BREAKING : Ted Cruz Teams up with Trump and Introduces a Constitutional Amendment for Term Limits
Senator Ted Cruz just made a BOLD move to help Donald Trump #DrainTheSwamp in D.C.
They were bitter primary enemies, but it seems the wounds have healed between Trump and Cruz.
Sen. Ted Cruz is joining in the effort to drain the swamp by introducing a constitutional amendment for TERM LIMITS that will help Trump in a YUGE WAY!
From the Washington Examiner:
Sen. Ted Cruz announced Friday that he will introduce a constitutional amendment to limit the number of terms members of the Senate and the House of Representatives can serve.
Cruz, along with Rep. Ron DeSantis, R-Fla., made the announcement in an op-ed in the Washington Post, and said their plan is a great way to implement President-elect Trump’s plan to “drain the swamp.” The proposal would limit members of the Senate to two terms, while members of the House would be limited to three terms in office.
“On Election Day, the American people made a resounding call to ‘drain the swamp’ that is modern Washington. Yet on Capitol Hill, we seem mired in the same cycle of complacency,” wrote the pair of conservative lawmakers. “The game hasn’t changed, and the players remain the same. Thankfully, there’s a solution available that, while stymied by the permanent political class, enjoys broad public support.”
“Passing term limits will demonstrate that Congress has actually heard the voice of the people,” they wrote. “We believe that the rise of political careerism in modern Washington is a drastic departure from what the founders intended of our federal governing bodies. To effectively ‘drain the swamp,’ we believe it is past time to enact term limits for Congress.”
Cruz and DeSantis argued that term limits would also “change the calculus” of those who serve in Congress, and said it would open more more roles in leadership and break up the “permanent political class” on Capitol Hill.
Trump made the call for congressional term limits not long before his Nov. 8 general election triumph over Hillary Clinton, and used it as part of the “drain the swamp” moniker that he used throughout the final weeks of his campaign.
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Not only term limits, but states should pay their wages too. And their lifelong golden parachute retirements. Sheese, There’s a reason that students don’t grade their own papers. There’s a reason defendants don’t sentence themselves, there’s a reason the state department doesn’t get to investigate itself to determine whether or not it made errors in Benghazi.
The congress will never pass it. Put it on the ballot for the American people to vote on.
I’d be willing to bet that the American people already voted on it when they voted for POTUS, but if a special election is needed, then do it. Yeah, I have some doubt as to whether Congress would vote to pass an Amendment that said they could only hold their gravy job for a few years.
they will pass it.
“Constitutional Amendment”? The Constitution is a document of such high order that all, and any, American should think long and hard before contemplating alteration. Seems sound that legislation would be preferable. Hands off the Constitution on this issue.
This would not alter the Constitution, but AMEND it. It would also take 38 states to ratify it if passed by both houses of Congress.
Good move, but don’t drop the Convention of States just yet. “We the People” have more work to do! Congressional compensation, benefits and jurisdiction along with campaign finance reform.
Congress heard the people speak may many times.mind you there was many days between the election and now, it’s the same, they are just finagling around to suit them the best! Cruz, you and your wife will always be globalist and what you did to Trump during and after convention was horrible and what you are capable of! Trump will be re elected in 2020! Ryan looks faker than a 2 dollar bill, he can’t hide it! I can’t believe all you guys allowed such destruction of our country being a ?? Constitutionalist??, whatever. You guys wanted the most corrupt sharia law instigate to force on our kids! Trashed our soldiers. All while YOU WERE THERE! YES YOU HAD HELP! FAKE RYAN, BAT SHXX CRAZY GRAHAM, MR. VET HIMSELF MCCAIN.? Guess that can’t help Americans, And it never will be good enough for American that need someone for them not to take the money and run like selfish gloaters! We don’t you, or want you! Thanks to Trump in a few months try to start a business. Because of you guys and your strangulation regulations it killed all Americans business, but you seem to care about your money! Not ours!
Why is Grammar so difficult for Trump-Humpers.
Considering the fact that Trump has people like Bob Corker, the one who drew up the green light agreement that allowed Obama to circumvent the Senate’s Treaty provisions in our Constitution, to be our next SOSTUS and is actually having conversations with Al Gore and others about the greatest hoax of the century (Global Warming), and you want to bitch about Ted Cruz?
Wow! You are a LEFTIST clown in Conservative clothing, just like your pimp, Trump.
P. S. ~ Learn how to express yourself in the English language and use proper grammar.
These Trump Humpers can never see the missteps of their messiah, Emperor Trump. It’s sick. Like the children chanting, “Obama, Obama, Obama…” following his being elected, Trump isnt even human. He is God in their eyes. He actually is their God.
Stupid is as stupid is.
Cruz was one of the ONLY Republicans who showed up at that convention. What is it about math too that you Trump Humpers dont get?
Second, Trump was told THREE DAYS IN ADVANCE THAT CRUZ WAS NOT GOING TO FORMALLY “ENDORSE” him. Sounds more like a setup on Trump’s part, dont cha’ think, silly little hillbilly girl?
Had a man trashed my entire family, as Trump did to Cruz, Trump is lucky it wasnt me. I would’ve ripped his throat out right there for the world to see.
Talk about “bat sh*t crazy”, you sound PRECISELY like all the Lefty’s who believe everything they read in the MSM press. Uh, yeah, that’s who helped propogate those narratives that you quaff down, just your pimp’s…
We love it; however, you can’t allow these morons to collect a big pension and benefit package for serving the time that they now will serve! You have to be careful; because, these people are professional thieves and they will figure out how to take advantage of it!