Posted on 04/23/2015 12:04:19 PM PDT by VinL
Texas Sen. Ted Cruz took to the Senate floor on Thursday to urge his Republican colleagues to vote against attorney general nominee Loretta Lynch.
When the final confirmation vote came a few hours later, Cruz — a candidate for the 2016 presidential nomination— skipped the vote.
Cruz’s communications direction Amanda Carpenter did not provide a reason for the senator’s absence but said in an emailed statement that his “opposition to the nomination has been clear,” noting that earlier in the day he had voted to filibuster her nomination. That key procedural vote ended up passing, clearing the way to her eventual confirmation.
“He voted against her in committee and opposed cloture. That is why he spoke on the floor about it, has given numerous interviews, and written an op-ed the topic. Once cloture was invoked it was clear she would be confirmed and Cruz strongly chastised his Republican colleagues who supported her.”
Carpenter added that his vote against cloture was “the only vote that mattered.”
“After that it was done deal,” she said.
Cruz had opposed Lynch’s confirmation on the grounds that she, like outgoing Attorney General Eric Holder, would continue to support President Obama’s executive action on immigration.
“The Republican majority, if it so chose, could defeat this nomination, but the Republican majority has chosen to go forward and allow Loretta Lynch to be confirmed,” Cruz said on the Senate floor. “I would note there are more than a few voters back home that are asking what exactly is the difference between a Democratic and Republican majority when the exact same individual gets confirmed as Attorney General, promising the exact same lawlessness, what’s the difference?”
Senators, are there a bigger group of a-holes out there?
At least they aren’t appointed to office by state legislative party leaders, then they’d be unaccountable a-holes.
Senators should always vote. He should have voted no.
As I been saying, there are talkers and there are doers, and then there are achievers, meaning in results.
“Sen. Cruz was the lone senator not to vote because he did not want to be a part of the sham.”
That, and his being on a plane heading to a fundraiser. You wouldn’t accept that excuse from Obama or Hillary, or probably Walker, Paul, or Rubio.
Okay. But, I support him, and would like to see him be President— So today, he cut into the Dem and Gop elites, told them that they were forcing through another attorney general who had no intention of following the constitution, and then, left to try to get some Dallas billionaire named Hicks to pony up.
Now, for me, as between Sen. Cruz hanging around DC to cast a futile, meaningless no vote -or- raising money so that he can fight against the very Washington flim-flam demonstrated today— I think the latter is a better use of his talents.
Ayotte and flake and Johnson
I fart your way..
I am appalled at the outright stupidity of so many FReepers who don’t see that Cruz knew the fix was in. But I shouldn’t be. The fact that Lynch was not killed outright should tell any idiot that the fix was in right out of the gate. Lynch advocated treason, and they allowed this venomous wretch an up or down vote. I am truly depressed to see how many well intentioned people can be this wrong.
I’m having to come to the unlikeable conclusion, that the GOPe has a rather large contingent here.
The Democrats lie. They support liars.
The GOPe lies. They support liars.
Conservatives tell the truth. They DO NOT support liars.
NewsMax is a big nothing at times.
Here it starts out with the same (type) of language the Washington Post used. It ends up showing the invitation to the Cruz fundraiser. The inference could easily be interpreted that Ted didn’t really care about the vote, and self-interest trumped duty.
That’s very shallow.
1. The vote was revealed in the Cloture vote.
2. This was an event Cruz had set up weeks in advance.
3. Cruz vote would have changed nothing.
4. It wasn’t even close.
Thanks for the link.
” 1. The vote was revealed in the Cloture vote.”
Yes. The fix was in. The Senate should have sent Lynch back to Obama with a note” Are you F’ing kidding us ? “
Exactly. McConnell is Obama’s best man in the Senate.
It’s just embarrassing that he doesn’t get Lynch.
Yes, I’m reading and shaking my head.
He misses one vote that doesn’t matter, and up go the wailings of betrayal. It’s the Alamo all over again, etc.
Give me a break.
Is he paid to be a Senator? Would anybody else in the World be able to just walk off the job when they feel like it? That is the problem. He doesn’t think it is important to do the job he was hired for. Sorry but he should have voted. He wants us to vote for him but guess what? On that day many people have obligations that they need to take care of...yes even personal ones and guess what? We find the time to vote because we care and it is our duty to do so. He should have voted. There is no debate on that. At the very least I hope he put in a slip that docks his pay for not being at the job. Heck if he did that then at least I know it would be considered leave or vacation but if he was paid for not fulfilling his job then that is a problem.
You don't know the answer to that?
"Would anybody else in the World be able to just walk off the job when they feel like it? That is the problem."
It's only a problem if the job isn't done. In this case, Cruz participated in the cloture vote, which is what mattered. He's a bright enough man to understand that. I suspect you are, as well.
" He doesn’t think it is important to do the job he was hired for. "
Well, as stated, he did. But I don't think even you really believe that. It's your fanaticism speaking. You have a track record of fixating on a candidate, as you have on Walker. Then you stalk the other candidates' threads. It's a strange way for a conservative military man to behave.
"Sorry but he should have voted."
He did.
" He wants us to vote for him but guess what? On that day many people have obligations that they need to take care of...yes even personal ones and guess what? We find the time to vote because we care and it is our duty to do so."
You sound breathless. So you're saying you're going to throw a tantrum and not vote for him if he becomes the nominee? Okay. It won't come down to a single vote, anyway.
" He should have voted."
Again, he did, but you keep repeating yourself. You should calm down.
" There is no debate on that. "
I agree, and he cast the vote that mattered.
"At the very least I hope he put in a slip that docks his pay for not being at the job. Heck if he did that then at least I know it would be considered leave or vacation but if he was paid for not fulfilling his job then that is a problem"
LOL
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