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Dirty Dozen: 12 Senate Republicans Who Voted to Silence Ted Cruz
D.C. Clothesline ^ | 02-13-2014 | Dean Garrison

Posted on 02/13/2014 12:56:59 PM PST by PaulCruz2016

Everyone knew that the debt-ceiling deal would pass through the Senate on Wednesday. Even Ted Cruz had to know it. As soon as the House passed the deal on Tuesday, the writing was on the wall.

Even so, Ted Cruz promised to fight for America once again and filibuster the legislation. Would that have changed things? More than likely it would not have changed the vote. But Ted Cruz is the voice of a lot of Americans who are fed up with the Washington D.C. “business as usual” crowd. Evidently tee times and the beltway bar scene are more important than listening to the voice of an elected representative, because 12 republicans turned on Ted Cruz Wednesday including his own Texas sidekick, John Cornyn.

This morning I feel like my own tongue was cut out, because there are few in the Senate who speak for me and Ted Cruz is one of them.

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To: Jane Long
Steve Stockman a B rating and Cornpone got a C, on Amnesty stance.

Well, that chicken excrement gets an F- from me and most of my friends. He needs to have someone monitor FR if he wants to know what real Conservatives think of him and his stances.

41 posted on 02/13/2014 7:30:20 PM PST by Arrowhead1952 (The Second Amendment is NOT about the right to hunt. It IS a right to shoot tyrants.)
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