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Senior Senate Republicans rebuke Sen. Cruz over his attacks on Majority Leader McConnell
The Columbus Republic ^
| July 26, 2015
| Erica Werner, The Associated Press
Posted on 07/26/2015 12:55:19 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet
Senior Senate Republicans lined up Sunday to rebuke Texas Republican Sen. Ted Cruz for attacking Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, an extraordinary display of intraparty division played out live on the Senate floor.
As the Senate met for a rare Sunday session, Sens. Orrin Hatch of Utah, Lamar Alexander of Tennessee and John Cornyn of Texas each rose to counter a stunning floor speech Cruz gave on Friday accusing McConnell, R-Ky., of lying.
None of them mentioned Cruz by name but the target of their remarks could not have been clearer....
(Excerpt) Read more at therepublic.com ...
TOPICS: Issues; Parties; U.S. Senate
KEYWORDS: cornyn; cruz; cruzspeech; hatch; lamaralexander; mcconnell; mcconnelllies; tedcruz
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To: 2ndDivisionVet
If these son of a bitches can’t see the anger out there then they deserve to lose and deserve the ridicule and accusations.
To: 2ndDivisionVet
“You know you’re over the target when you start taking flak.
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posted on
07/26/2015 1:11:45 PM PDT
by
NCjim
(Do not argue with an idiot. He will drag you down to his level and beat you with experience.)
To: 2ndDivisionVet
We need names.
My Senator, Johnny Isakson, for whom I am strongly tempted NOT to vote (I am definitely voting against him in the Primary), might be one of them and that would settle it.
I might end up leaving a lot of lines blank on the 2016 General ballot.
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posted on
07/26/2015 1:13:32 PM PDT
by
Little Ray
(How did I end up in this hand-basket, and why is it getting so hot?)
To: 2ndDivisionVet
Correct, their whining solidifies my support for Cruz.
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posted on
07/26/2015 1:14:16 PM PDT
by
ThePatriotsFlag
( Anything FREELY-GIVEN by the government was TAKEN from someone else)
To: 2ndDivisionVet
Senator Mitch Groucho McConnell said, Who are you going to believe? Me? Or your own lying eyes?
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posted on
07/26/2015 1:14:24 PM PDT
by
stevem
To: 2ndDivisionVet
Does anyone have a spare Feather? I need to be knocked over.
To: 2ndDivisionVet
Ted Cruz said he agreed with Hatch’s calls for civility but declared, “Speaking the truth about actions is entirely consistent with civility.”
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posted on
07/26/2015 1:18:53 PM PDT
by
Isara
Comment #28 Removed by Moderator
To: 2ndDivisionVet
Did Orrin Hatch, Lamar Alexander or John Cornyn defend Mitch McConnell? Did they say that McConnell didn't lie to them about the deal?
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posted on
07/26/2015 1:21:50 PM PDT
by
Isara
To: 2ndDivisionVet
John Cornyn kept calling him ‘junior’ Senator over and over again, he actually slipped one time and just called him Senator but quickly added ‘junior’.
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posted on
07/26/2015 1:23:31 PM PDT
by
RetSignman
(Obama is the walking, talking middle finger in the face of America)
To: Fledermaus
...and Orrin Hatch being from Utah, a Republican state, will not be talked to in such a manner as Cruz talked to McTurtle...
So, maybe if what I am seeing on FR today, all about Trump smashing, Cruz and Trump will go third ticket and let the ‘don’t you dare curse at us, but we can do it to you’ crowd kill themselves battling back and forth....
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posted on
07/26/2015 1:25:58 PM PDT
by
HarleyLady27
(Send 'slob boy of the oval office' back to Kenya ASAP, and save America...)
To: 2ndDivisionVet
The Ancient RINO Elite Praetorian Guard finally get their panties in a wad and go on the attack.
But not against the unConstitutional Obamaism that the voters swept them into the majority to oppose, Heaven forfend.
No. It is against the brave voice which calls out the lying, dishonest RINO leadership that licks Obama's boots.
Obviously, these jackasses must first be defeated before WE THE People can see the reversal of Obama's Communist Party agenda.
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posted on
07/26/2015 1:26:03 PM PDT
by
Amagi
(Lenin: "Socialized Medicine is the Keystone to the Arch of the Socialist State.")
To: 2ndDivisionVet
The $64 Million question: Will Cruz stand his ground, or buckle and apologize?
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posted on
07/26/2015 1:26:24 PM PDT
by
Tucker39
(Welcome to America! Now speak English; and keep to the right....In driving, in Faith, and politics.)
To: Fledermaus
That’s an insult to blind mice everywhere.
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posted on
07/26/2015 1:26:36 PM PDT
by
getarope
(Jesus is coming soon, and boy is he PISSED!)
To: 2ndDivisionVet
Three of the worst RINO’s . Who cares?
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posted on
07/26/2015 1:27:27 PM PDT
by
Georgia Girl 2
(The only purpose o f a pistol is to fight your way back to the rifle you should never have dropped.)
Comment #36 Removed by Moderator
To: 2ndDivisionVet
What a different story it would be if the rest of the Congress stood up to what was right.
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posted on
07/26/2015 1:28:53 PM PDT
by
Paulie
(America without Christianity is like a Chemistry book without the periodic table.)
To: 2ndDivisionVet
Of course they do. It’s a RINO Rampage.
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posted on
07/26/2015 1:30:40 PM PDT
by
Ray76
(Obama says, "Unlike my mum, Ruth has all the documents needed to prove who Mark's father was.")
To: Tucker39
Cruz won’t apologize for speaking the truth, nor should he. McConnell is a liar and a coward.
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posted on
07/26/2015 1:34:50 PM PDT
by
conservativejoy
(We Can Elect Ted Cruz! Pray Hard, Work Hard, Trust God!)
To: 2ndDivisionVet
Identifying lies as lies is not an attack. What is being attacked is truth and representative government. When the leader or anyone else says one thing but does another, be it to voters and/or to other members of Congress, he needs to be exposed.
All they are doing is attacking the whistle blower.
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posted on
07/26/2015 1:35:59 PM PDT
by
The Ghost of FReepers Past
(Woe unto them that call evil good, and good evil; that put darkness for light..... Isaiah 5:20)
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