It's about the only thing left at this point.
Posted on 06/25/2015 10:27:30 AM PDT by Isara
Releases statement on King v. Burwell
HOUSTON, Texas — U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, released the following statement regarding the Supreme Court’s decision on King v. Burwell:
“Today’s decision in King v. Burwell is judicial activism, plain and simple. For the second time in just a few years, a handful of unelected judges has rewritten the text of Obamacare in order to impose this failed law on millions of Americans. The first time, the Court ignored federal law and magically transformed a statutory ‘penalty’ into a ‘tax.’ Today, these robed Houdinis transmogrified a ‘federal exchange’ into an exchange ‘established by the State.’
“As Justice Scalia rightfully put it, ‘Words no longer have meaning if an Exchange that is not established by a State is ‘established by the State.” He also said, ‘We should start calling this law SCOTUSCare’ – I agree.
“If this were a bankruptcy case, or any other case of ordinary statutory interpretation, the result would have been 9-0, with the Court unanimously reversing the Obama administration’s illegal actions. But instead, politics intervened.
“For nakedly political reasons, the Supreme Court willfully ignored the words that Congress wrote, and instead read into the law their preferred policy outcome. These judges have joined with President Obama in harming millions of Americans. Unelected judges have once again become legislators, and bad ones at that. They are lawless, and they hide their prevarication in legalese. Our government was designed to be one of laws, not of men, and this transparent distortion is disgraceful.
“At the same time, crocodile tears are flooding our nation’s capital today over the Supreme Court’s decision to illegally rewrite Obamacare, which has been a disaster since its inception. But one day of faux outrage from the Washington Cartel won’t fool the millions of courageous conservatives across our country. They know the Republican leadership in Washington is quietly celebrating the Court’s decision. If they believe this issue is now settled so they don’t have to address it, they are sorely mistaken.
“Every GOP candidate for the Republican nomination should know that this decision makes the 2016 election a referendum on the full repeal of Obamacare.
“I have made repeal of this disastrous law a top priority since the first day I arrived in the Senate and have made its repeal central to my campaign. Any candidate not willing to do the same—and campaign on it every day—should step aside.
“The Court adopted the IRS’s blatantly unlawful reading of the statute to make subsidies available to individuals on federal exchanges, when Congress expressly provided the opposite.
“After today’s ruling, Obamacare will now be responsible for imposing illegal taxes on more than 11 million individuals and for burdening hundreds of thousands of businesses with illegal penalties on their workers, killing jobs, and further slowing economic growth. President Obama’s health care law remains deeply unpopular and is harming countless Americans by increasing costs and worsening the quality of care.
“I remain fully committed to the repeal of Obamacare—every single word of it. And, in 2017, we will do exactly that.”
You believe him? I don’t.
Well I am OFFENDED! that he spoke critically of all the great and wonderful Republicans that FR posters freely chose to send to DC under the open admission of Mitch and jonbon to work with Obama!
How dare he nullify the will of the people! Ted Cruz hates America!!! And Puppies!!!!
LOL. Thanks
Do what you want. America ended today anyway.
He has been strong on killing obamacare from the beginning and has never wavered. I think the problem is the GOPe doesn't want to kill obamacare. The Pubs keep winning seats because people don't want it. Without Cruz as POTUS I'm convinced the Senate will come up with a reason that they can't repeal it.
the “progressives” in my memory have never come out of the gate with such gusts of hatred for any Presidential Contender that I can remember!
They know what he can get done!!!
bump!!
If the states want to put a major dent in stopping the unconstitutionally big federal government then they need to repeal the 17th Amendment imo.
If Ted Cruz really wanted to put an end to ObamaCare, he should be saying repeal the mandate. That's the issue pols would have to rally behind. People who want their ObamaCare can keep their ObamaCare that way.
I agree.
They can't win the White House because the Christian base won't vote for the GOPe candidates. Bush won because the base did come out to vote, but it was as much about voting against homosexual marriage as it was about supporting him.
The GOPe is moving left and trying to destroy the conservative base. I believe they think the Christian base will vote for them no matter what. I know for me I'm past the point of voting for the "lesser of two evils". I will support Cruz financially and if he's not on the ballot. I'll consider Walker. After that I'll sit it out.
Of course they will, the GOP has no more credibility and they don’t even care that we know they are a sham. Nothing short of a conflagration will change the direction of the US into a lawless totalitarian Marxist state.
Agree with you 100% wagglebee.
In fact, McConnell and the gang were falling all over themselves to write a fix on the slight chance that SCOTUS would actually rule as though WORDS HAD MEANING AND WORDS MATTERED.
Spot on!
I've also noticed how little Cruz is discussed on GOPe media such as Fox. They promote the northeast fiscal conservative and never talk about how social issues drive fiscal policy.
It's about the only thing left at this point.
He’s on of the best if not thee best candidate we have in the GOP. But, scrubs like Ben Carson, Mike Huckabee and Marco Rubio are still out polling him – unbelievable.
This blowhard has not even completed one term. He has taking cash from fag hoteliers, Tea Party types and anyone he can con. Go back to DC and quit jacking your jaws Cruz. Actions speak louder then words.
They fear Ted in a way they have not feared anyone on a very long time, and thier DENIALS....will only serve to heighten interest in reclaiming OUR America.
They fear Ted in a way they have not feared anyone on a very long time, and thier DENIALS....will only serve to heighten interest in reclaiming OUR America.
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