Senior Senate Republicans rebuke Sen. Cruz over his attacks on Majority Leader McConnell

The Columbus Republic ^ | July 26, 2015 | Erica Werner, The Associated Press

[2ndDivisionVet]

Senior Senate Republicans lined up Sunday to rebuke Texas Republican Sen. Ted Cruz for attacking Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, an extraordinary display of intraparty division played out live on the Senate floor.

As the Senate met for a rare Sunday session, Sens. Orrin Hatch of Utah, Lamar Alexander of Tennessee and John Cornyn of Texas each rose to counter a stunning floor speech Cruz gave on Friday accusing McConnell, R-Ky., of lying.

None of them mentioned Cruz by name but the target of their remarks could not have been clearer....

[headstamp 2]

If these son of a bitches can’t see the anger out there then they deserve to lose and deserve the ridicule and accusations.

[NCjim]

“You know you’re over the target when you start taking flak”.

[Little Ray]

We need names.
My Senator, Johnny Isakson, for whom I am strongly tempted NOT to vote (I am definitely voting against him in the Primary), might be one of them and that would settle it.
I might end up leaving a lot of lines blank on the 2016 General ballot.

[ThePatriotsFlag]

Correct, their whining solidifies my support for Cruz.

[stevem]

Senator Mitch Groucho McConnell said, Who are you going to believe? Me? Or your own lying eyes?

[Kickass Conservative]

Does anyone have a spare Feather? I need to be knocked over.

[Isara]

Ted Cruz said he agreed with Hatch’s calls for civility but declared, “Speaking the truth about actions is entirely consistent with civility.”

[Isara]

Did Orrin Hatch, Lamar Alexander or John Cornyn defend Mitch McConnell? Did they say that McConnell didn't lie to them about the deal?

[RetSignman]

John Cornyn kept calling him ‘junior’ Senator over and over again, he actually slipped one time and just called him Senator but quickly added ‘junior’.

[HarleyLady27]

...and Orrin Hatch being from Utah, a Republican state, will not be talked to in such a manner as Cruz talked to McTurtle...

So, maybe if what I am seeing on FR today, all about Trump smashing, Cruz and Trump will go third ticket and let the ‘don’t you dare curse at us, but we can do it to you’ crowd kill themselves battling back and forth....

[Amagi]

The Ancient RINO Elite Praetorian Guard finally get their panties in a wad and go on the attack.
But not against the unConstitutional Obamaism that the voters swept them into the majority to oppose, Heaven forfend.
No. It is against the brave voice which calls out the lying, dishonest RINO leadership that licks Obama's boots.
Obviously, these jackasses must first be defeated before WE THE People can see the reversal of Obama's Communist Party agenda.

[Tucker39]

The $64 Million question: Will Cruz stand his ground, or buckle and apologize?

[getarope]

That’s an insult to blind mice everywhere.

[Georgia Girl 2]

Three of the worst RINO’s . Who cares?

[Paulie]

What a different story it would be if the rest of the Congress stood up to what was right.

[Ray76]

Of course they do. It’s a RINO Rampage.

[conservativejoy]

Cruz won’t apologize for speaking the truth, nor should he. McConnell is a liar and a coward.

[The Ghost of FReepers Past]

Identifying lies as lies is not an attack. What is being attacked is truth and representative government. When the leader or anyone else says one thing but does another, be it to voters and/or to other members of Congress, he needs to be exposed.

All they are doing is attacking the whistle blower.