Posted on 11/10/2015 1:44:06 PM PST by conservativejoy
Almost every President for the last 80 years has had Fast Track authority. Cruz did not invent the concept.
It will be interesting to see who you finally support. The only One Who can possibly meet your standards doesn’t need your vote.
If Trump or any other Republican candidate were President, they would want Fast Track authority. Now they'll have it without the Dems being able to block it. Cruz is for Free Trade.
So why did he vote against TPA?
No, it is not a new concept. And since the late 70's we have taken in on the chin as a country do to our trade policies. I see nothing out of Cruz, nor other politicians that will change that.
A good reason to throw out the lowers, because they'll "always" support a tinpot dictator like Obama to take the lead in trade negotiations.
but somehow now Ted Cruz is the sole reason it passed
I bet you if Cruz had opposed it, instead of stabbing senators like Jeff Sessions in the back, it would not have passed so easily.
Because it did not contain the immigration language that he and Sessions wanted, and because McConnell made some back room deals on the Ex-Im bank to get votes.
Rand Paul and another Senator blocked the immigration language which would have prevented a lot of the problems with the current TPP bill that threaten our sovereignty.
Cruz actually worked on the immigration language amendment with Session. Cruz acknowledge that after he examined further the concerns that Session had, that Sessions was correct. Rand Paul and another Senator blocked the Immigration language amendment that would have prevented so many of the problems with TPP.
When did he supposedly have this revelation? Not until after he had already won the battle for fast track, joining with Paul Ryan in writing an op ed, and in attacking conservatives.
Cruz always has his come to Jesus moments after he's already screwed us over.
It didn't contain the immigration language when he voted to let it come to the floor for a vote.
I don't know why people on a political forum, where the participants aren't naive about how things work in DC, try to spin obvious hypocrisy by the politicians they support.
Who are you trying to kid?
By the way, this is part of the TPP lie and lets you know that Ted Cruz actually favors the bill. It's not just the immigration portions. The fact is, TPP does not accomplish anything it sets out to do. It will not be a way to "even the playing field" with China. China will join the TPP and will benefit from it either way, while our manufacturing will simply find newer places to go too, such as Vietnam.
The entire bill is what needs to be crushed, not a bill that is slightly imperfect because it has immigration stuff in it. Which, by the way, there is no reason to believe Cruz actually opposes. Cruz's wife was a member of the CFR and supports these sorts of immigration policies. Cruz has never acknowledged this, but consistently refers to her as a "conservative" dissident, even though she was no dissident to the CFR's open borders agenda.
Cruz voted for it, then when it came back around and his vote was no longer needed, he voted against it.
Cruz campaigned FOR MONTHS about why everyone should vote for it.
Awesome Job it’s amazing to watch the Cruz supporters spin in there wheels on this.
It comes to the floor so that amendments can be offered. Cruz objects to the aspects of the TPP that cedes our sovereignty to a an international panel. Then you get into the unfair aspects, currency manipulation and tariffs that create such unfair trade balances. Like Trump, he wants to have better negotiators make deals with individual countries.
Trump and Cruz share so much in their positions on issues. They would make the best possible team for the country.
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