{"id":22860,"date":"2017-07-04T20:14:43","date_gmt":"2017-07-04T20:14:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/?p=22860"},"modified":"2017-07-04T20:42:26","modified_gmt":"2017-07-04T20:42:26","slug":"sen-cruz-crawls-into-the-belly-of-the-beast","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/?p=22860","title":{"rendered":"Sen. Cruz crawls into the belly of the beast"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"twitter-share\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?via=jkanelis\" class=\"twitter-share-button\">Tweet<\/a><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/2017_07_04_July_4_McAllen-18_DY_TT.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-22861\" src=\"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/2017_07_04_July_4_McAllen-18_DY_TT-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/2017_07_04_July_4_McAllen-18_DY_TT-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/2017_07_04_July_4_McAllen-18_DY_TT-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/2017_07_04_July_4_McAllen-18_DY_TT-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/2017_07_04_July_4_McAllen-18_DY_TT.jpg 1500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Ted Cruz deserves some high praise.<\/p>\n<p>The junior U.S. Republican senator from Texas came back home for the Fourth of July and ventured into the heart of the Loyal Opposition &#8212; where he got an earful from constituents about the Senate GOP plan to repeal the Affordable Care Act.<\/p>\n<p>Cruz went to McAllen, deep in the Rio Grande Valley and the base of one of the strongest bastions of Democratic voting loyalists in Texas.<\/p>\n<p>Cruz&#8217;s constituents told him point blank that they detest the Republican plan to replace the ACA with something concocted in secret, with no Democratic input.<\/p>\n<p>According to the Texas Tribune, Cruz took the criticism well.\u00a0&#8220;Isn&#8217;t freedom wonderful?&#8221; Cruz said shortly after taking the stage. &#8220;Think about it: In much of the world, if protesters showed up, they would face violent government oppression. In America, we&#8217;ve got something different.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Yes, we do, senator.<\/p>\n<p>With so many of his Republican colleagues forgoing direct communication with their constituents, I want to applaud Sen. Cruz for listening to their complaints.<\/p>\n<p>Will he act on what he hears? I&#8217;m not holding my breath for that to happen. I do applaud him nevertheless for stepping into the line of fire.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.texastribune.org\/2017\/07\/04\/cruz-gets-earful-mcallen-july-4\/\">Read the Tribune story here.<\/a><\/p>\n\n<div class=\"twitter-share\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?via=jkanelis\" class=\"twitter-share-button\">Tweet<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ted Cruz deserves some high praise. 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