I’m surprised Cruz is doubling down on this and even confronting his usually close ally Jeff Sessions who has far more experience in the Senate. I’m sure Cruz heard plenty from his base so he knows the vast majority of us are not sold on his stand on either TPA or TPP.
Ted Cruz is simply educating to the truth. He is not doubling down on anything.
Ted is going to say Jesus Christ rose from the dead.
Others will say Jesus is a fraud.
And Ted will say again Jesus rose from the dead.
He’s not doubling down on anything. He’s simply repeating the truth.
I know someone volunteering 4 his campaign (not for much longer though) she said calls are coming in and very angry people. I’m sure the trip to Upstate NY that got him big bucks in the bank came with obligations.
Sessions supported CAFTA, etc.
Besides, Cruz is a lawyer. He knows what a bill says when he reads it.
Comes as a surprise to me too. Not feeling real comfy about Cruz going after an ally.
I am both surprised and upset by all of this. The logic is not there.
Here are a few questions “out of the gate.”
How can a true conservative champion a non-enumerated bureaucracy, let alone an international bureaucracy, which allows us 1 vote at a larger table, and which by nature is designed to impact our trade and economy?
Who pays for this new bureaucracy, the offices, travel, staff, police, enforcement of regulations...? Who are the governing recipients?
If economy and trade directly impact our own annual congressional budgets in the U.S., how can this not impact or interfere with future budget processes in Congress?
Regarding what is supposed to be our Constitutional Republic and representative form of government, why is the executive branch, which has routinely disclosed TS military operational details, hell bent on secrecy of this economic legislation?
Is Congress authorizing the president to “tweak” this legislation after it has been passed?
Can anyone actually prove we are not giving or transferring additional executive authority to this president, which was not enumerated in the Constitution? And NOT the “living breathing” version wrongly championed by the “progressives” or socialists.
Can we actually trust the executive branch and corporations who have crafted most of this legislation, already yoked by “corporatism,” who have demonstrated little to no loyalty to the U.S., or moral boundaries, to not give away more U.S. Sovereignty?
Are the new centralized international bureaucracies now being authorized in these bills, also being authorized to bypass the legislative branch in perpetuity on any economic & trade issues and policies, as most agencies our legislative and executive branches have created in the past have done?
Are we intentionally, or by “collateral damage,” helping to create and authorize an international authority which can either now or in the future, tax the U.S. without congressional approval?
Will the passage of this legislation help to create the bureaucracy necessary to implement UN climate regulations and taxes.?
Once created, will the U.S. Congress even be able to override divergent and harmful regulations? Will any attempt require 2/3rds of the Senate?
Does anyone actually know what is in the final version of this bill?
If not, how can a true conservative defend any congressmen or senator who does not know the breadth of what is in the final version they are voting for?