an activist berate Texas Sen.

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Ted Cruz over his gun views in the wake of the Uvalde, Texas school massacre.

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The confrontation, filmed Friday, came hours after the conservative lawmaker delivered

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a speech at a National Rifle Association convention in Houston.

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“Why does this keep happening?” an irate man yells, accusing Cruz of “taking blood money”

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by giving the speech days after the mass shooting at Robb Elementary School that killed 19 children and two adults.

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The activist, identified as Benjamin Hernandez with the liberal-leaning group Indivisible Houston,

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yells as security pushes him out of the eatery.

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He says, “when 19 children died, that is on your hands …Ted Cruz that is on your hands.”

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