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WASHINGTON (AP) — Republican Sen. Ted Cruz of Texas, a declared presidential candidate, has a new defense for missing Attorney General Loretta Lynch's confirmation vote last week. According to Cruz, not voting was the same as voting "no."
"I voted twice against Loretta Lynch being confirmed. There was no significance to the final vote. And I had a scheduling conflict. Under the Senate rules, absence is the equivalent of a 'no' vote. It is identical procedurally,"Cruz told reporters on Capitol Hill Thursday.
In fact, missing a confirmation vote isn't the same as voting "no," and could affect the outcome. And Senate rules don't say otherwise.
Cruz's office has insisted all along that the procedural "cloture" vote on Lynch's nomination last week was the one that mattered, and Cruz opposed that. He then became the only senator to miss the final vote, despite having delivered a floor speech earlier in the day railing against Lynch.
His office didn't explain why he missed the final vote, although Cruz was expected that evening at a fundraiser in Texas.
Because he swore something like 2 hours before the vote that he'd be there and he'd most certainly vote against her.I don't get why he's a dildo for not showing up that day. If he had shown up and voted against her, would that have changed the outcome? He understood that enough Republicans were going to vote to confirm someone who he believes to be too extreme an ideologue for the office of Attorney General that his presence wasn't going to change the situation, and his method of showing his disdain for the party members that rolled over was to wash his hands of the whole thing. It's a pretty run-of-the-mill demonstration technique, really.
And, in this case, it was, in effect, the same as voting no. It made no difference, just like his no vote would have made no difference. I'm not seeing why this is worthy of news or even commentary.
Because he swore something like 2 hours before the vote that he'd be there and he'd most certainly vote against her.I don't get why he's a dildo for not showing up that day. If he had shown up and voted against her, would that have changed the outcome? He understood that enough Republicans were going to vote to confirm someone who he believes to be too extreme an ideologue for the office of Attorney General that his presence wasn't going to change the situation, and his method of showing his disdain for the party members that rolled over was to wash his hands of the whole thing. It's a pretty run-of-the-mill demonstration technique, really.
And, in this case, it was, in effect, the same as voting no. It made no difference, just like his no vote would have made no difference. I'm not seeing why this is worthy of news or even commentary.
Cruz cast half a vote in favor of Lynch
Maybe he really wanted Holder
Cruz: I Voted No on Lynch By Not Showing Up to Vote
Teatard Cruz is at it again....
Shame on Texas for sending such a dildo to the U.S. Senate.
WASHINGTON (AP) — Republican Sen. Ted Cruz of Texas, a declared presidential candidate, has a new defense for missing Attorney General Loretta Lynch's confirmation vote last week. According to Cruz, not voting was the same as voting "no."
"I voted twice against Loretta Lynch being confirmed. There was no significance to the final vote. And I had a scheduling conflict. Under the Senate rules, absence is the equivalent of a 'no' vote. It is identical procedurally,"Cruz told reporters on Capitol Hill Thursday.
In fact, missing a confirmation vote isn't the same as voting "no," and could affect the outcome. And Senate rules don't say otherwise.
Cruz's office has insisted all along that the procedural "cloture" vote on Lynch's nomination last week was the one that mattered, and Cruz opposed that. He then became the only senator to miss the final vote, despite having delivered a floor speech earlier in the day railing against Lynch.
His office didn't explain why he missed the final vote, although Cruz was expected that evening at a fundraiser in Texas.
Ass clown.
Cruz: I Voted No on Lynch By Not Showing Up to Vote
Teatard Cruz is at it again....
Shame on Texas for sending such a dildo to the U.S. Senate.
WASHINGTON (AP) — Republican Sen. Ted Cruz of Texas, a declared presidential candidate, has a new defense for missing Attorney General Loretta Lynch's confirmation vote last week. According to Cruz, not voting was the same as voting "no."
"I voted twice against Loretta Lynch being confirmed. There was no significance to the final vote. And I had a scheduling conflict. Under the Senate rules, absence is the equivalent of a 'no' vote. It is identical procedurally,"Cruz told reporters on Capitol Hill Thursday.
In fact, missing a confirmation vote isn't the same as voting "no," and could affect the outcome. And Senate rules don't say otherwise.
Cruz's office has insisted all along that the procedural "cloture" vote on Lynch's nomination last week was the one that mattered, and Cruz opposed that. He then became the only senator to miss the final vote, despite having delivered a floor speech earlier in the day railing against Lynch.
His office didn't explain why he missed the final vote, although Cruz was expected that evening at a fundraiser in Texas.
Ass clown.
