Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) told reporters this week that he believes it’s time for Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) to resign after the fiasco of a pro-immigration border bill. He said he is doing so.
Cruz: “I think so.” answered When asked if it was time for McConnell, who turns 82 this month, to step down, he said:
“Everyone here supported the leadership challenge against Mitch McConnell in November. I think Republican leaders should actually lead this conference and advance Republican priorities,” Texas said. The state senator detailed what he will say during the November 2022 leadership election.
“It was on the heels of a very disappointing election in 2022. There were headwinds. This was supposed to be a phenomenal Republican election year. Republicans were supposed to win the Senate. We were supposed to win the House. “We should have had a majority. Instead, we lost seats in the Senate. And we barely had a majority in the House,” he said, adding that this should have been a huge wake-up call. explained.
“I stood up and said, ‘Look, in a normal organization, when you’re running a business and you’re faced with failure, you don’t just say everything’s fine if you’ve lost $50 million. Yo. Let’s keep going. Now, you sit back and say, ‘What are we doing wrong?'” he said, and continued, “What are we doing wrong?”
At that meeting, I turned to Mitch McConnell and said, “Look, we’ve been working for the last two years with a group of several Republicans who have joined with Democrats to pass the Democratic agenda. ” Let’s admit it, that might be a good idea. I’m afraid not. But some might argue that it’s a good idea. Let me tell you, it’s one-sided. You know who doesn’t do that? Democratic Party.
“In 2017 and 2018, when we had a Republican president, a Republican Senate and a Republican House, there was never a time when a group of Democrats joined with Republicans to pass a Republican agenda,” Cruz said. . “So we’re the only ones doing it.”
“But I turned to Mitch and said, “What are you going to fight for?” What are you going to fight for? Is Cruz willing to draw a line in the sand and say, ‘We’re going to fight?’ But he refuses to answer that question right now, and that’s why we’re in this mess.” he explained.
talk to Breitbart News Daily Sen. Mike Lee, R-Utah, said Tuesday he was uncertain about McConnell’s future in the wake of the bill. Notably, the minority leader subsequently recommended that Republicans block the advancement of pro-immigrant border legislation in the Senate. sense. tom cotton (R-AR), rand paul (R-Kentucky), JD Vance (R-OH), marsha blackburn (R-TN), and steve daines (R-MT).
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“Let’s see how he handles this along the way,” Lee said.
“I don’t know. This is very frustrating, to say the least. Similarly, for the senators to understand that we all work for our respective states, our respective constituents in different states. That’s important. He’s not our boss. He has a professional role, and that’s to represent us and our interests on the floor,” the Utah senator added.
