There was a government shutdown last year? They voted against it, but Cruz did not shutdown the government against PP funding. Once again that shutdown was a few years ago and was done to defund OBAMACARE. So, tell me where I am wrong? My reply was to a poster that said Cruz shutdown the government to stop PP funding. I corrected him.
“There was a government shutdown last year? They voted against it, but Cruz did not shutdown the government against PP funding. Once again that shutdown was a few years ago and was done to defund OBAMACARE. So, tell me where I am wrong? My reply was to a poster that said Cruz shutdown the government to stop PP funding. I corrected him.”
Your reply was to me in my comments to another person:
I posted: “I remember when he tried to shut down the government. He did actually for a little while. I remember when he stood alone. I remember when the GOPe did an end run around him to pass a budget with Planned Parenthood funding. I remember when he called the GOPe leader a liar.”
You replied: “He didn’t shutdown the government for PP. That was last year and he did not want it to effect his electability.”
First, where you are very wrong is your claim that he did not shut down the government because it would effect his electability.
Read up on how it actually went down:
http://nymag.com/daily/intelligencer/2015/09/senators-have-had-it-with-ted-cruzs-shutdown.html#
Nowhere did I say Cruz did shut down the government over Planned Parenthood funding. Yes, Cruz shut down the government over Obamacare. He was willing to do the same over funding Planned Parenthood, but GOPe ignored conservatives and passed a complete funding bill. They openly derided Cruz for wanting to shut down the government and said that such attempts would fail. He did literally EVERYTHING possible short of holding a gun to their heads to stop funding Planned Parenthood.
So, no, you corrected nothing. You are on the bandwagon to abandon one of the few solidly conservative elected representatives we have. I don’t care if you want to support Trump or even some other candidate. I really hate when people whine and complain about the GOPe and then attack one of the few people who has done everything in his power to stop them and hold them accountable. He deserves better. And it is going to take better to get anything changed for the better.
Cruz has done an incredible job as a senator. The best in my lifetime probably. We need a hundred of him there.