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Miles Archer

(18,837 posts)
Thu Mar 2, 2017, 12:38 PM Mar 2017

Ted Cruz shrugs off Sessions ties to Russia as "nothing burger": Questions just "political theater"

Ted Cruz shrugs off Sessions ties to Russia as ‘nothing burger’: Questions are just ‘political theater’

“What we are seeing is a lot of political theater,” Cruz said Thursday on MSNBC’s “Morning Joe.”

“Everyone is in high dudgeon about the meeting,” Cruz said. “The underlying meeting is a nothing burger. It’s what senators do every day. Meeting with foreign ambassadors, that’s part of the job.”

Several GOP leaders — including House Oversight Chairman Jason Chaffetz (R-UT) and House Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) — have called on Sessions to recuse himself from the investigation into Trump ties to Russia.

“I think everyone is getting all worked up because it’s a chance to beat up the attorney general and to beat up the president,” Cruz said. “But I think the underlying meeting is he is doing his job.”

http://www.rawstory.com/2017/03/ted-cruz-shrugs-off-sessions-ties-to-russia-as-nothing-burger-questions-are-just-political-theater/
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Ted Cruz shrugs off Sessions ties to Russia as "nothing burger": Questions just "political theater" (Original Post) Miles Archer Mar 2017 OP
Yoohoo Ted, Trump thinks your wife is ugly. Remember? Little Star Mar 2017 #1
And that Cruz's father had something to do with the JFK assasination TexasBushwhacker Mar 2017 #5
Cruz is attempting a misdirection here. LonePirate Mar 2017 #2
Cruz is a nothingburger. I do not like him, Sam-I-Am. pinboy3niner Mar 2017 #3
Proof positive Cruz wants the job when Sessions resigns. gordianot Mar 2017 #4
It's the fries that will kill ya C_U_L8R Mar 2017 #6
He. Lied. Under. Oath. Senator. Iggo Mar 2017 #7
I would like for everyone within 100 yards of Cruz to take a shit on his head. Orrex Mar 2017 #8

LonePirate

(13,429 posts)
2. Cruz is attempting a misdirection here.
Thu Mar 2, 2017, 12:47 PM
Mar 2017

The current issue with Sessions is his perjury during his confirmation hearing. The content of his meetings are relevant to his boss and less so for Sessions himself, even if they were nothing.

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