Posted on 09/22/2015 7:14:25 PM PDT by VinL
Ted Cruz deemed Harry Reid as the head of the Republican Senate on Tuesday.
Cruz told reporters after Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell introduced a resolution to temporarily fund the government that he felt the Kentucky Republican was no longer the leader of the body where the GOP holds an eight-seat majority.
"The position of Republican leadership boils down to this: They will support 100% of the priorities of Democrats," said Cruz, a Republican who is running for president. "Today, the leader in the Senate is Harry Reid because Republican leadership has said nothing will pass without Harry Reid's support. Today, the leader is the House is Nancy Pelosi."
Senate leadership has frustrated Cruz's attempt to permanently defund Planned Parenthood, which is under attack for secretly taped, edited videos that have tarnished the women's health group, as part of current budget talks. Republican leaders have said they have no appetite for risking a Cruz-led shutdown that would defund the organization.
Cruz has made Republicans his foil just as often as he has Democrats -- often criticizing the "McConnell-Reid leadership team" -- but the Texas senator's blast is the latest signal that his fight with top Senate Republicans is intensifying as the Sept. 30 budget deadline approaches. Republicans said Tuesday that Cruz did not attend the conference's regular lunch.
Democrats and Republican legislators are at a budget logjam over whether to continue public funding to Planned Parenthood. The White House has said they will not sign a budget that cuts funding for the organization, which funds women's health services beyond abortions, but congressional Republicans have said that defunding the group remains a top priority. Republican leadership, nervous about the political ramifications of a shutdown, are frustrated by conservatives -- like Cruz -- who want to stare down Democrats.
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Democrats control the House too. Boner is 0bamas butt-boy.
Very rich, a profoundly accurate description of these primary players as members of the progressive liberal democrat/rino communist uni-party.
Cruz boldly and without reservation right in front of the entire country called McConman his so-called leader a LIAR, unprecedented in modern congressional politics,the media reported on it for about 10 seconds, there is no other candidate in this race hated as much as Cruz, the rino's think they can suppress him with media help by ignoring him and limiting his exposure, they don't see his ground game.
As long as the Muslim maggot in the WH has control of 90% of a corrupt press behind him, he will do as he pleases. Anyone in congress that opposes him, will be excoriated as a racist.
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There are some Republican bootlicking Freepers who will chide you for your blasphemy against their beloved Party!
Calling McConnell the cowardly butt-boy of Reid hits the bullseye. McConnell and Reid should be arrested for sedition. Too bad our gutless mercenary cowards in the FBI are in on the game.
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