Posted on 07/10/2019 3:37:41 PM PDT by Innovative
Texas Republican Sen. Ted Cruz had a simple message for the Trump administration during Wednesday's hearing on foreign arms sales: "Follow the damn law."
Lawmakers on both sides of the aisle have been critical of the administration's decision to declare an emergency earlier this year in order to expedite billions of dollars in arms sales to various countries -- including Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates -- but Cruz's particularly blunt warning about efforts to bypass Congress stands out due to his reputation as a polarizing figure on Capitol Hill.
Sen. Chris Coons, a Democrat from Delaware, noted that Cruz's comments marked a "rare moment of bipartisanship on this committee."
"I want to compliment you, Assistant Secretary Cooper, on managing to achieve a rare moment of bipartisanship on this committee. I will tell you it is not often that my colleague from Texas and I agree completely on a matter," he said.
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Yes but WHY are we kissing Saudi ass once again?
Let them buy all the weapons the want...
While we’re on the subject of “Following the Law” that you so dearly love, Ted, let’s talk about.. Immigration.
Oh. I see. You only mean “Follow the Laws I Like.” Of course.
As soon as the (D)’s follow the Constitutional law on illegal’s coming into the US without proper authority like in Ellis Island.
Yo Ted...Its NOT a law....
Unlike those REAL laws designed to close the border.
Ted, stop being such a friggin’ church lady.
“Yes but WHY are we kissing Saudi ass once again?”
Because they are fighting ISIS. Would you rather have our troops over there doing the heavy lifting?
The Saudis are our ally against Iran.
Did you see this? Check it out.
Iran Threatens to Strike U.S. Bases and Aircraft Carriers
https://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3763113/posts
Well he could say that same thing to Pelosi when she said crossing the border illegally should not be a crime.
Close call with Cruz almost beating Trump in the Primaries. If he behaved like this in the fall of 2016, our side would have felt like we had another McCain and Hillary would have coasted to victory.
The Saudis are our ally against Iran? LOL. The U.S. would probably have no interest in Iran were it not for the fact that we have basically had a Sunni Muslim government here in the U.S. for years.
It’s sad to see Cruz morph into a Cornyn clone but he’s obviously eaten up with the DC cancer.
Because they are fighting ISIS. Would you rather have our troops over there doing the heavy lifting?
The Gulf monarchies are the ones who funded and armed ISIS.
Saudia Arabia is fighting to install a puppet government in their neighbor Yemen, and it has nothing to do with ISIS.
Do you believe everything CNN tells you to?
Sunni/KSA vs. Shia/Iran, at least until an internal civil war among the royal family shifts KSA's allegiance back towards jihad against the kafir/ infidel.
Little Man Cruz, it seems that if those arms were allowed to be sold, they followed the Law.
You may not like that the Law allows what he did, but that is not what your lying butt said.
FUTC!
We are allowing the Saudis to protect themselves so we don’t have to.
It also lets us sell equipment.
Who’s butt is your head up?
I hope a good Trump Republican primaries Turd Cruz.
I never liked him and am really getting sick of him.
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