He changed his position when McConnell lied to him about allowing amendments to the bill. He first told Cruz he would allow amendments, so Cruz was for it, then when it got to the Senate, he wouldn’t allow them, so Cruz made a speech on the Senate floor that McConnell lied to him, and he wouldn’t vote for it now.
I’m a Cruz guy,and the day he voted to let the TPA come to the floor I said it was a big mistake.
Why would anyone give Obama this power,especially with the totally inept and corrupt congress?
It wasn’t smart to give Obama this power,and no amount of parsing is going to change that fact.
The day the vote was taken to pass TPA, I said Obama will get the horrid for America TPP passed on his watch,check my posting history,and I still stand by my call.
It was a bad call by Ted,I’m sure he’s learned his lesson.
People can’t understand what the media discounts as “inside Washington baseball”.
Thank you, Marcella. I appreciate that is true. And, I understand what happened, but was disappointed to see anyone get jacked by McConnell, especially over the sage objections and counsel of Jeff Sessions, who had no skin in this game, and no globalist interests as his donors, unlike McConnell......, and others, from the Wall Street connected TPP crowd.
I said weeks ago that Cruz nor Rubio will be caught dead backing TPP again, at least in public, and least of all now, that TRUMP from the beginning exposed this “fair trade” ruse, and subsequently dismantled the TPP supporters running rampant under the GOP full court press.
Here’s what makes me shiver— I wonder whom it will be, among these candidates, that will trade off their run as a conservative for the backing of the GOP to attempt to damage Trump in the General Election.
The Trump Card, LLS, avoids disclosure of donors because it is not a pac, as you know. Like the Clinton Foundation, it is indecipherable who exactly these donors are, but they are not a PAC. They are a COMPLEX, to break our front runner.
I really believe even Soros fears a Trump nomination and will funnel money into the LLS. The rest of the field is much weaker against Hillary, imho, and the money guys know it. They will take Hillary.
If Trump should get taken out, no one will stand, but the one who acquiesces to the demands and handling of the GOP Donors/Wall Street/K Street/Business Round Table/Koch Bros/Democrat Donors/Soros, all of them, who are pushing TPP. This is getting obviously dangerous for a Republic.
imho.
When you don’t want something to pass, you take no action whatsoever that will make it possible for it to pass.
Voting for TPA was a massive mistake. Cruz actually thought he could trust McConnell? That’s just lame.
You vote no on TPA because it was necessary for TPP to pass.
It was the same logic on the Corker Bill.
Cruz is touted as on sharp cookie, but there are times when his disproves it.