Cruz: McConnell Should Step Down As Minority Leader

Fox News reports:

Sen. Ted Cruz doubled down Tuesday on his call for fresh leadership, saying the Senate’s crafting of its border bill has been a disaster from its inception. Cruz told Fox News that by calculating the amount of illegal immigrants permitted per day through the law it portrayed Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, Sen. James Lankford, and other GOP proponents to be comfortable with a large proportionality of President Biden’s current border crisis figures.

McConnell, who has most recently appeared to admit defeat on the legislation, deadpanned to reporters when asked about Cruz saying “I think it is” time for him to step down: “I think we can all agree that Senator Cruz is not a fan [of mine].” At the press conference where Cruz made his initial remarks, he claimed the other senators surrounding him at the time are supportive of leadership changes.

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