17-minute-long speech, including his attempt to mock safety protocols related to masking amid the COVID-19 pandemic.Cruz focused his remarks around COVID-19 on the shutdowns imposed by larger states like California and New York, expressing skepticism about actions taken to shut down public parks or limit the numbers of people allowed to attend religious services at churches and synagogues.“We see Bill de Blasio in New York sending people in to shut down parks, and to throw young Orthodox Jewish