Posted on 07/28/2015 9:50:46 AM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet
Senator Ted Cruz has drawn both praise and scorn for comments made last Friday on the Senate floor. According to the Texas Tribune, Cruz upset some by calling Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell a liar.
“I have listened to the comments of my colleague, the junior senator from Texas, both last week and this week, and I would have to say that he is mistaken,” Cornyn said.
At issue: Cruz on Friday accused Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell — a Cornyn ally — of telling a “flat-out lie” to Senate Republicans over movement of legislation related to an obscure, controversial federal agency called the Export-Import Bank.
For Senate standards, it was a savaging comment.
Cruz defended his comments on Sunday.
“No member of this body should engage in ad hominem attacks directed at any member of this body, be they a Republican or be they a Democrat,” Cruz said.
“At the same time, I would note that it is entirely consistent with decorum, and with the nature of this body traditionally as the world’s greatest deliberative body, to speak the truth,” he added. “Speaking the truth about actions is entirely consistent with civility.”
Cornyn took the floor immediately after Cruz. He backed McConnell’s procedural maneuvers that stifled a Cruz amendment on Iran. And Cornyn questioned the legitimacy of Cruz’s charges against McConnell.
“If the majority leader had somehow misrepresented to 54 senators what the facts are with regards to the Ex-Im Bank, I would suspect that you would find other voices joining that of the junior senator, but I hear no one else making such a similar accusation.”
“There was no misrepresentation made by the majority leader on the Ex-Im Bank,” Cornyn added.
On Monday’s edition of The Chad Hasty Show, Republican political strategist Matt Mackowiak said he thought that Cruz may have hurt his future in the Senate.
Cruz’s impact as a U.S. Senator is going to be minimal going forward. You know, he’s going to be persona non grata within the Senate Republican leadership. And if you’re a conservative you may think that’s great, but if you’re a Texan, you know, you might be wondering what is Cruz going to be doing the rest of his Senate term.
Do you approve of Cruz calling McConnell a liar on the Senate floor? Let us know in today’s KFYO Poll of the Day.
Do You Approve of Ted Cruz Calling Mitch McConnell a Liar on the Senate Floor?
Yes
No, he should have done it elsewhere
No, he never should have called McConnell a liar
Not sure
Vote
YES at 96% now!
Public opinion is building quite strongly against the communists of both parties.
Yes 96.38%
No, he should have done it elsewhere 1.33%
No, he never should have called McConnell a liar 2.29%
Not sure 0%
Whatever happened to that proposed law that all government employees would be subject to all laws to which the general public are subject?
I'll go for that in a heartbeat!
I have only two stipulations, the duel must be fought with bare hands and the winner takes all. Victory in this case would mean taking over the unbridled power now in the hands of a treacherous old man whose hands should be bodily removed from the helm of government if he won't go peacefully.
But back in the real world nothing will change, the US congress has become one of the most useless organizations ever devised by the mind of man. The founders never dreamed that a future American government could be so thoroughly corrupted by political chicanery. But then they were honest, decent, truthful patriots and they couldn't even imagine how far from their principled government the 20th and 21st century American government would become.
Yes 96.31%
Has McTurtle disputed Ted Cruz’s side of the story?
96.42%
96% yes.
Turkey Neck lied to everyone who voted to him. He lied to the entire nation. He ran a campaign where he was going to fight Obama, end Obamacare, and fight against amnesty. What was one of his first acts? Push through funding for both amnesty and obamacare. He is a no good damned dirty liar and I would be happy to tell that to McConnel’s face.
Yes 96.33%
No, elsewhere 1.22%
No, never 2.45%
Not Sure. 0%
Yes 96.36%
No, he should have done it elsewhere 1.16%
No, he never should have called McConnell a liar 2.48%
Not sure 0%
re. senate decorum....
Senate Decorum gets tossed aside by the liar. So yeah, I’m not bothered by Cruz. To the contrary, I’m bothered that he’s the only one to take this scumbag to task.
it was 96% just now - LOL
I believe Senator Cruz called McConnell a liar at the right place at the right time and used the proper decorum for the occasion. I admire the Senator’s composure and self-control.
96.4% as of 2:14 pm est.
I'm not sure if the picture is okay so I left it as a link ( it's from 'Scanners' of course ) but it really REALLY belongs right next to that photo of Mitch.
Does anyone know if fake gore like that is allowed?
Poor Mitch, He is being blackmailed just like Denny.
96.52% yes, at 13:37 CDT.
It is high time, and past, that those who operate in either the House of Representatives, or, The Senate, be called out for their crimes, misdemeanors, and apparent disloyalty to the American People and the Oath that they took, when they entered office.
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