Ted Cruz claims Dems trying to 'politicize' massacre - then blames Obama for mass shooting

Fox & Friends host Ainsley Earhardt noted that "Democrats are calling for gun control, they're talking about not allowing you to buy the AR-15 anymore."

"We have seen multiple shootings recently, mass shootings using this weapon," she said. "You're a parent, you have young girls who are going to grow up and go to school as well."

"The reaction of Democrats to any tragedy is to try to politicize it," Cruz complained. "They immediately start calling that we've got to take away the Second Amendment rights of law abiding citizens. That's not the right answer."

Cruz, who reportedly has taken more money from pro-gun groups than any member of Congress, said that victims of mass shootings have told him that "gun control