Ted Cruz Call Mcconnell A Liar On Senate Floor

Ted cruz accused majority leader mitch mcconnell of lying and said he was no better than his democratic predecessor and couldn t be trusted.

Ted cruz call mcconnell a liar on senate floor. Ted cruz went ballistic and called mitch mcconnell a liar during a meltdown on the senate floor. In a stunning attack on a leader of his own party republican senator and presidential candidate ted cruz on friday accuses the senate majority leader mitch mcconnell of lying to him. Firebrand republican senator and presidential candidate ted cruz on friday rushed across a line rarely crossed on the senate floor. He called mcconnell a liar saying that in private talks the majority.

For his part mcconnell ignored cruz s diatribe and pointedly did not respond to it when he spoke on the senate floor later in the day. Cruz blew a gasket on the senate floor and focused his entire assault on mcconnell going where senators just don t go. He accused the leader of his party majority leader mitch. Washington ap in a stunning public attack on his own party leader republican sen.

Ted cruz took to the senate floor friday and charged that mitch mcconnell told a lie escalating his campaign against gop leaders and challenging the traditions of the usually decorous chamber. Ted cruz bluntly accused majority leader. Cruz claimed that mcconnell promised him that there was no deal on the ex im bank. The texan accuses his party s leader of telling fellow republicans he wouldn t allow a vote on renewing the export import bank.