• Senator Ted Cruz (R-TX) Joins The Resistance

    From Bradley K. Sherman@21:1/5 to All on Thu Apr 10 09:16:21 2025
    XPost: alt.fan.rush-limbaugh, alt.politics

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    | Ted Cruz breaks ranks with Trump to advance his own agenda
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    | The Texas Republican's rebuke of the president's tariff
    | strategy was only the latest example of how the lawmaker is
    | seeking to strike out on his own.
    | ... <https://www.politico.com/news/2025/04/09/ted-cruz-commerce-agenda-2028-00282843>

    --bks

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  • From Chris Ahlstrom@21:1/5 to Bradley K. Sherman on Thu Apr 10 11:30:40 2025
    XPost: alt.fan.rush-limbaugh, alt.politics

    Bradley K. Sherman wrote this post while blinking in Morse code:

    | Ted Cruz breaks ranks with Trump to advance his own agenda
    |
    | The Texas Republican's rebuke of the president's tariff
    | strategy was only the latest example of how the lawmaker is
    | seeking to strike out on his own.
    | ... <https://www.politico.com/news/2025/04/09/ted-cruz-commerce-agenda-2028-00282843>

    "Lyin' Ted" according to Trump, who's an expert on lying.

    It all adds up to the conclusion that Cruz could be preparing to make
    another go for the White House in 2028 after finishing as runner-up to
    Trump in 2016. And while he’s tied himself closely to Trump since then, he
    is now using the committee gavel to set himself apart with aggressive
    oversight of tech companies, skepticism about tariffs and even a record of
    working across the aisle.

    This strategy might not change many opinions about Cruz. He has a history
    of being widely reviled and mocked on the left and rubbing his Republican
    colleagues the wrong way, too, with his showboating style. He’s the man who
    read “Green Eggs and Ham” during a filibuster on the Senate floor in 2013
    to protest funding the government without defunding Obamacare and who
    spends significant time most weekdays recording a podcast that builds his
    personal brand.

    https://www.texastribune.org/2016/04/28/boehner-calls-cruz-lucifer-flesh/

    John Boehner Calls Ted Cruz "Lucifer in the Flesh"

    “Lucifer in the flesh,” Boehner said of Cruz during an appearance at
    Stanford University, according to the student newspaper. “I have Democrat
    friends and Republican friends. I get along with almost everyone, but I
    have never worked with a more miserable son of a bitch in my life."

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    What's this stuff about people being "released on their own recognizance"? Aren't we all out on our own recognizance?

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  • From c186282@21:1/5 to All on Fri Apr 11 01:21:34 2025
    XPost: alt.fan.rush-limbaugh, alt.politics, alt.politics.usa
    XPost: alt.politics.republicans

    Ummmmm ... we don't expect 101% support for EVERYTHING
    Trump does. He IS mortal after all, CAN get things a
    little bit wrong. It's the job of the other govt branches
    to correct those little errors.

    The tariffs ... it was too much too fast ... should
    have been phased in. Trump's instinct is to PUSH,
    but that's not ALWAYS the best way.

    The govt dept/spending pogrom - THAT is pretty good.
    De-Wokifying the letter agencies - ALSO good.

    MAGA is the goal - but the finer details MAY be
    vexing at times.

    So, let Ted speak his peace. Take notes, think
    about it.

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