Posted on 03/16/2016 3:07:44 PM PDT by RightFighter
Ted Cruz said that he won't humble himself before Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell to smooth over the rough relationship he has developed with colleagues.
"[Cruz] tells me he won't go 'on bended knee, with my hat in hand' to Mitch McConnell to unify GOP against [Trump]," FOX News's James Rosen tweeted Wednesday morning.
CNN published a report Tuesday quoting Sens. John Cornyn, John Thune and Orrin Hatch as saying that Cruz should work to repair his Senate ties, and that he has work to do to earn the goodwill of his cohorts.
"I think he's got some bridges to build here," said Sen. John Thune, the No. 3 Senate Republican. "I think it would be helpful obviously for him -- if he thinks he is going to be the guy or wants to be the guy -- to come back here to mend some of those fences that he tore down when he was here."
"That was not proper as you know, and I raised hell about it," Sen. Orrin Hatch of Utah, the longest-serving Senate Republican, said of Cruz's criticism of McConnell. "I'm a great believer of repentance and changing, and I think there's a gradual change there that I'm noticing, which is good."
Hatch also had this to say of Cruz: "It's always helpful when you admit you're wrong." Cruz has rankled his fellow senators with his behavior and procedural tactics, prominently during a funding battle over Obamacare in 2013. But his most pointed disagreement with McConnell came last summer, when Cruz all but called the majority leader a liar from the Senate floor. Such antagonism has created a wide rift between the Texas senator, who prides himself on his opposition to "the Washington cartel", and Senate Republicans.
While Cruz might not have mended fences with the Senate GOP just yet, he lauded the man who was viewed as the party establishment's standardbearer, Sen. Marco Rubio, Tuesday night.
"Marco's story, his passion, inspires me. Marco can paint a picture, can weave a tapestry of the promise of America like no one else. And his presidential campaign inspired millions," Cruz said. "To those who supported Marco, who worked so hard, we welcome you with open arms."
DITTO!!
Sen. Orrin Hatch of Utah, Republican, said “there’s a gradual change there that I’m noticing, which is good.”
He’s becoming more RINO.
No. They are just stalling for time, to determine the least embarrassing
way for Cruz to do it.
All of the Senators that have an R after their name need to publicly apologize to their constituents for lying, misappropriation of federal funds and dereliction of duty and then resign. First should be McConnell, then Cornyn, McCain, Graham, etc. until all the corruption is cleaned out.
Why this sudden big fuss over something that occurred last September? Reeks of ludicrous GOPe Kabuki Theater.
Check out the Mitch McConnell >> Eric Lycan >> Ted Cruz connection.
Mitch is nothing but a sack of vinegar.
Funny thing about this. Ted won’t but Donald already has with McConnell. Cruz said he’d follow law and adhere to the Constitution. trump says “everything is negotiable “.
Let’s see how everyone feels when he (Trump) negotiates with Dick Durbin and Chuck Schumer away our Second Amendment rights and attacks the First amendment to keep him from being criticised
you gotta be kidding
Cruz must love the publication of a story of the GOPe demanding he come beg them for support and how he stands firm and refuses them, ever the outsider. I doubt Orrin Hatch is colluding with Cruz, otherwise I’d assume this were planted to enhance Cruz’s outsider bona fides.
-PJ
It’s early yet. Cruz wants power and so far has done dastardly things to get it. If he feels it will get him the power needed, he’ll grovel to McConnell.
Lost cause... the Trumpeters here hate Cruz more than they do Sanders for Clinton.
I’ve mentioned I’m a Cruz guy numerous times but would support Trump if he’s the nominee.. haven’t heard one of them say the same for Cruz.
Perhaps Cruz is learning from Donald how to get the right kind of attention. Like holding a rally at a university in Chicago might invite some really beneficial visuals and guarantee complete domination of at least a few critical news cycles.
Of course they are .
Time for that animated corpse, Hatch, to go.
Is your post a reflection of those who support Trump, or do you just not read what you post? Donors. ... Bended knee...
I’ll support Cruz. Heck, I am crossing my fingers whether it is Trump or Cruz, after all the USA has been through with the political class.
I had better be the other way around if McConnell wants to keep his job!
2nd Amendment Advocate, Jan Morgan: Explains why she withdrew her endorsement from Ted Cruz & supports Donald Trump.https://t.co/MRHIoSNuLT— Trump's Got My Vote (@veganvecoh) March 16, 2016
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