Thursday, September 26, 2013

The National Memo » 5 Worst Moments Of Ted Cruz’s Fake Filbuster

The National Memo » 5 Worst Moments Of Ted Cruz’s Fake Filbuster

Senator Ted Cruz (R-TX) promised the Republican Party a fight — and he gave them a show.

Cruz thrilled the Republican base with some absurd Nazi references and by humbly comparing his effort with the Bataan Death March – while enraging the Republican Party’s donor class.

Observers are debating whether the junior senator technically engaged in a filibuster of the bill he encouraged House Republicans to pass after it was stripped of the language that would defund Obamacare.

It’s worth pointing out that Cruz didn’t actually filibuster, because that would have required him to have the support at least 41 senators from his own party. He doesn’t...

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