Posted on 05/13/2016 1:27:38 PM PDT by M. Thatcher
Ted Cruz is highlighting recent criticism from former House Speaker John Boehner in a new fundraising pitch for his 2018 Senate campaign.
Cruz's email pitch to supporters said Boehner's attacks proved the importance of his fight.
"Remember when he called me 'Lucifer in the flesh?' Well, he didn’t think that was far enough. Now the ringleader of the Washington Cartel is celebrating our defeat by saying, 'thank God that guy from Texas didn’t win,'" Cruz wrote, noting both Boehner's previous critiques as well as new ones made this week.
"This is just another sign that the establishment in Washington has learned nothing over the past year. The truth of the matter is they won’t stop attacking me, because they know I won’t stop fighting for you."
The pitch is the latest sign that Cruz won't lift his foot off the campaign pedal after ending his presidential bid last week.
It's not the first time he's fundraised off Boehner's remarks. His presidential campaign sent out a fundraising pitch last month after Boehner made the "Lucifer" remark.
The two never saw eye-to-eye in Congress, sharply disagreeing over Cruz's role in the 2013 push to defund ObamaCare, which led to a politically costly government shutdown.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jkQz8vZ0jsU
Ted, why don’t you take some time off and patch things up with Heidi and the girls?
It’s over, my man. You gave it the ol’ college fight, but it ain’t happening.
He’s no longer campaigning for President. This is for re-election to the Senate.
That is why he lied and said he didn’t know Bohner or ever work with him.......so he could boast that he isn’t part of the establishment.
Hey Ted where did you sit a the Kentucky derby hmmmm.....yeah millionaires row.
“This is for re-election to the Senate.”
Come on Texas! Off this turd! You can do it! Show the country that you can kick the cow $hit off your boots and rid your state, and the country of this pariah. the truth is you need TWO NEW SENATORs! Cruz in 2018 and Cornyn in 2020!
No way he has been a great Senator and will win again very easily
He says he left it all on the field. Problem is, the “it” he refers to was his brain...
Pathetic
How would you know, I like Ted and I will certainly vote for him again.
As much as Teddy has pissed me off, I’d rather primary Cornyn.
“No way he has been a great Senator and will win again very easily”
So if what you say is true, how about letting all of us here on FR in on what he’s done as a Senator that makes him “great?” What thing(s) of substance has he done, beyond pissing off the entire Senate with his nonsensical “filibusters?” From all that I can see, all he’s done is simply window dressing for his now failed presidential bid. So bring him back to Texas and confine him to “helping” your state while leaving the rest of the country free of his nonsense!
At least Cornyn is a US citizen.
Lyin’ Ted still has not produced a CRBC to certify he is a US citizen. In addition, he disavowed his canadian citizenship and appears to be a man without a country.
Do I really need to, his being anti-establishment suits me just fine and if you don’t like him that makes me think he is doing a fine job.
“Maybe the Presidential campaign trail has some unpleasantries, but he called McConnell on his lies to the nightmare of Senate decorum which was long past due.”
Yeah, that’s the ticket! Namecalling is so effective at changing the direction of our country! As for the “unpleasantries,” that’s not what I’d call them. They have been lies, obfuscations, and subtufuge. Those traits have no place in politics.
Clean out your own damn stall, California! We’re doing quite well without your advice!!!
LOL Cruz and Boehner are old pals. They worked in tandem just as Cruz and Rand Paul worked with McConnell to foment Mississippi 14. H/T Sundance TCT
Note how Cruz assisted Rand in the fake filibuster of early 2013.
Just so happened to be on the same day that Boehner pushed an Obamacare CR funding through the House. No one was paying attention to the House... it was all about the Senate Floor that day.
Cruz and Boehner Real Life Pinky And The Brain http://www.forbes.com/sites/rickungar/2013/10/07/john-boehner-and-ted-cruz-the-real-life-pinky-and-the-brain/print/
Guess TPA, Coker and lots of lies don’t bother you. Calling Boehner a liar makes it all ok?
Cruz should just go away and shut up for a while and hope people will forget his insane, destructive behavior by the next time he runs for his Senate seat for reelection.
Your easy
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