Texas Congressman ‘Disappointed’ Cruz Stole Spotlight From Trump

UNITED STATES - NOVEMBER 2 - Chairman Pete Sessions, R-Texas, speaks during a House Rules Committee meeting on "Developing a Reliable and Innovative Vision for the Economy (DRIVE) Act" on Capitol Hill in Washington, ... UNITED STATES - NOVEMBER 2 - Chairman Pete Sessions, R-Texas, speaks during a House Rules Committee meeting on "Developing a Reliable and Innovative Vision for the Economy (DRIVE) Act" on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, November 2, 2015. (Photo By Al Drago/CQ Roll Call) (CQ Roll Call via AP Images) MORE LESS

CLEVELAND – Rep. Pete Sessions (R-TX) was floored that Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) would grab the headlines Wednesday night at the Republican convention on a night that Indiana Gov. Mike Pence was slated to be the headliner.

“I was disappointed for Mr. Pence and for Republicans,” Sessions said.

Sessions became a “big brother” to Pence when the then congressman entered the House of Representatives in 2001. Sessions said he was frustrated that his fellow Texan Cruz had eclipsed the star power of the Republican Party’s vice presidential candidate especially after a rocky start to the convention.

“I think that Mr. Trump offered in good taste to give Ted Cruz primetime discussion, and I don’t know Mr. Cruz responded in kind.”

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  1. Pete Session via TPM:

    I think that Mr. Trump offered in good taste to give Ted Cruz primetime discussion, and I don’t know Mr. Cruz responded in kind.

    Sorry, Pete, that’s a contradiction in terms. You can’t use the words Mr. Trump and good taste in the same sentence.

    Unless good taste is preceded by lack of or absence of.

  2. Who was the idiot that decided that it was a good idea to let Ted Cruz speak at the RNC?. Lying Ted is a well known backstabbing rattlesnake, and he was even before Trump humiliated him and insulted his wife. Did they think that he was gong to be awed by Trump’s personality?

  3. You say idiot; I say campaign-sabotaging genius.

    The Editors at The Poor Man Institute once wrote, a few years back, “C’mon, people, these rats aren’t gonna fuck themselves.”

    Well, I think that’s exactly what we’re seeing now: the rat-fuckers are finally fucking themselves.

  4. Alt. Headline: GOP Delegates Stunned, Enraged By Uncribbed Speech

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