AS CRUZ BLASTS HIM FROM SENATE FLOOR !!
Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) blasted Majority Leader Sen. Mitch McConnell (R-KY)51%
from the Senate floor last night and has been expressing his displeasure with Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell for some time. Now it appears as though the Republican base is joining Cruz in his displeasure with McConnell, who is often seen as a weak leader by Conservatives.
A new Gallup poll has Mitch underwater: Republicans’ Views of McConnell Now Tilt Negative.
Republicans are more likely to have an unfavorable opinion (35%) of Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell than a favorable one (30%). Just 18 months ago, Republicans were twice as likely to view him positively (47%) as negatively (23%).
The more Republicans see of Mitch as a majority leader, the less it seems they like him. It’s quite likely they expected more fight from him given the rhetoric he used to gain the majority before using it to give Barack Obama just what he wanted time and time, again..
Republicans viewed McConnell favorably from 2010 — three years after he became the party’s Senate leader — through 2014. During his time as minority leader, his favorable ratings were generally near 50% and his unfavorable ratings near 20%.
As for Cruz’s latest official salvo at the beleaguered leader, the entire speech can be viewed here: The Budget Deal Is a Corrupt Betrayal of the American People.
His office also released the following written statement. Cruz is enjoying quite a bit of momentum coming off the last GOP debate, having raised over $1 million in the last 24 hours.
WASHINGTON, D.C. — U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) today delivered a speech on the Senate floor, denouncing the shockingly bad budget deal and outlining the Republican establishment’s multitude of broken promises.
Excerpts of Sen. Cruz’s speech can be read below. Watch the speech in its entirety here.
Mr. President, for many months, I’ve been speaking about what I call the Washington Cartel. The Washington Cartel consists of career politicians in both parties who get in bed with lobbyists and special interests here in Washington and grow and grow and grow government. The Washington Cartel is, I believe, the source of the volcanic frustration Americans face across this country. And it is difficult to find a better illustration of the Washington Cartel than the charade we are engaged in this evening. This deal that we are here to vote on is both shockingly bad on the merits, and it is also a manifestation of the bipartisan corruption that suffuses Washington, D.C.
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