Ted Cruz Is Right -- Mitch McConnell Lied

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) offered an amendment to the highway bill yesterday that reauthorizes the Export-Import Bank (Ex-Im), a corporate welfare program that forces American taxpayers to secure loan guarantees for foreign companies.

Thankfully, Senator Ted Cruz (R-TX) spoke out against this betrayal on the Senate floor yesterday in a speech that every conservative must watch.

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Senator Cruz said that Senator McConnell lied to him when he denied having cut a secret deal with the Democrats to reauthorize Ex-Im.

Senator Cruz is right. McConnell lied to him and to all Americans.

Senator McConnell clearly does not share conservative or even Republican values. Since he became the Majority Leader, he has passed bill after bill that were favored by more Democrats than Republicans.

He says he has gotten the Senate working again, but he’s put it to work for the Democrats and lobbyists.

His strategy has not only failed to secure any conservative policy victories, it’s also driven his party’s favorability ratings into the ground. A new Pew Research survey shows that only 32% of Americans have a favorable view of the Republican Party, a nine-point drop since January.

These numbers are sinking largely because Republican voters disapprove of their party’s leaders. In fact, another Pew survey done back in May showed that 75% of Republicans believe their party’s leaders should be doing more to challenge President Obama.

Senator Mitch McConnell’s obsession with passing liberal bills is giving all Republicans a bad name.

NEXT STEPS

Senator McConnell offered the Ex-Im amendment, blocked other amendments by filling the “amendment tree” — a procedural tactic he criticized Senator Harry Reid (D-NV) for using — and then filed cloture on the bill to end debate.

The debate will stretch out into this coming week and it will be important that conservatives engage in it by making targeted calls to key senators.

We will contact you again on Monday with specific instructions so please keep an eye out for our email.

Senators Cruz and Mike Lee (R-UT) have some procedural tricks of their own and we need to make sure the other Republicans stand with them to get votes on issues that are important to conservatives and to do everything we can to defeat the highway bill.

Please do not get discouraged.

Many Americans are beginning to see that the problem in Washington is not just one party, but a Washington cartel made up of the leaders in both parties, the media, and lobbyists who abuse taxpayers for their own interests.

This is an essential first step to electing true conservatives like Senators Cruz and Lee who will stand up to the liberals in both parties.

Thank you for standing strong for freedom. We’ll keep fighting!

Sincerely,

Ken Cuccinelli II
President
Senate Conservatives Action