Cruz Says Republican Leader Mitch McConnell is Lying about Deal With Koch Brothers
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Cruz Speaks Truth
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Date: July 26, 2015 10:26PM
In a floor speech that lasted just seven minutes, the Republican senator from Texas doubled down on his earlier criticism of Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell's decision to allow the Sunday vote to resurrect the Export-Import Bank, portraying it as a betrayal of the leader's word not to do so.
“Speaking the truth,” is what Cruz said he was doing, picking up where he had left off Friday, when he said McConnell told “a simple lie” by insisting there was no backroom deal for the bank that is opposed by the powerful Koch brothers but supported by a bipartisan coalition of business interests, including the U.S. Chamber of Commerce.
“My saying so may be uncomfortable,” Cruz said, “but it is a simple fact.”