WASHINGTON, D.C. – After speaking on the Senate floor today, U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) issued the following statement:Posted on 07/26/2015 4:28:53 PM PDT by Isara
American people elected a Republican majority believing it would somehow be different from a Democratic one
Video of Sen. Cruz’s floor speech today
WASHINGTON, D.C. – After speaking on the Senate floor today, U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) issued the following statement:
“We’ve just seen something extraordinary on the Senate floor. The American people elected a Republican majority believing that a Republican majority would be somehow different from a Democratic majority in the United States Senate. Unfortunately, the way the current Senate operates, there is one party, the Washington party.
“Senate leadership consists of the McConnell-Reid leadership team. They operate as a team. They support the same priorities. If you look at what has occurred in the United States Senate since the Republicans took a majority, we immediately returned after winning a historic majority to pass a trillion dollar ‘cromnibus’ bill filled with corporate welfare and pork. Then, the so-called Republican majority voted to fund Obamacare. Then, the so-called Republican majority voted to fund President Obama’s unconstitutional executive amnesty. Then, the so-called Republican majority voted to confirm Loretta Lynch as attorney general. Then, just moments ago, the so-called Republican majority voted to reauthorize the Export-Import Bank, an egregious example of cronyism and corporate welfare.
“Every one of those is the priority of the Democratic leader Harry Reid. Every one of those is the priority of the Republican leader, Mitch McConnell. They operate as a team, expanding Washington and undermining the liberty of the people. What we just saw a moment ago is unprecedented in the annals of Senate history. It consisted of the majority leader and the minority leader denying members the ability to have votes on their amendments and indeed the ability even to have a roll call vote. The denial of a second, as you just saw a moment ago, which was aggressively whipped by the majority, is an extraordinary measure designed to gag Senators and enforce the will of the McConnell-Reid leadership team.
“It saddens me as a Republican to see Republican leadership lead the effort to kill an amendment that would have prevented lifting sanctions on Iran unless and until Iran recognizes Israel’s right to exist as a Jewish state and unless and until Iran releases American hostages. Make no mistake – granting a sufficient second for a roll call vote is done customarily in the United States Senate. Denying it is extraordinary, and it is done as a consequence of the majority leader Mitch McConnell being afraid for his members to be on record on this issue.
“We then, subsequently, saw Senator Mike Lee from Utah bring up his amendment to defund Planned Parenthood. We have seen in recent weeks gruesome videos of senior officials of Planned Parenthood discussing the selling of body parts of unborn children. These videos are horrifying, and yet it saddens me greatly that the Republican leader led the effort to continue the taxpayer funding of Planned Parenthood.
“Make no mistake — when the majority leader whipped Republicans to vote alongside Democrats, it was no surprise that Democrats did not want to vote on that because Democrats in this chamber do not purport to support the right to life. But to see the so-called Republican leadership whip against allowing a vote to defund Planned Parenthood — it has the virtue of clarity. It makes clear that the McConnell-Reid leadership team is united in favor of big government spending and debt and power.
“The McConnell-Reid leadership team has no interest in cutting off one penny of funds to Planned Parenthood, which is why leader Mitch McConnell just blocked a vote on defunding Planned Parenthood. To the millions of Americans who rallied in November believing if only we got a Republican majority in the Senate something would be different, this was a clarifying and a sad moment.”
Video of Sen. Cruz’s floor speech today can be found above.
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That’s really a great “thumbs up” photo of Cruz and Trump....
Wondering myself if it will be a 3rd Party ticket with the two of them. We’ll know soon enough.
“The only thing I ever asked for, was honesty from them. “
And most are too proud to give honesty. Only more excuses. See our friend Artcore above.
....”He has staked his political career on calling his party on their duplicity and hypocrisy”....
Yes he has....and they’ll be coming after him you can be sure of it. ..and Trump too....The LaRaza stand against Trump recently came straight from Hillary’s team to move the Mexican voters......Cruz is getting it behind closed doors and then some as we saw in the Senate today
I’m sure he is. I’d be shocked if he, Trump or both were not offed because of it. People forget history. Liberals play to win. Human life is meaningless to them.
But whatever happens he did the right thing and stood on the very principles so many on FR said were the problem. Someone had to. Cruz here, Trump on Immigration/illegals.
The only party much of Congress cares about is the one in their mirrors.
He’s about to leave the republican party before he gets kicked out. So he’s going down swinging. I’d like to see a Trump/Cruz ticket. I believe it would be a landslide victory.
Norm, you are full of sh*t!
Idiots like yourself had more vitriol for Romney than you did for the Marxist currently destroying our nation, even though you saw what he did his first term, with promises to finish the “fundamental transformation” in his second term.
And you know very well that Romney (as bad as he was) would not have done the things I mentioned in my first post.
People like you helped Obama secure a second term to complete his destruction of our nation. You were more comfortable with a Marxist securing a second term, than Romney winning. Even now, you have more negatives to say about Trump than Obama. You are one sick puppy, and you are No patriot!
You nailed it with the term “DC Elite”. That’s what they are. There is one party, as Cruz said. It’s the Washington party of elites who party together. And I’d bet we’d be sick if we knew some of the depraved things they do.
And you have yet to address factually a single thing I said Lib. Why is that?
PS: I never once claimed to be a patriot.
Amen, Norm!
Remember obamacare wasn’t going to pay for abortions? It doesn’t have to. The republicrat party will pay for it.
If the gopE tries to do anything to Cruz, or if he leaves, his poll numbers will skyrocket. In fact, they may skyrocket after his speech and statement today.
“or if he leaves, his poll numbers will skyrocket.”
Which is why all the FR libs came out of the woodwork today to scatter any third party talk.
You’re right Liberals do play to win.....but I do think we have a couple now that are doing likewise and they both know the “field of play and players “ to play hard ball.
I think this is finally the big leagues we’ll be watching as this moves along...and that will even be minor league compared to what’s happening off the field in Washington and among Corporate America.
Looks lie some lines have been drawn...Cruz put his entire Carerr on the line this week..and I believe Trumps loosing a ehck of a lot deals he’d otherwise be making , for his time, which far exceeds what he’s putting out for his run...so he’s putting it out there as well....
Cruz is doing this for Country cause he loves it...Trump for business cause he likes to make money...which touches us all.
I love watching him speak.
... bomb thrower. I get that too.
When it started to become obvious that obunghole would end up in the white hut, some very knowledgeable FR posters advised to stock up on the spitfire, I spent a small fortune prepping. I do not regret it one bit. My wife also commented recently that she is glad I did.
To be clear, when I say liberals play to win, I mean like Stalin, Adolph, Bill Ayres their ilk, they are willing to kill anyone in their way to win.
Yes, I understood and understand still.
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