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hrmjustin

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Tue May 28, 2013, 02:11 PM May 2013

Maloney and Jeffries say NY GOP playing 'political footsie' with Ted Cruz

U.S. Reps. Carolyn Maloney, D-Manhattan, and Hakeem Jeffries, D-Brooklyn, held a telephone conference Tuesday morning speaking out against the New York Republican Party's decision to invite Texas Sen. Ted Cruz to their annual state dinner on Wednesday. Cruz is well known for his role in delaying the aid to Hurricane Sandy victims by 91 days after saying the aid was "wasteful spending." Cruz voted against the proposed aid that now has been approved and will help victims of Sandy to rebuild following the devastation.

"I really do not believe that someone who thought the critical aid was quote 'wasteful spending' which has already been too long delayed, would be invited by New York republicans to talk at their state dinner," Maloney said during the phone conference. "This is someone who refused to stand with New Yorkers in one of our hours of greatest need." Cruz is noted on the official invitation for the state dinner as being a "featured guest" and it is noted underneath his name that he is "not asking for funds or donations."

Jeffries, a former state assemblyman, noted in the call that the Republican Party is playing "political footsie" with Cruz, who he calls an extremist. "The constituents that I represent are still trying to recover as of this day … they are all still trying to rebuild their lives. That's why it is an insult to the hard working New Yorkers still recovering … that the New York state Republican party would bring in Ted Cruz of all people," Jeffries said.

Maloney and Jeffries said at the end of their conference call that they are asking Congressman Michael Grimm, R-Staten Island, and other New York Republicans to stand up against the decision to feature Cruz and "condemn the New York Republican party for asking Ted Cruz to headline their state dinner. He is the wrong person at the wrong time for the Republican party to highlight as a speaker," Jeffries said.

http://www.legislativegazette.com/Articles-Top-Stories-c-2013-05-28-83930.113122-Maloney-and-Jeffries-say-NY-GOP-playing-political-footsie-with-Ted-Cruz.html

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Maloney and Jeffries say NY GOP playing 'political footsie' with Ted Cruz (Original Post) hrmjustin May 2013 OP
I'm adding in this thread from the Texas Group. TexasTowelie May 2013 #1
Thanks for posting this! I did not know about King. hrmjustin May 2013 #2
You're welcome. TexasTowelie May 2013 #3

TexasTowelie

(111,304 posts)
1. I'm adding in this thread from the Texas Group.
Tue May 28, 2013, 05:52 PM
May 2013
http://www.democraticunderground.com/10789003

Further evidence that Sen. Ted Cruz didn’t go to Washington to make friends. New York Republican Peter King says he’s boycotting a state party dinner because Cruz will be there. Cruz has rankled his share of politicians in D.C. – including some in his own party. King is unhappy because Cruz voted against the Hurricane Sandy relief bill to help repair damage on the New York and New Jersey coast. King told BuzzFeed: “I don’t think we should be acknowledging people who are voting against us in our hour of need.”

The New York congressman has been particularly critical of Republicans who voted against hurricane relief for the state but visit for fundraising. The New York Republican State Committee dinner invitation says Cruz is “appearing at this event only as a featured guest,” not fundraising for himself. The blunt-talking Texas senator is a rising star on the GOP circuit. He says he voted against the Sandy relief bill because it including spending for other unrelated programs. Cruz and Cornyn did urge federal assistance when the West fertilizer plant exploded.

Source: http://trailblazersblog.dallasnews.com/2013/05/new-york-congressman-boycotts-gop-dinner-because-ted-cruz-will-be-there.html/

TexasTowelie

(111,304 posts)
3. You're welcome.
Tue May 28, 2013, 06:17 PM
May 2013

I'm sorry that you have to suffer with Teddy though (although it raises the average IQ in Texas).

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