Rand Paul: Ted Cruz Can’t Get Anything Done Legislatively Because His Name Calling Goes Against The Decorum Of The Senate

[WestVirginiaRebel]

Fox News: 2016 GOP presidential candidate Senator Rand Paul (R-KS) called into Kilmeade & Friends and talked about Senator Ted Cruz being rebuffed on the senate floor by republicans who failed to allow him a roll call vote, John Boehner stepping down as Speaker of the House, why he feels its important to be present for votes on the senate floor, defunding Planned Parenthood, why he thinks Scott Walker dropped out of the race as well as news coming out of the UN on Syria and Russia.

 

Senator Ted Cruz being snubbed with not one republican granting him the procedural courtesy of a roll call vote.

 

Ted has chosen to make this really personal and chosen to call people dishonest in leadership and call them names which really goes against the decorum and also against the rules of the senate, and as a consequence he cant get anything done legislatively. He is pretty much done for and stifled and its really because of personal relationships, or lack of personal relationships, and it is a problem. I approach things a little different, I am still just as hardcore in saying what we are doing , I just chose not to call people liars on the senate floor and its just a matter of different perspectives on how best to get to the end result.

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Meanwhile:

Rand Paul Super PAC Goes Dark

 

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@WestVirginiaRebel

 

I would chalk this up to politics, but this is not the first time I've read Ted does not play well with other in the Senate. A lot of people love him for this, but makes it hard to get something done.

[Valin]

Senator Ted Cruz On Congressional GOP Leadership Change And How To Change The Culture In Washington
Wednesday, September 30, 2015 | posted by Duane Patterson

 

Audio

 

JW: Well, let me ask you to respond. Rand Paul made some comments. He’s not exactly part of Republican leadership, referring to you, it’s pretty harsh. He said he is pretty much done for and stifled, and it’s really because of personal relationships or lack of personal relationships. And it’s a problem, suggesting that you might have gone farther if you had better personal relationships on the Republican side.

 

TC: Oh, I like Rand Paul. I respect him. He’s a friend of mind. He and I have been side by side on many fights for liberty. The attacks he directed at me are not terribly surprising, particularly given that Rand campaigned for Mitch McConnell, and that Mitch McConnell in turn has endorsed Rand for president. But I have no intention of responding in kind to Rand’s attacks. I like and respect him. He’s a good man.

 

JW: Well, let me ask you this, and I have to ask you what some critics are saying, certainly in Washington. And as you know, Senator, you have some critics in Washington. I think you might take that as a badge of honor. But they say if Ted Cruz can’t build relationships with the Republicans in the Senate to achieve his goals, how, if he’s elected president, will he be able to achieve his agenda working with Congress, Democrats and Republicans?

 

TC: You know, Jamie, I’ve got to say that’s precisely the wrong measure. Washington is fundamentally broken. You know, I’ve said many times on the campaign trail. If you think Washington is doing great, that we need to continue going in the same direction, just kind of fiddle around the edges, then I ain’t your guy. On the other hand, if you think Washington is fundamentally broken, that there is a bipartisan corruption of career politicians in both parties that get in bed with lobbyists and special interests, and grow and grow and grow government, and that we need to bring power out of Washington, and back to we the people, that’s what my campaign is all about. And so I reject the premise that what we need in Washington is yet another politician to go cut deals with Harry Reid, Nancy Pelosi and Barack Obama, to grow government, to fund Obamacare, to fund executive amnesty, to fund Planned Parenthood, and to fund the most dangerous and catastrophic international deal since Munich in 1938, that that is not what we need. What we need is like 1980. We need strong, principled leadership that gets us back to the core principles that our country was built on. And right now, Republican leadership is refusing to fight for those principles, and I don’t shy away at all from standing up to anyone, Democrat or Republican, always doing it with civility and respect, but standing up and speaking the truth and saying we need to solve the real problems that are facing this country.

 

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