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Ted Cruz: ‘I don’t trust the Republicans’

On Wednesday afternoon, while speaking on the Senate floor, Tea Party darling and freshman Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) declared that he does not trust the Republican leadership to properly handle budget negotiations on the next Congressional showdown regarding the budget ceiling, nor does he trust the Democrats. The contentious arch-conservative…

McCain: Syrians will ‘take revenge’ on the U.S. for not attacking

Arizona Sen. John McCain (R) on Sunday warned that current U.S. foreign policy could have negative consequences for years because the Syrian people would “take revenge” if the United States decided not to take military action to oust President Bashar Hafez al-Assad. During an interview on NBC’s Meet the Press,…

McCain refuses to drop immigrant slur: ‘I’ll continue to call it illegal’

Arizona Sen. John McCain (R-AZ) on Monday vowed to continue to use the slur “illegal” to refer to undocumented immigrants. At a town hall meeting in Phoenix, a 25-year-old dreamer asked the former Republican presidential nominee to “please drop the i-word,” according to The Arizona Republic. “Someone who crosses our…

McCain: LGBT protections for immigrants is like taxpayer-funded ‘free abortions’

Arizona Sen. John McCain (R) says that it would be a mistake to provide protections for bi-national same sex couples in a comprehensive immigration reform bill because it is as controversial as guaranteeing a “free abortion” to taxpayers. During a discussion about immigration reform on Tuesday, Politico’s Mike Allen asked…