Posted on 09/30/2013 8:08:07 AM PDT by SeekAndFind
Congressman Steve King (R-NY) told Fox News Sunday afternoon he would not vote for another resolution to delay or defund ObamaCare if it meant shutting the government down, and that he was infuriated with Senator Ted Cruz (R-TX) for letting the fight get to a stage at which the government was threatened.
From the start I thought it was wrong to pursue this policy of threatening to shut the government down over defunding ObamaCare, King said. I went along with the votes up until now because I know that John Boehner does not want to shut the government down, and I was assured this was a process to keep the government open. Now were down to the last 24 or 48 hours, and it seems were closer than ever to the government shutting down. I think Harry Reid should accept the proposal that was made. If he doesnt I dont want the government to shut down and I dont see how I can vote again to any more amending to ObamaCare.
We have too many people in our party, its a minority, who are following Ted Cruz, and they are tying up the entire Republican party, King said. The overwhelming majority of House members would vote to keep the government open. Im tired of having Ted Cruz call the shots for the House Republicans.
King said he thought the GOP could have won a more moderated battle.
We should have been negotiating for the last several weeks on changes we wanted to make to ObamaCare, like in the medical device tax, King said. I think we could have gotten that approved, if that had been part of a negotiation.
But because of Ted Cruz, it was all or nothing. It was either defund ObamaCare or shut the government down and we were locked into that. Now were into the final 36 hours, and we have people in our party who live in their own echo chamber. They think everyone wants this done. The fact is, most people, like in my district, are totally opposed to ObamaCare but they dont want the government shut down. We have to show we can be a governing party and not just responding to small factions.
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King is not just another GOP pansy. He is doing the bidding of Christie Kreme with these over the top attacks on Cruz.
I thought what Ted Cruz did was meaningless. Now they want to blame him?
Sorry Mr. King, if you had a set of cajones instead of cotton balls, we wouldn’t be in this situation.
Obama won’t negotiate... but Cruz is the one who is all or nothing. Got it.
Then if he is tired of “Ted Cruz calling the shots” then why doesn’ the RINO-crat switch parties!
I have given up on the usual Vichy Repubs, but I am disappointed at Ron Johnson, Pat Toomey, and Jeff Flake for various reasons.
Good. Retire, you fossil.
And I’m tired of seeing this moron’s face on TV every day.
"What difference does it make?"
Wah! i’m voting for the democrats! Wah!
RE: “What difference does it make?”
I actually think Steve King is less of a wuss than Peter King.
Peter we’ve established you’re a whore, what was the price you were paid for your treason?
Shutting the Go vomit down won’t hurt oMao’s travel.
Just a lot of the union jobs. None of the executive bug wigs that make over 100,000.00 plus a year will feel a penny’s pain.
I remember the last shut down. All taxes due were collected so what’s your beef? Me thinks you bi^&h too much!
His total detachment from the issue is just shocking to me. He completely fails to grasp the magnitude of Obamacare. Does he seriously believe that his vacuous idea of eliminating the medical device tax would satisfy the concerns his constituents have with Obamacare?
Clearly dementia is setting in. Peter King should resign immediately, before he actually votes again, or drives a car, or buys something from a hardware store.
“Tired of Cruz calling the shots” is just a red herring. The real issue is his own liberalism and love for the progressives. Peter King loves it when liberals are calling the shots.
Keep on making your list of the naughty, as 2014 is shaping up to be a watershed Congressional Election Year !
wah wah boo hoo
I bet King ran into Cruz in the congressional locker room and now has ball envy. King, McCain, and so many other of the rino establishment are just butthurt p*ssies.
King is pissed because Senator Cruz is against arming King’s al Qaeda friends.
RINO’s are fine with ObamaCare
FUPK!
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