Cruz on McConnell’s substitute: I need a ‘chief who adjustments how the Senate operates’

Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) stated he hopes whoever replaces Senate Minority Chief Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) atop the Senate GOP is somebody who will change “how the Senate operates.”

Cruz, who was vital of McConnell’s management, stated he’s instructed the three Republican candidates up for the job that he hopes they are going to conform to a “full and open amendment process” for thousand-page budgets.

That course of, Cruz stated, would enable every senator to have the flexibility to say “No, take that garbage out,” and it will “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 stated.

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 interchange McConnell. Senate Republicans are set to decide on McConnell’s successor subsequent week.

Cruz stated he thinks all three senators have an opportunity at turning into the chief, and he hopes they are going to 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 stated. “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.

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