Ted Cruz Takes On GOP Leadership in Fiery Speech
July 25, 2015
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Ted Cruz has long criticized career politicians in both parties for not listening to the American people; indeed, he started a Twitter hashtag #MakeDCListen on this very issue and has taken to the Senate floor on a number of occasions to urge DC to listen to the people who elected them.
His pleas, like ours, fall on deaf ears, but that doesn't stop him from voicing what so many of us have come to believe:
#MakeDCListen: It’s time to break the #WashingtonCartel: http://t.co/PVsiCtsMqj pic.twitter.com/lp07uDyniy
— Ted Cruz (@tedcruz) July 24, 2015
Yesterday, Cruz once again took to the Senate floor to berate career politicians in both parties, particularly Republican leadership. The Washington Post reports:
Firebrand Republican senator and presidential candidate Ted Cruz did something surprising in the Senate on Friday: He accused the head of his party, Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, of lying to his colleagues. “We know now that when the majority leader looks us in the eyes and makes an explicit commitment, that he is willing to say things that he knows are false,” Cruz (Tex.) said. “That has consequences for how this body operates.”