I don't get why he's a dildo for not showing up that day. If he had shown up and voted against her, would that have changed the outcome? He understood that enough Republicans were going to vote to confirm someone who he believes to be too extreme an ideologue for the office of Attorney General that his presence wasn't going to change the situation, and his method of showing his disdain for the party members that rolled over was to wash his hands of the whole thing. It's a pretty run-of-the-mill demonstration technique, really.
And, in this case, it was, in effect, the same as voting no. It made no difference, just like his no vote would have made no difference. I'm not seeing why this is worthy of news or even commentary.
Cruz: I Voted No on Lynch By Not Showing Up to Vote
Teatard Cruz is at it again....
Shame on Texas for sending such a dildo to the U.S. Senate.
WASHINGTON (AP) — Republican Sen. Ted Cruz of Texas, a declared presidential candidate, has a new defense for missing Attorney General Loretta Lynch's confirmation vote last week. According to Cruz, not voting was the same as voting "no."
"I voted twice against Loretta Lynch being confirmed. There was no significance to the final vote. And I had a scheduling conflict. Under the Senate rules, absence is the equivalent of a 'no' vote. It is identical procedurally,"Cruz told reporters on Capitol Hill Thursday.
In fact, missing a confirmation vote isn't the same as voting "no," and could affect the outcome. And Senate rules don't say otherwise.
Cruz's office has insisted all along that the procedural "cloture" vote on Lynch's nomination last week was the one that mattered, and Cruz opposed that. He then became the only senator to miss the final vote, despite having delivered a floor speech earlier in the day railing against Lynch.
His office didn't explain why he missed the final vote, although Cruz was expected that evening at a fundraiser in Texas.
Ass clown.
It went right over your head dumbfuck! Cruz is a great and honorable man. He is right to oppose Lynch. She is a disaster and will even make holder look good! She sucks that bad.
Where are the indictments?Cruz: I Voted No on Lynch By Not Showing Up to Vote
Teatard Cruz is at it again....
Shame on Texas for sending such a dildo to the U.S. Senate.
WASHINGTON (AP) — Republican Sen. Ted Cruz of Texas, a declared presidential candidate, has a new defense for missing Attorney General Loretta Lynch's confirmation vote last week. According to Cruz, not voting was the same as voting "no."
"I voted twice against Loretta Lynch being confirmed. There was no significance to the final vote. And I had a scheduling conflict. Under the Senate rules, absence is the equivalent of a 'no' vote. It is identical procedurally,"Cruz told reporters on Capitol Hill Thursday.
In fact, missing a confirmation vote isn't the same as voting "no," and could affect the outcome. And Senate rules don't say otherwise.
Cruz's office has insisted all along that the procedural "cloture" vote on Lynch's nomination last week was the one that mattered, and Cruz opposed that. He then became the only senator to miss the final vote, despite having delivered a floor speech earlier in the day railing against Lynch.
His office didn't explain why he missed the final vote, although Cruz was expected that evening at a fundraiser in Texas.
Ass clown.
For someone touted as a Constitutional scholar by Republicans, Cruz has proved to be inept as a Senator
- Forced a Government shutdown with no exit strategy. Obama humiliated Republicans as he forced them to back down
- Childlike "Green eggs and ham" speech in a useless filibuster
- Forced the Senate to open on a Saturday for a vote on Obama's immigration policy which allowed the Democrats to push through 20 confirmation votes ready to expire
- Railed against the confirmation of Lynch, then skipped the vote
For someone touted as a Constitutional scholar by Republicans, Cruz has proved to be inept as a Senator
- Forced a Government shutdown with no exit strategy. Obama humiliated Republicans as he forced them to back down
- Childlike "Green eggs and ham" speech in a useless filibuster
- Forced the Senate to open on a Saturday for a vote on Obama's immigration policy which allowed the Democrats to push through 20 confirmation votes ready to expire
- Railed against the confirmation of Lynch, then skipped the vote
Childlike Green eggs and ham?
He was reading it to his two girls.
It's better than what a Dem did during a filibuster by reading the phone book.
For someone touted as a Constitutional scholar by Republicans, Cruz has proved to be inept as a Senator
- Forced a Government shutdown with no exit strategy. Obama humiliated Republicans as he forced them to back down
- Childlike "Green eggs and ham" speech in a useless filibuster
- Forced the Senate to open on a Saturday for a vote on Obama's immigration policy which allowed the Democrats to push through 20 confirmation votes ready to expire
- Railed against the confirmation of Lynch, then skipped the vote
Childlike Green eggs and ham?
He was reading it to his two girls.
It's better than what a Dem did during a filibuster by reading the phone book.
The Cruz "filibuster" was a humiliating attempt at attention whoring that had nothing to do with Senate rules
Cruz is more concerned with building his own brand among conservatives than actually serving as Senator
His office didn't explain why he missed the final vote, although Cruz was expected that evening at a fundraiser in Texas.
