I have a higher and grander standard of principle than George Washington. He could not lie; I can, but I won’t.
In stunning attack, Cruz accuses leader McConnell of lying
By Erica Werner and Laurie Kellman, AP
July 24 at 1:39 PM
In a stunning, public attack on his own party leader, Republican Sen. Ted Cruz accused Majority Leader Mitch McConnell of lying, and said he was no better than his Democratic predecessor and couldn’t be trusted.
Cruz, a Texan who is running for president but ranks low in early polling, delivered the broadside in a speech on the Senate floor Friday, an extraordinary departure from the norms of Senate behavior that demand courtesy and respect.
“Not only what he told every Republican senator, but what he told the press over and over and over again, was a simple lie,” Cruz said.
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“It saddens me to say this. I sat in my office, I told my staff the majority leader looked me in the eye and looked 54 Republicans in the eye. I cannot believe he would tell a flat-out lie,” Cruz said.“We now know 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.”
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“We keep winning elections and then we keep getting leaders who don’t do anything they promised,” Cruz said.
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