Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) mentioned he hopes whoever replaces Senate Minority Chief Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) atop the Senate GOP is somebody who will change “how the Senate operates.”
“I want to see a majority leader who changes how the Senate operates, who democratizes it more,” Cruz mentioned Sunday on Fox Information’s “Sunday Morning Futures.”
Cruz, who was essential of McConnell’s management, mentioned he’s instructed the three Republican candidates up for the job that he hopes they may conform to a “full and open amendment process” for thousand-page budgets.
That course of, Cruz mentioned, would permit every senator to have the flexibility to say “No, take that garbage out,” and it might “fundamentally change how the Senate operates.”
“At this point, I’m waiting to see if any of the leader candidates will make a commitment to allow … those full and open amendments,” he mentioned.
McConnell, 82, introduced in February that he would step down from his management place in November, ending his history-setting tenure because the longest-serving chief.
GOP Sens. John Thune (S.D.), John Cornyn (Texas) and Rick Scott (Fla.) have all introduced their intentions to switch McConnell. Senate Republicans are set to decide on McConnell’s successor subsequent week.
Cruz mentioned he thinks all three senators have an opportunity at changing into the chief, and he hopes they may enact change. The Texas senator slammed McConnell over how he has operated within the higher chamber.
“He’s basically behaved as a one-man dictator. I don’t think we want a leader who does that,” he mentioned. “I think when we win in November, and I believe we’re going to see a really good election, I think Trump’s going to win. I think we’re going to win a Republican Senate and Republican House. When that happens, we’ve got enormous work to do when that happens.”
Cruz is combating for his political life to maintain his Senate seat in Texas. He faces Democratic challenger Rep. Colin Allred and has a 3.2 share level lead in The Hill/Determination Desk HQ’s aggregation of polls.
Democrats are hopeful Allred will win and that they’ll keep their lead within the Senate.
