Posted on 12/15/2014 8:07:33 PM PST by 2ndDivisionVet
In the midst of the debate over a mammoth government spending bill, Republicans and Democrats found something to agree on: their dislike for Sen. Ted Cruz, who forced a rare weekend session for the Senate.
But rather than back down, Cruz opted to call out Washington politicians during on Sean Hannity’s radio show Monday.
“Enough is enough,” he told Hannity.
The outspoken Texas Republican joined with Sen. Mike Lee, R-Utah, to force the Senate to take a vote related to President Obama’s recent immigration actions. The measure was defeated, 22-74, after Cruz said Republican leaders urged senators to vote against the constitutional point of order. (View the roll call vote.)
“Too many politicians in Washington don’t believe we can stand and fight,” Cruz told Hannity.
He lamented that Republican leaders are frequently pleading to put off tough fights for another day, as they wanted to do on immigration. Cruz predicted Republicans would once again find an excuse not to act next year as well:
Mark my words, Sean, the odds are enormous that come January or February, the very same voices are going to say, ‘Well, we’ve got a Republican majority, but we don’t have 60 votes, so we can’t fight yet.’ If we had 60 votes, they would come back and say, ‘You know, we have 60 votes but we don’t have 67. We don’t have enough to override a veto.’
“It’s always, always, always let’s fight tomorrow,” Cruz said. “At some point, what the heck are we doing? Either stand up and demonstrate we believe the principles we keep promising voters … or pack it up already.”
Cruz used the radio show to make a populist pitch. He said during the first six years of Obama’s presidency, “the rich and powerful have gotten richer and more powerful.” He noted that the top 1 percent in America today earn a higher share than in any year since 1928.
“The bigger government gets, the more it becomes a favor factor, the more it becomes special gifts for the powerful and connected,” Cruz said. “So what was the priority of both houses in this omnibus? It was every payoff for all the lobbyists rather than honoring the promises.”
Cruz told Hannity that two issues drove the Republican wave in November: stopping Obamacare and halting Obama’s amnesty plans.
“Too many people in Washington treat the promises to the voters as just what you say when you’re campaigning and they treat the payoffs to K Street as really what their priorities are,” he said.
“It seems to me that is exactly backwards. We ought to be fighting for the working men and women who are getting hammered by this failed Obama agenda, and sadly, by too many Republicans willing to be complicit in it.”
I think “Et tu Boehner” would be a great rally call for the Tea Partiers, starting now. Make it known, use it in emails, avatars, etc.
We helped get some conservatives elected this go around and the GOP-e needs to know we are not going to quit.
dang
..”Too many politicians in Washington don’t believe we can stand and fight,” Cruz told Hannity”...
I disagree...they don’t WANT TO stand and fight!
Other than Cruz, no one seems to stand on Principal: DOMESTIC EXECUTIVE ORDERS ARE ILLEGAL.
“Cruz should learn to inspire. He can’t seem to get anything done because his fellow Republicans don’t feel he is a leader.
Cruz is an inspirational leader and is now the leader of Conservatives and Republicans, the problem is the republican party has been co-opted by RINOS, republicans in name only, who don’t share the common values and principles of Conservatives and real Republicans but have more in common with democrats. I believe many republicans who support the rinos don’t really know what conservatism or the Tea Party is about and haven’t figured the party of mconnell and boehner aren’t their Conservative Republican party anymore. It will take a Ted Cruz and others of his ilk to stand and show the difference or we’re lost by default.
” “The bigger government gets, the more it becomes a favor factor, the more it becomes special gifts for the powerful and connected,” Cruz said. “So what was the priority of both houses in this omnibus? It was every payoff for all the lobbyists rather than honoring the promises.” “
Cruz DOES indeed get it!!
I believe he does too. He’s got Conservatism in the belly.
That’s all I ask for.
Same here.
Ted, ask the question, loudly - WHY?
And then start offering possible answers...
:^)
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