That was a fantastic speech. I would like to have seen the camera pan occasionally to see who was listening.
I bet a few Republican senators were a little uncomfortable.
At about the 45 minute mark Cruz mentions something about Boehner but doesn’t go into detail. I found this on the net:
When asked about Mr Cruz’s presidential candidacy, Mr Boehner replied with an obscene gesture.
“If you’re looking for someone to go to Washington to go along to get along - to agree with the career politicians in both parties who get in bed with the lobbyists of special interests, then I ain’t your guy,” Mr Cruz said during the first Republican presidential debate in August.
Cruz is a master. I’m guessing he had it planned this way. At the end of the speech he is talking about how the elected Republicans don’t do what they are elected to do, and says “no wonder the American people don’t understand why leadership isn’t listening to them.” Right as he ends that sentence the leader taps his gavel and says his time is up.
Cruz asks for an extension of his speaking time.
He doesn’t get it.
Then he concludes - with a sad voice, something like: “The Democrats here refuse to listen to me any longer - just like Democratic and Republican leadership refuses to listen to the American people....I yield the floor.”