Posted on 10/29/2015 9:03:43 PM PDT by VinL
Sen. Ted Cruz, the Texas Republican presidential candidate, conducted a 90-minute takedown late Thursday of his own Majority Leader, Mitch McConnell, who he characterized by name as a weak leader unwilling to fight for conservative causes.
Cruz, a Tea Party conservative, frequently bucks Senate GOP leaders and has on at least one other occasion criticized McConnell in a Senate floor speech.
But late Thursday, he took on McConnell with renewed antipathy, using pie charts to demonstrate that the Kentucky Republican has bolstered the Democratic agenda rather than conservative goals during his ten-month tenure.
"Why is a Republican majority leader fighting to accomplish the priorities of the Democratic minority?" Cruz asked.
Cruz criticized a broad budget and debt limit deal the Senate is scheduled to vote on early Friday, arguing that the accord gave President Obama and Democrats all that they wanted, with nothing in return for Republicans seeking to rein in spending and shrink the debt.
Using pie charts, Cruz made the case that McConnell has helped to pass legislation opposed by the majority of Senate Republicans but supported by the majority of Democrats.
Climate change legislation and an amendment to revive the Export-Import were among the measures brought to the floor despite opposition from a majority of Republicans, Cruz noted. The provisions passed with mostly Democratic support.
Cruz said McConnell should employ an old GOP House rule to bring to the floor only legislation that has a majority of Republican Senators backing it. He said the established congressional leaders aren't looking out for ordinary Americans but rather big corporations, who cut them checks for them at D.C. cocktail parties and reward them later with million-dollar jobs.
Cruz also targeted now former Speaker John Boehner, who retires Friday. Boehner wrote much of the budget deal Cruz opposes.
"The lame duck speaker, on his way out, will no doubt land in a plush easy chair, in the Washington D.C. cartel, and will soon be making millions of dollars, living off the cartel," Cruz said.
Jim Manley, a former top aide to Minority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., said Cruz had taken an unprecedented step in attacking McConnell Thursday night.
"I have never, EVER, seen anything like it," Manley said on Twitter. "McConnell should not dignify with a response, but wow."
As we get angrier and angrier with the 95 percent of Republicans in Congress who are fake conservatives or anti-conservatives, some of them may endorse Ted Cruz as a fig leaf to cover themselves.
Damn the torpedoes, full speed ahead.
God I love this guy.
Governor Inslee, D-WA, said pretty much the same thing. He said that the Republicans are going to get the Democrats in WA elected. He was referring to the fact Patty Murray is running for re-election unopposed.
Back in September, the State Republicans posted something on my Facebook page about opposing Patty Murray. My comment was that stopping Patty Murray would be a good idea, but what are you going to say about her? ....that she makes back room deals with Mitch McConnell?
You have to remember that it was a Democrat operative who helped McConnell commit voter fraud in the GOP primary. He is beholden to the Democrats.
Drive Yertle from office. Quickly, before he can do more damage.
His book "A Time for Truth" is quite an eye-opener about how the Washington Cartel works-A Must-Read.
She also cut a deal with Paul Ryan a few years back to cut military pensions and create new taxes called ‘airline fees’.
Or Mitch ends up with a lush lobbying career after the tenure of his elected office ends, continuing his fight for leftist ideals and making a huge salary doing so.
It’s time we call out the traitors for what they are and do what we can to shut them down.
-— “The lame duck speaker, on his way out, will no doubt land in a plush easy chair, in the Washington D.C. cartel, and will soon be making millions of dollars, living off the cartel,” Cruz said. -—
I can’t remember any GOP senator speaking like this about the GOPe. I’m lovin’ it.
Cruz is right too. McConnell is nothing more than a veiled Commiecrat.
It’s tempting, but I’m trying to do a little better. = :^)
I vote we pay them based upon the net positive or negative of their time in office...
You know, like real folk do
Firing, not this gilded cage around them of entitlement for gaudy benefits after what they have done???
Cruz will be severely admonished for telling the truth.
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