Posted on 09/01/2015 10:19:50 AM PDT by SeekAndFind
Texas Sen. Ted Cruz has responded to a recent report that House Speaker John Boehner called him a "jackass" during a Colorado fundraiser.
The Daily Caller quoted two attendees of an event last week where the Ohio lawmaker purportedly joked that Cruz's presidential campaign kept "that jackass" off Capitol Hill. But Cruz brushed off the criticism, saying that Americans are tired of politicians “bickering like schoolyard children.”
"The speaker is entitled to express whatever views he likes, but I’m not going to respond in kind,” Cruz said in an interview with radio host Hugh Hewitt, according to Politico. “And I think the American people are not remotely interested in a bunch of politicians in Washington bickering like schoolyard children. I think what they’re looking for is serious leaders who will address and provide real solutions to the very real problems we’re facing right now.”
The Republican presidential candidate also defended his own name-calling earlier this summer when he blasted Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell and accused the Kentucky politician of lying to him over a deal to vote on reauthorizing the Export-Import Bank.
"There is a difference between describing the facts and describing someone’s actions, and what occurred, and engaging in a personal attack. I gave, a couple of months ago, an unusual floor speech to be sure," Cruz said. "But I stood up and I said: Here are the commitments that the majority leader gave to me, personally, to every Republican senator, and to the American people, and his conduct today is directly contrary to those commitments that he made. And that is quite different from engaging in the kind of personal attack and insults and profanity-laden assault that so many others engage in."
McConnell and Cruz have never had a thriving relationship.
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Ted can let Sid Blumenthal’s email to Hillary describing Boehner speak for him.
I think the Sidney Blumenthal memo is a bit more relevant than the Cruz / McConnell fallout.
The Johnny the jellyfish has already been marginalized. He should step down from his position and stop embarrassing himself and stop harming the GOP.
It’s big of Cruz not to respond to the jackass in kind! LOL!
Way to go Boner
Attack GOPers, not Demonrats
Please Ohio, get rid of this POS in 2016
Beat me by 12 seconds.
Sid Blumenthal sized up Boehner very well.
http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/article/2571172/
The guy is a drunken clown show. I know some of his friends. They wouldn’t disagree with Sid.
I respect Cruz for not responding to the ‘drunkard of the House’ I couldn’t have done that...
I would have had his head on a stake somewhere in the desert.....
Go Trump/Cruz 2016!!!
Washington cartel
RE: It’s big of Cruz not to respond to the jackass in kind!
Cruz has more class in his little finger than Boehner.
Sounds like Sen. Cruz understands his job is to represent me, not make the likes of John Boehner like him. Makes me like him even more.
Boehner is a closet alcoholic and a nicotine addict.
I'm really enjoying it.
The BULLY’s are AFRAID of Ted Cruz......
Boehner is AFRAID of the BULLY’s...
and offers them HIS LUNCH MONEY..
before they even ASK..
Cruz said clearly from the get go he would not “Play” the medias games.....so far he hasn’t.
Media loves to “make” a story so they can run with it.....nothing like a candidate fight to feed the political junkies who want to see blood drawn.
I don’t know what is worse?
John Boehners supporters in Ohio or the Republican Party in the House of Representatives that say this man speaks for the majority of Republicans.
A drunk that does everything in his power to push the Administration ‘s agenda through congress. It is no different than if the Democrats were in charge.
The 2014 sweep turned out to be pointless when we are lead by drunks like Boehner and mr surrender monkey McConnell.
Perfect answer.... “I don’t take any offense to what Speaker Boehner said. I’m sure he didn’t mean it. He was probably just drunk at the time.”
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