Ted Cruz assails fellow Republican senators for ‘trickery’ – CNN Political Ticker - CNN.com Blogs:
Sen. Ted Cruz accused his own Republican
leadership of “trickery” in trying to force a “show vote” on raising
the debt ceiling last week, warning Republicans will get “clobbered in
the polls” for not standing up for principle.
"What Republican leadership said is we want this to pass, but if
every senator affirmatively consents to doing it on 51 votes, then we
can all cast a vote no and we can go home to our constituents and say we
opposed it. And listen, that sort of show vote, that sort of trickery
to the - to the constituents is why Congress has a 13 percent approval
rating.
In my view, we need to be honest with our constituents. And last week,
what it was all about was truth and transparency. I think all 45
Republicans should have stood together and said of course not.,” Cruz
told CNN Chief Congressional Correspondent Dana Bash in a network
exclusive interview airing on CNN.