Sen. Michael Bennet slams Ted Cruz: "These crocodile tears that the Senator from Texas

[Gothmog]

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[NurseJackie]

1. Thank you for sharing this.

The Democrats must remain strong and united.

[Crutchez_CuiBono]

2. 3 words...

Fricken HAIL yes!!!

Someone else is..."Fired UP!!! And ready to GO!"

[BeyondGeography]

3. More of this, please

More and more. ...”Couldn’t get a vote in the House because of the stupidest rule ever, the Hastert rule, NAMED AFTER SOMEBODY WHO’S IN PRISON!”

[mcar]

4. Powerful

Thanks.

[Equinox Moon]

10. I felt that deep in my being. Whew!

He was channeling the nation in that speech, meaning he was speaking for the majority.

What an awful thing Cruz did. He must be one of those that don't have any feelings, compassion or empathy.

[Gothmog]

5. I love it when Carnival Cruz is called out

[niyad]

6. HELL FUCKING YES!!!!!!!!

[Cha]

7. Thank You, Sen Michael Bennett!

[madamesilverspurs]

8. Proud of my senator!

[George II]

9. Senator Bennet was highly eloquent and emotional on the floor of the Senate this afternoon....

...and he also referred to the "wall" as trump's "rinky dink wall"!

[Gothmog]

11. Cruz shouted at by Democrat incensed over shutdown

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Democratic Sen. Michael Bennet railed against Sen. Ted Cruz in a lengthy tirade on the Senate floor Thursday, accusing him of shedding "crocodile tears" over Coast Guard members not being paid during the government shutdown.

Bennet, normally a reserved and low-key senator, shouted repeatedly as he attacked Cruz over the ongoing shutdown, criticizing the Texas Republican for his central role in forcing the government to shut down in 2013 over Obamacare.

"When the senator from Texas shut this government down in 2013, my state was flooded," Bennet, who represents Colorado and whose name has surfaced as a potential 2020 presidential candidate, shouted. "People were killed. People's houses were destroyed. Their small businesses were ruined forever. And because of the senator from Texas, this government was shut down for politics that he surfed to a second-place finish in the Iowa caucuses."

[NoMoreRepugs]

12. Holy crap - that was AWESOME. The momentum of the midterms is starting to spread into

the statements made by all our Democratic Reps and Senators - enough of the tRumpy BULLSHIT - it's time to take the Fuckin' country back.

[Dem_4_Life]

13. YES!!!

He needs to be called out.

[IronLionZion]

14. Sometimes the quiet ones can surprise us

[Moostache]

15. Honestly, aside from name recognition and election returns, that was the first I have seen him.

I LOVED THAT!!!

There is the passion, there is the desire to stand-up to the bully and there is the way we need to fight the GOP. Get in their goddamn smug face and challenge their lies and BS and make them own the fact that they are foul, vile reptilian cretins.

Kudos Michael Bennet....congrats Colorado, I am sooooo jealous of your senator, though to be totally fair, I am in East Kansas (formerly known as Missouri) and I would vote for a half-eaten ham sandwich over EITHER of my current senators!

[stuffmatters]

16. Bennet spoke for the majority of America,totally fed up with the Trump/GOP ruining our government.

Loved Bennet calling the GOP Hassert Rule a stupid rule they obey "named after a guy in prison.!"