Senator Ted Cruz (R-TZ) ignited a firestorm in the Senate on Friday, when he accused Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) of lying to him and other Republicans. Cruz claims that McConnell told him and 52 other GOP Senators back in May that there was no "deal" in place with Democrats to vote on reauthorizing the Export-Import Bank, which provides financing for U.S. exports.
But on Friday, McConnell scheduled a Sunday vote on a highway bill that included an amendment to reauthorize the bank -- a move supported by Democrats and only some Republicans. That decision led the GOP presidential candidate to call out the Majority Leader during a 20-minute speech on the Senate floor. Cruz's comments did not go over well with the Republican "Establishment."
Two days later, in a floor speech clearly directed at the junior Senator from Texas, Sen. Orrin Hatch (R-UT) -- the longest-serving member of the "Upper Chamber" -- called for "decorum," saying: "Bickering ... is beneath this body. Regrettably, in recent times, the Senate floor has too often become a forum for partisan messaging and ideological grandstanding."
It didn't take long for conservative commentators, like radio host Mark Levin, to come to Cruz's defense. On his Facebook page early this week, Levin called for a leadership change in the Senate and House of Representatives:
“It is time for Mitch McConnell and [House Speaker] John Boehner to resign for the good of the nation and the Republican Party. The nation and GOP are both suffering as a result of the unwillingness or inability of McConnell and Boehner to effectively defend either. Instead, these politicians are consumed with consolidating their own power on Capitol Hill and silencing opponents who dare to challenge their ironfisted rule."
Levin went on to call McConnell's and Boehner's leadership "disastrous" for delivering "victory after victory for [President] Obama and his radical agenda -- from spending, borrowing, and ObamaCare to illegal immigration, Iran and 'trade' power."
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