Senate Republicans take revenge against Ted Cruz by refusing to back amendments

Houston Politics Examiner ^ | July 28, 2015 | Mark R. Whittington

[Marcus]

Think of it as the Empire strikes back. Two days after Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas took to the floor of the Senate and called Senator Majority Leader Mitch McConnell a liar, Republican senators, apparently on the behest of the Republican leader, refused to second a motion to back a Cruz amendment to the highway bill to make the lifting of sanctions against Iran contingent on that country recognizing Israel’s right to exist and freeing four American hostages. As the Washington Examiner reported on Sunday, the lesson was struck home by Sen. Orrin Hatch, R-Utah when he delivered a soliloquy about decorum in the Senate, obviously directed against Cruz.

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[The Ghost of FReepers Past]

He is not just a liar, he is a vindictive liar. So Israel must pay. That is very curious.

[Dr. Sivana]

I’ll accept that . . . as long as they are to a man willing to go on record with each name attached to the vote. The canned [insert name here] commercials are ready to go in the next round of primaries.

[A CA Guy]

There is a war on the American people by the GOPe.

[tennmountainman]

God bless Cruz for stepping up.

Where are the other so called conservatives to back him up and
stand with him?

[CMailBag]

It’s CRAP like this that is fueling Donald Trump. He’s the ONLY one talking about the things the voters expected after the last election.
McConnell & Boner have changed parties.

[Enlightened1]

The GOPe Strikes Back

[RedMDer]

The GOP-e didn't want Cruz elected in the first place and have been trying to ignore him and other Conservatives for years while those same Washington elitists claim to be conservative every election cycle.

[KevinB]

Didn’t even get a second from Mike Lee? He and Cruz must have worked out some sort of a deal on this.

[arthurus]

They are all Democrats and marxists. Call an egg a tomato and paint it red and it is still a tomato.

[trisham]

This is the last straw. These people are despicable.

[Lake Living]

Ok, where are the Photoshopped pics of Ted Curz as Luke Skywalker and Mitch as Darth Vader?
Go Ted take out the Death Star!

[Starboard]

The GOP senators are circling the wagons, but the party is circling the drain.

[dfwgator]

The GOP senators are circling the wagons

[Starboard]

Excellent post! Undocumented Democrats — I love it!

[NorthMountain]

Sen. Orrin Hatch, R-Utah when he delivered a soliloquy about decorum in the Senate,

According to Useless Orrin, it's OK for a Senator to be a liar, a cheat, and a thief ... but not OK to observe that fact.

[Tucker39]

All the more reason for Trump/Cruz 2016.

[WhoisAlanGreenspan?]

Besides Lee, I wonder whats up with Rubio, Paul, and Jeff Sessions.

[onyx]

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