I am speaking to the $200,000.00 contribution Cruz made to the NRSC, while he was silent as a tomb during the mid term senatorial races all over the country. He served as the Vice Chairman, probably the contribution was required as well as the silent as a tomb behavior.
This was during the period when Chris McDaniel was leading that race in Mississippi, as the outsider Tea Party conservative running against Thad Cochran. So, the Senate re-election Committee is about re-electing incumbents, not outsiders.
Where do you suppose that money from Cruz went?
Obviously, the Committee kitty was spent defeating candidates threatening like the life time mule of the GOP Establishment, Cochran.
Haley Barbour and his “relatives” enlisted the black neighborhoods and radio programs and neighborhood flyers to smear Chris. He lost. Thad was re-elected. He’s 110 years old. (not really)
Now, that tenure Cruz served as Vice chair had to be the make up duty to McConnell to redeem himself after the Cruz show boating performances of his filibuster, and the threat to the purse, against Obamacare, which would have resulted in shutting down the government.
Later, Cruz cooperated with McConnell on TPA, which served the mission of the globalists and the North American Union types and the “pathway to legalization” big business types.
I already said all this. McConnell returned to Cruz $300,000.00 for his campaign for the nomination, through his surrogate lawyer.
Never mind the indignant noises Cruz makes about the deeds, AFTER the deeds, and all the excuses *for* the deeds, anyone can follow the dots and the money, and the accomplishments.
Cruz’ ONLY actual accomplishments have aided the wrong side EVERY time, the legalization crowd and North American Union crowd. They are funding his campaign through Wall Street.
Sorry, RitaOK, I've been out and just got back to the computer.
Hmmmmm, I know about the fund raising Cruz did for the Tea Party Candidates running against the establishment Rinos....but don't know about the 200,000. Will have to get back with you after I research it
Missed the debate...but have the recorder set to get it on the "second" showing. I'm hearing it was wild and woolly though.
Talk to you later.......
The NRSC, as the official arm of Senate Republicans, is designed to elect Republicans to the US Senate. Since incumbents are the people who fund the Committee.......the NRSC uses it's money to get incumbents back in office. Cruz won his Tea Party election in 2012....and by mid Jan 2013, as he's still trying to get organized in Washington, he gets APPOINTED as Vice-Chairman of the NRSC "grassroots outreach".....in more of a "symbolism" position, than one of any substance. It was thought that the strategy in placing Cruz in the NRSC by McConnell was to make a "showing" to the tea party/grassroots groups that the RINOS took them seriously. Personally, I think McConnell hoped to stop Cruz from working with groups that were already talking about replacing McConnell and Texas' own RINO John Cornyn.
It didn't work, anyway. Cruz and Mike Lee worked during the summer to raise money for "outsiders" to run in the next primaries through the Senate Conservatives Fund (SCF) and in August, September and October alone, I think they raised something like 5 or 6 million. The SCF ran attack ads against Pat Roberts, Mitch McConnell, Jeff Flake, Lindsey Graham, Thad Cochran and Lamar Alexander. For Tea Partiers that had focused their anger towards Obama for 2010 and 2012 elections.....Lee and Cruz were turning their attention towards Republicans in Washington that weren't doing their jobs to FIGHT Obama.
Cruz didn't do any endorsements in the primaries for incumbents that I remember...said something about leaving it to the voters to decide without his interference. I laughed my tail off because John Cornyn (and other incumbents) weren't happy that Cruz would NOT endorse them against their primary opponents.
So let's look at who got the money that Cruz and Lee RAISED for the SCF in 2013: Ben Sasse, Joni Ernst, Chris McDaniel, T W Shannon, Milton Wolf and Col Rob Maness. I believe they spent almost a million dollars on Matt Bevin, in an attempt to get rid of Mitch McConnell.......ROFL.
So now we get to September 16, 2014......as Republican candidates prepare to "run" against Democrats for control of the Senate. Cruz donates $250,000 (NOT 200,000) to the NRSC...as do many others to the tune of 3 million?, I think. Fast forward to November........and the Republicans take CONTROL of the Senate from the Democrats. Personally, I think Cruz is a genius. He raises money to get "new blood" into the Republican party through SCF........and helps defeat the Dems through the NRSC.
And whoever is feeding you the garbage about "McConnell funneling money through his lawyer to Cruz" is either an idiot or a bald faced liar. McConnell wouldn't wet on Cruz if he was on fire.......much less give him money for some "perceived backroom deal". Good Grief.
Eric Lycan is the attorney for Stand for Truth, like he has been attorney for several other organizations/individuals...and was never "owned" by McConnell. If you want to see who is giving Cruz financial support (you said 300,000??), you will have to start researching Keats Norfleet and Josh Robinson, since they are are two of the "main people" behind the Stand for Truth PAC.