WASHINGTON, D.C. – After speaking on the Senate floor today, U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) issued the following statement:Posted on 07/26/2015 4:28:53 PM PDT by Isara
American people elected a Republican majority believing it would somehow be different from a Democratic one
Video of Sen. Cruz’s floor speech today
WASHINGTON, D.C. – After speaking on the Senate floor today, U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) issued the following statement:
“We’ve just seen something extraordinary on the Senate floor. The American people elected a Republican majority believing that a Republican majority would be somehow different from a Democratic majority in the United States Senate. Unfortunately, the way the current Senate operates, there is one party, the Washington party.
“Senate leadership consists of the McConnell-Reid leadership team. They operate as a team. They support the same priorities. If you look at what has occurred in the United States Senate since the Republicans took a majority, we immediately returned after winning a historic majority to pass a trillion dollar ‘cromnibus’ bill filled with corporate welfare and pork. Then, the so-called Republican majority voted to fund Obamacare. Then, the so-called Republican majority voted to fund President Obama’s unconstitutional executive amnesty. Then, the so-called Republican majority voted to confirm Loretta Lynch as attorney general. Then, just moments ago, the so-called Republican majority voted to reauthorize the Export-Import Bank, an egregious example of cronyism and corporate welfare.
“Every one of those is the priority of the Democratic leader Harry Reid. Every one of those is the priority of the Republican leader, Mitch McConnell. They operate as a team, expanding Washington and undermining the liberty of the people. What we just saw a moment ago is unprecedented in the annals of Senate history. It consisted of the majority leader and the minority leader denying members the ability to have votes on their amendments and indeed the ability even to have a roll call vote. The denial of a second, as you just saw a moment ago, which was aggressively whipped by the majority, is an extraordinary measure designed to gag Senators and enforce the will of the McConnell-Reid leadership team.
“It saddens me as a Republican to see Republican leadership lead the effort to kill an amendment that would have prevented lifting sanctions on Iran unless and until Iran recognizes Israel’s right to exist as a Jewish state and unless and until Iran releases American hostages. Make no mistake – granting a sufficient second for a roll call vote is done customarily in the United States Senate. Denying it is extraordinary, and it is done as a consequence of the majority leader Mitch McConnell being afraid for his members to be on record on this issue.
“We then, subsequently, saw Senator Mike Lee from Utah bring up his amendment to defund Planned Parenthood. We have seen in recent weeks gruesome videos of senior officials of Planned Parenthood discussing the selling of body parts of unborn children. These videos are horrifying, and yet it saddens me greatly that the Republican leader led the effort to continue the taxpayer funding of Planned Parenthood.
“Make no mistake — when the majority leader whipped Republicans to vote alongside Democrats, it was no surprise that Democrats did not want to vote on that because Democrats in this chamber do not purport to support the right to life. But to see the so-called Republican leadership whip against allowing a vote to defund Planned Parenthood — it has the virtue of clarity. It makes clear that the McConnell-Reid leadership team is united in favor of big government spending and debt and power.
“The McConnell-Reid leadership team has no interest in cutting off one penny of funds to Planned Parenthood, which is why leader Mitch McConnell just blocked a vote on defunding Planned Parenthood. To the millions of Americans who rallied in November believing if only we got a Republican majority in the Senate something would be different, this was a clarifying and a sad moment.”
Video of Sen. Cruz’s floor speech today can be found above.
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Cruz/Trump 2016 under an independent ticket if the GOPe rigs it for Bush or one of his clones.
Just time to (as the guy in Ferguson said) “burn this f***er to the ground”.
Unfortunately, I've recently spoken with capital R Republican rank & file types who he think he's nothing but a bomb thrower. Its discouraging.
That's what Trump is for, to kick those R Rank and File types on their keisters.
Ted just doubled down...
I wish someone had an answer to ridding ourselves of these corrupt MFers.
One thing is obvious. The ballot box method isn’t working.
Rs are Alinskying him.
I don’t recall another politician having mentioned the Uniparty in open session before. I hope Cruz wore a hard hat.
These were voters. Some people just can’t think for themselves.
late but it’s good to hear another speak the truth about the d.c. republocrat party. now sen. cruz, what are going to do to get a third conservative party started in the senate? you can walk and chew gum can’t you?
If they rig it for a Bush clone the party breaks.
As for a third party, I'll go where Cruz goes.
They are solely the responsibility of lesser evil proponents.
Freepers that backed that idiocy should be treated accordingly. They knew better and backed evil.
[Unfortunately, I’ve recently spoken with capital R Republican rank & file types who he think he’s nothing but a bomb thrower. Its discouraging. ]
Kind of reminds me of those rabble rousers who threw all the tea into the harbor. Trouble makers!!
The one question they need to answer...
What justification is there for the populace of the US to hand over one half of one Billion dollars a year to an organization which is nothing but a murder operation?
Even they don’t deny it anymore: they’re killing children.
And yet today Mr. McConnell and his friends went on record and voted to continue sending them money. OUR money.
Justify that.
Why, if they’re “prolife” like they say, are they funding mass murder in the first place?
Why aren’t they stopping it instead?
Prelude to running as an Independent?
Cruz is absolutely right! So what if he is a Presidential candidate. I’m sick of the Congress’ agenda being run by the Dems. It really doesn’t matter if the Repubs are in the majority or not. Harry Reid is still running the Senate and everybody knows it even without Cruz saying anything. Sickening!!!
Ted Cruz is John Galt.
Belated welcome to FR. Meanwhile, the Uniparty language is from a statement issued later in the day. In the speech this morning, his focus was on the fact that he did not violate decorum, and that the procedural initiatives he and Sen. Lee were attempting were nothing different from those that Alexander, Hatch and McConnell (if I was hearing right) had voted for in the past on multiple occasions.
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