Cruz Calls McConnell A Liar
It’s not nice to call a member of your own party a liar on the Senate floor.
“What we just saw today was an absolute demonstration that not only what he told every Republican senator, but what he told the press over and over and over again, was a simple lie,” Cruz said Friday morning. “We know now that when the majority leader looks us in the eyes and makes an explicit commitment, that he is willing to say things that he knows are false. That has consequences for how this body operates.”
Prompting Cruz’s outburst: McConnell’s move to set up amendment votes on a must-pass transportation bill. After senators voted to consider the bill, McConnell (R-Ky.) set up votes on two controversial measures — a repeal of the Affordable Care Act, and a reauthorization of the Export-Import Bank of the United States — and did it in such a way that will make it difficult for other amendments to be considered.
That move incensed Cruz — who, like many conservatives, strongly opposes the bank’s reauthorization, though it enjoys support from a supermajority of his Senate colleagues. While McConnell has personally spoken against Ex-Im reauthorization, Democrats said in June he had agreed to schedule an Ex-Im vote in order to get highly divisive trade legislation passed.
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Foundryman July 24th, 2015 at 12:04
Cruz, Trump, Palin, Steve King, Allen West, Walker the Koch boys and Louie Gohmert should go off and form their own political party.
BigDumbWhiteGuy July 24th, 2015 at 18:54
Just so long as they do it on some small and previously uninhabited dessert island.
The Original Just Me July 25th, 2015 at 06:17
Sorry, I guess we have the same dreams.
The Original Just Me July 25th, 2015 at 06:17
On a desert island in the middle of the Pacific and in a plane with a small gas tank. OOPS ! that would be Ocean Pollution.
Mike July 24th, 2015 at 12:21
How does one react when called a liar by the single most dishonest man in American politics…???
Larry Schmitt July 24th, 2015 at 15:31
You congratulate yourself for being included in such eminent company.
Roctuna July 24th, 2015 at 13:41
Another example of why he’s the most despised man in the Senate and why Dems love him.
Talkin_Truth July 24th, 2015 at 23:01
>> Dems love him.
This Democrat doesn’t love him.
As a Christian, I love him in Jesus, but as an American I consider Ted Cruz horrible for America.
Roctuna July 25th, 2015 at 08:59
I meant love him for his ability to disrupt his own party and make them all look like fools. Certainly not anything else.
Larry Schmitt July 24th, 2015 at 15:35
As long as the people in both houses of Congress allow such idiotic practices as the attachment of amendments to bills that have nothing to do with the original bill (ACA repeal attached to transportation bill), they will never get anything important done. The roads and bridges are falling apart, and require billions of dollars in repairs every year, and these f*cking morons can’t see the only logical source of money is to raise the gas tax. They have bought the Grover Norquist line completely.
Gindy51 July 24th, 2015 at 17:07
Until bridge falls on one of them or their family, nothing will get done and even then I seriously doubt anything will pass.
The Original Just Me July 25th, 2015 at 06:14
Even if these Morons could force an idiotic amendment through on a much needed bill, the President still has to sign and approve the bill. They know that things such as this are just a waste of time and taxpayer money. Why can’t they just get the work done and stop all of the nonsense crap ? Step into the light. It is coming from the real world.
ExPFCWintergreen July 24th, 2015 at 18:22
Just…keep…talking….
BigDumbWhiteGuy July 24th, 2015 at 18:55
Ted Cruz: Professional Liar for Jesus Since 1970
amersham46 July 24th, 2015 at 19:40
Ted ,,starting to sling mud like a pro
Tommie July 25th, 2015 at 00:32
They have been watching Trump, he is starting to get good at this! Calling out his own party, thought i never would have seen the day when that would happen but glad i did!!!
Talkin_Truth July 24th, 2015 at 23:00
This seems like an internal-GOP coup attempt.
The Republican party is completely dysfunctional.
But, even still, the media will say, “Washington can’t work together.”
“Washington” my foot. This is all about the GOP.
allison1050 July 25th, 2015 at 07:08
As if he isn’t a liar also.
Snick1946 July 25th, 2015 at 13:37
Things sure have changed. Can you imagine a freshman senator standing across the Senate floor from Lyndon Johnson and calling him a liar? He would suddenly lose all his committee assignments if not find his desk in the hall.
Dwendt44 July 25th, 2015 at 19:02
If not his teeth.
labman57 July 25th, 2015 at 20:07
Teddy believes that his is a righteous cause, as he is on a “mission from God”.