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Rep. King: Paul, Cruz Will Use Cantor Loss to ‘Stop Gov’t from Functioning’
Mediaite ^ | June 11th, 2014 | Evan McMurry

Posted on 06/11/2014 6:39:13 AM PDT by SoConPubbie

Representative Peter King (R-NY) warned on Morning Joe Wednesday morning that the Rand Paul/Ted Cruz wing of the Republican Party would use House Majority Leader Eric Cantor’s (R-VA) surprise defeat last night to push a far-right agenda bent on shutting the government down.

“My concern is a lot of things are going to be dead and pushed aside,” King said. “I’m concerned that the Ted Cruz supporters, the Rand Paul supporters, are going to use this as an excuse to basically stop the government from functioning. Thank god there’s no debt ceiling bill coming up. Thank god there’s no way to shut the government down in the next few months, because I think we’ll get bogged down in those side issues. I think we’re going to see basically the status quo over in the next six months.”

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“What Ted Cruz did last year was suicidal,” King said, alluding to the Cruz-engineered government shutdown that cost the GOP mightily in the polls last October. “I hope that doesn’t become party policy. So we can’t allow Eric’s defeat last night allow the Ted Cruzes and Rand Pauls to take over the party, or their disciples to take over the party. Because this is not conservative to me. Shutting down the government down is not conservative.”

Watch the clip below, via MSNBC:


TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; Government; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
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To: SoConPubbie

So we can’t allow Eric’s defeat last night allow the Ted Cruzes and Rand Pauls to take over the par

He’s right on about Rand Paul

GO CRUZ


21 posted on 06/11/2014 6:45:52 AM PDT by stars & stripes forever (Blessed is the nation whose God is the Lord.)
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To: SoConPubbie

Hey, King! How can Cruz or Paul stop anything in the Senate/Gubment? Harry Reid won’t bring anything up to stop! Oh, and Mr. King, you, sir, are a friggin’ moron!


22 posted on 06/11/2014 6:46:15 AM PDT by Road Warrior ‘04 (Molon Labe! (Oathkeeper))
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To: cotton1706

He is. Steve can get a nice assignment should an ally get into leadership. More conservative influence :D


23 posted on 06/11/2014 6:46:15 AM PDT by Viennacon
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To: cotton1706

Peter King is , just like Democrats, always pissed about something.


24 posted on 06/11/2014 6:46:30 AM PDT by CMailBag
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To: St_Thomas_Aquinas

Sounds good to me.


25 posted on 06/11/2014 6:46:56 AM PDT by Eric in the Ozarks (Rip it out by the roots.)
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To: SoConPubbie

“Stop government from functioning” - he says that like it’s a bad thing.


26 posted on 06/11/2014 6:47:48 AM PDT by knittnmom (Save the earth! It's the only planet with chocolate!)
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To: SoConPubbie
PS:

DO NOT TRUST RAND PAUL!

27 posted on 06/11/2014 6:47:54 AM PDT by Road Warrior ‘04 (Molon Labe! (Oathkeeper))
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To: cotton1706

If by “functioning” you mean dream act, out of control EPA, IRS, and NSA then, Yes.


28 posted on 06/11/2014 6:48:26 AM PDT by CPT Clay (Follow me on Twitter @Clay N TX)
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To: SoConPubbie

Peter King is a man with some rather diffuse and ill defined moral boundaries. He was an enthusiastic supporter of the IRA when it was killing random people on a regular basis.


29 posted on 06/11/2014 6:50:06 AM PDT by allendale
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To: SoConPubbie

Why hasn’t Peter King switched parties, already?


30 posted on 06/11/2014 6:51:58 AM PDT by Jane Long ("And when thou saidst, Seek ye my face; my heart said unto thee, Thy face, LORD, will I seek")
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To: SoConPubbie

This is the other ‘King’, the evil one.

And so predictable:

“What Ted Cruz did last year was suicidal,” King said, alluding to the Cruz-engineered government shutdown that cost the GOP mightily in the polls last October. .... Shutting down the government down is not conservative.”

IT WAS NOT ***SHUTTING DOWN*** GOVERNMENT YOU MORON! IT WAS DEFUNDING OBAMACARE!


31 posted on 06/11/2014 6:52:16 AM PDT by Hostage (ARTICLE V)
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To: SoConPubbie

“My concern is a lot of things are going to be dead and pushed aside,” King said.”

Great!


32 posted on 06/11/2014 6:54:27 AM PDT by FR_addict
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To: SoConPubbie

It would be far more honest for King to run as a democrat.


33 posted on 06/11/2014 6:55:18 AM PDT by xzins ( Retired Army Chaplain and Proud of It! Those who truly support our troops pray for victory!)
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To: FR_addict

My thoughts too! lol!!!


34 posted on 06/11/2014 6:55:19 AM PDT by ConservativeMan55 (In America, we don't do pin pricks. But sometimes we elect them.)
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To: SoConPubbie
“My concern is a lot of things are going to be dead and pushed aside,” King said. “I’m concerned that the Ted Cruz supporters, the Rand Paul supporters, are going to use this as an excuse to basically stop the government from functioning. Thank god there’s no debt ceiling bill coming up. Thank god there’s no way to shut the government down in the next few months, because I think we’ll get bogged down in those side issues. I think we’re going to see basically the status quo over in the next six months.”

It appears to me that King is out of touch with the majority of the American people he is supposed to represent.

Does King realize that a "lot of things" need to be dead and pushed aside, especially because they are destroying our culture, our constitutional form of government, and our economy?

We recommend that Mr. King take a time out to reflect on his lack of common sense, and to reflect of what the people who elected him to office want him to do. He appears to be an out-of-touch establishment Republican.

Get out of D. C. for awhile Mr. King; talk to your constituents, not those giving you the big money, but the "little people" like the masses of ignored veterans, jobless, hopeless, worried formerly middle class voters.

35 posted on 06/11/2014 6:56:00 AM PDT by olezip (Time obliterates the fictions of opinion and confirms the decisions of nature. ~ Cicero)
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To: PghBaldy

Well, they are quoting Monsieur King, aren’t they?

To Monsieur, God is god.


36 posted on 06/11/2014 6:56:21 AM PDT by Hostage (ARTICLE V)
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To: SoConPubbie

And this is a BAD thing??


37 posted on 06/11/2014 6:56:31 AM PDT by Dick Bachert (Ignorance is NOT BLISS. It is the ROAD TO SERFDOM! We're on a ROAD TRIP!!)
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To: St_Thomas_Aquinas
Paul, Cruz Will Use Cantor Loss to ‘Stop Gov’t from Functioning’

Indeed, nobody is that great!

38 posted on 06/11/2014 6:59:27 AM PDT by PGR88
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To: SoConPubbie
Stop Gov’t from Functioning

Considering 90% of what our FedGov is currently doing far exceeds it's Constitution mandate?

GOOD!

Shut it all down.

39 posted on 06/11/2014 7:01:27 AM PDT by Dead Corpse (Tri nornar eg bir. Binde til rota...)
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To: Hostage

Paul, Cruz Will Use Cantor Loss to ‘Stop Gov’t from Functioning’

And this is a bad thing? What good have they done for us?


40 posted on 06/11/2014 7:03:39 AM PDT by JayAr36 (When an American dies Obama lies. And lies, and lies and lies forever.)
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