Dear Jay,
The Washington Cartel is at it again. We need your help to fight back.
Some time ago, I asked the Senate Majority Leader if he had cut a deal to reauthorize the Export-Import Bank — a classic example of cronyism and corporate welfare — in order to pass TPA, and, three times, he said there was no deal.
This morning, the Majority Leader demonstrated that he had not told the truth. He brought up the reauthorization of the Export-Import Bank — putting the taxpayers on the hook for hundreds of millions of dollars of loan guarantees that go primarily to a handful of giant corporations.
Why? Because that’s what the Washington Cartel wanted. Career politicians in both parties are so concerned with staying in power at all costs, that they get in bed with lobbyists and special interests and listen to them rather than the American people.
Today we have government of the lobbyists, by the lobbyists, and for the lobbyists. And now the long knives are out because I dared to tell the truth and expose what was really happening behind closed doors in Washington.
People are rightfully frustrated because Republicans keep winning elections, and then our leaders don’t do a darned thing they said they were going to do. We see far too many “campaign conservatives” who pretend to be conservatives on the campaign trail, but they don’t govern based upon what they promised us on the stump.
It’s time to change that. It’s time to break the Washington Cartel — and we need your help to do it.
We’ve seen before how we defeat the Washington Cartel. In 1980, the Reagan Revolution came from the American people. It’s why the incredible outpouring of grassroots support, of volunteers, of over 175,000 donations is so encouraging. It’s because the only way we can break this and get leaders to actually stand for conservative principles is if there is a grassroots tsunami.
I believe 2016 is going to be an election like 1980. We’re going to win. We’re going to do it by painting in bold colors. And most importantly, we’re going to do it with your support. Can we count on you to help break the Washington Cartel?
For Liberty,
Ted Cruz
P.S. I spoke with Rush Limbaugh about what happened today in the Senate. If you missed it, you can listen to the interview here. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SkSe52MNuDI