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(72,898 posts) Fri Oct 4, 2013, 08:42 AM Oct 2013

Report: Closed-Door GOP Meeting With Cruz Turned Into 'Lynch Mob' [View all]

Report: Closed-Door GOP Meeting With Cruz Turned Into 'Lynch Mob'

More details are emerging about Wednesday's closed-door meeting where Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) evidently received an earful from his Republican colleagues, with one senator describing what transpired as a "lynch mob."

A report published Friday by The New York Times shed more light on the private lunch, indicating that Sens. Kelly Ayotte (R-NH), Dan Coats (R-IN) and Ron Johnson (R-WI) blasted Cruz for leading the charge to block funding for the Affordable Care Act, a quixotic effort that led to the government shutdown.

According to the Times report, Ayotte demanded that Cruz renounce attacks directed at Republicans by an unnamed "conservative group." Politico reported earlier this week it was attacks levied by the Senate Conservatives Fund, the organization founded by former Sen. Jim DeMint (R-SC), that rankled Cruz's GOP colleagues.

According to the Times, Cruz did not disavow the attacks nor did he offer a strategy for the defunding effort, prompting Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) to join the criticism of the freshman senator.

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Report: Closed-Door GOP Meeting With Cruz Turned Into 'Lynch Mob' [View all] kpete Oct 2013 OP

That's right, blame the crazy guy for making over two hundred idiots..... Walk away Oct 2013 #1

Republicans can't govern THEMSELVES, let alone a nation. Allowed a freshman to lead themselves. Nuts Bernardo de La Paz Oct 2013 #41

BUt they didn't lynch him! So it was ineffective. SharonAnn Oct 2013 #62

Do you ever get the idea that Republicans don't actually know what a lynch mob is? el_bryanto Oct 2013 #2

We could only hope, done in by his compadres that would be awesome Katashi_itto Oct 2013 #3

Er, no. lapislzi Oct 2013 #4

Ok so letting the GOP murder 45,000 Americans is ok? Katashi_itto Oct 2013 #6

Nice straw man. lapislzi Oct 2013 #9

Cool! Likewise Katashi_itto Oct 2013 #10

I am thinking too fucking soon. FreedRadical Oct 2013 #46

Not exactly a lynching. A little tarring and feathering would be nice though. bklyncowgirl Oct 2013 #5

That would be nice too Katashi_itto Oct 2013 #7

you're absolutely right. pukes also don't know what BlancheSplanchnik Oct 2013 #19

I agree there's no real literal comparison to real lyching IrishAyes Oct 2013 #25

It's just their way of over-dramatizing their own "suffering" ... surrealAmerican Oct 2013 #29

Actually, they can't get that rope and tree out of their minds with Obama in office. Spitfire of ATJ Oct 2013 #53

It's more like they did this.... Spitfire of ATJ Oct 2013 #37

Exactly! RavensChick Oct 2013 #52

They liberalmike27 Oct 2013 #43

The Republican leadership ALLOWED Cruz to happen. MADem Oct 2013 #58

I was thinking that too! yuiyoshida Oct 2013 #44

Haha! I'm loving this! City Lights Oct 2013 #8

It's headed for an iceberg. IrishAyes Oct 2013 #26

I love the sound of republican infighting in the morning. GoCubsGo Oct 2013 #11

May be, but these moderate Republicans are not ready to solve the problem Mass Oct 2013 #12

If it passes the House, can the Senate R's still derail it? alfredo Oct 2013 #14

No, not if passed in identical terms. It has already passed the Senate, so it would go to Obama Mass Oct 2013 #15

I don't have much faith that the house can pass a clean CR. alfredo Oct 2013 #16

I agree, but we have to stop talking about moderate Republicans in this case. Mass Oct 2013 #17

A song just came to mind alfredo Oct 2013 #28

Ron Johnson is a slender reed blowing in the wind. He was with Cruz a month ago ... Scuba Oct 2013 #13

Is that Ron Johnson, Audio Consultant we're talking about? IveWornAHundredPants Oct 2013 #30

No, it's ("See what a smart businessman I am. I married the boss's daughter.") Sunspot Johnson,R-Wi. Scuba Oct 2013 #33

nice FT@RH reference nt arely staircase Oct 2013 #49

cruz wears stupidity as a badge of honor. nt Javaman Oct 2013 #18

Whee! And this party's going to have to nominate someone bluedeathray Oct 2013 #20

Let us know if they need some rope grantcart Oct 2013 #21

This is what comes from Obama standing his ground and not giving in one inch. Kablooie Oct 2013 #22

Then get the house gopers on board Iliyah Oct 2013 #23

He's their Frankenstein, they ought to be proud of what they created. Myrina Oct 2013 #24

They're not a thoughtful group. They're all fascist terrorists, every last one. IrishAyes Oct 2013 #27

One hopes they won't have the opportunity in the future. caseymoz Oct 2013 #34

why in the fuck did they follow him then? rurallib Oct 2013 #31

Lynch mob? Why not call it "A holocaust?" caseymoz Oct 2013 #32

He should be called out for that horrible comparison. Boomerproud Oct 2013 #35

A rich white man getting yelled at is exactly like a lynching. Orsino Oct 2013 #38

But according to Tweety Obama "met his match" with Ted Cruz. Spitfire of ATJ Oct 2013 #36

Ted Cruz is my hero... joeybee12 Oct 2013 #39

As I said on another thread, Cruz broke the Reagan commandment Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Oct 2013 #40

Oh that poor horse. He has a really ugly growth on his butt. Marie Marie Oct 2013 #42

WOW!!! JimboBillyBubbaBob Oct 2013 #61

They chose to follow him. Where is the 'Personal Responsibility' Party now? tomm2thumbs Oct 2013 #45

Right. All those lemmings who drank cocktails while they followed him over the cliff Squinch Oct 2013 #60

And Gawker *just* had an article on the overuse of "lynch mob"... nomorenomore08 Oct 2013 #47

The Republicans are Cornered bucolic_frolic Oct 2013 #48

Of course Cruz had no plan. He probably... Beartracks Oct 2013 #50

Ted Cruz has been pissing everybody in his own party off since January Warpy Oct 2013 #51

Neither McConnell nor Boehner is a leader. nyquil_man Oct 2013 #54

And, to think, there was a time when McConnell *was that guy. They've gone so far off the rails, silvershadow Oct 2013 #55

what is the plan ted? lead us out of this mess u made. Liberal_in_LA Oct 2013 #56

Don't anyone here kid yourself customerserviceguy Oct 2013 #57

Well someone has to be the Speaker of the House, and lead the GOP...... Rebellious Republican Oct 2013 #59