Brit Hume: Ted Cruz is a hypocrite for criticizing Mitch McConnell

by The Right Scoop

Apparently over at Fox News, Ted Cruz is now a hypocrite for criticizing Mitch McConnell because he won’t criticize Donald Trump or something:

Hi, Bret. The first thing you need to know about ted Cruz’s assault on Mitch McConnell is that it’s not about ted Cruz and Mitch McConnell. It’s about ted Cruz and Donald Trump. Cruz entered the presidential race as the renegade hero of the anti-establishment right, the man who would call out his party’s leadership for what he considered their weak-kneed ways. He raised some serious money early on, but his campaign never quite took off.

Then along comes Donald Trump who not only cruised past Cruz but everyone else in the Republican field. He did it while attacking his fellow republicans with abandon. When Trump himself was under attack for denigrating John McCain’s war record, Cruz refused to criticize Trump. He insisted his stance was born of fidelity to the eleventh commandment made famous by Ronald Reagan, thou shall not speak ill of any fellow republican. Last Thursday on this channel he went so far as to tell Neil Cavuto “scripture teaches that if someone visits evil upon you, you should repay them in kindness”. That’s from first peter, chapter 3.

Two days later ted Cruz is on the Senate floor calling Republican leader McConnell a liar. So much for Ronald Reagan and so much for Saint Peter.

It may have shown Cruz to be an obvious hypocrite, but for one day at least he trumped Trump and that means mission accomplished.

Ted Cruz’s Rapid Response Director responded on Twitter:

He’s exactly right. Cruz didn’t attack McConnell. He didn’t impugn McConnell’s character or anything of the sort. He simply told the truth about McConnell’s lies and did it in front of America.


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