Sen. Ted Cruz Predicts ‘Productive And Positive Relationship’ With Congress

Republican presidential candidate Sen. Ted Cruz speaks during the Wyoming GOP Convention on Saturday, April 16, 2016, at the Parkway Plaza Hotel and Convention Centre in Casper, Wyo. (Jenna VonHofe /The Casper Star-T... Republican presidential candidate Sen. Ted Cruz speaks during the Wyoming GOP Convention on Saturday, April 16, 2016, at the Parkway Plaza Hotel and Convention Centre in Casper, Wyo. (Jenna VonHofe /The Casper Star-Tribune via AP) MANDATORY CREDIT MORE LESS
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Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) said Monday he expects a “very productive and positive relationship” with Congress if he becomes President, despite a reputation among his Senate colleagues for grandstanding and obstructionism.

Responding to a taped question on “Good Morning America” from an unbound Louisiana delegate about how he would mend fences in Congress, Cruz compared himself to Ronald Reagan taking on Gerald Ford.

“I will plead guilty to having stood up to the career politicians in Washington, stood up to both Democrats and leaders of my own party, because what’s happening in Washington is broken,” Cruz said. “Fast-forward after we win, once we win, I believe that I’m going to have a very productive and positive relationship with Congress.”

Cruz compared his campaign to then-California Gov. Reagan taking on incumbent President Ford in the 1976 primary “because he believed Republicans weren’t standing for anything,” and said he, like Reagan, would go on to work hand in hand with Congress if elected.

Just four of Cruz’s colleagues in the Senate have endorsed his presidential bid, including Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC), who once joked that the Texas senator could be killed on the floor of the Senate and nobody would be convicted.

Watch video of Cruz’s town hall remarks over at ABC News.

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  1. HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA…now THIS is the REAL ‘lyin’ Ted’…

  2. Avatar for lew lew says:

    Dammit Ted, I just sprayed coffee all over my computer screen. Good stuff!

    Have you thought about being a comedian? You’re a natural!

  3. Avatar for jw1 jw1 says:

    “I will plead guilty to having stood up to the career politicians in Washington,
    stood up to both Democrats and leaders of my own party,
    because what’s happening in Washington is broken,” Cruz said.
    “Fast-forward after we win, once we win, I believe that I’m going to have
    a very productive and positive relationship with Congress.”

    That? Is some industrial-grade horsesh^t.
    Bet Heidi and the girls doubled-over hearing that one.

    jw1

  4. Oh, great. Now he’s delusional as well as sociopathic.

  5. Everybody hates Ted on both sides of the aisle.

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