Ted Cruz Bashes Mitch McConnell From The GOP Debate Stage

Republican presidential candidate Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, speaks as former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee, left, listens during the first Republican presidential debate at the Quicken Loans Arena Thursday, Aug. 6, 2015,... Republican presidential candidate Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, speaks as former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee, left, listens during the first Republican presidential debate at the Quicken Loans Arena Thursday, Aug. 6, 2015, in Cleveland. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik) MORE LESS
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Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) showed no signs of cooling his ongoing beef with Sen. Mitch McConnell (R-KY) and even brought the majority leader up during the GOP top-tier debate Thursday.

When asked about “Kate’s Law,” a proposal to crack down on certain undocumented immigrants, Cruz said:

“Not only will I support it, I have authored Kate’s law in the United States Senate and filed that legislation. I tried to get the Senate to vote to pass Kate’s law on the floor of the senate just one week ago and the leader of our own party blocked a vote on.”

Previously, Cruz slammed McConnell from the Senate floor when McConnell would not allow a number of amendments be voted on in conjunction with a highway spending bill last month.

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