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GOP vs. GOP Compilation Thread
Their sacred rule to speak no ill of one another is at least temporarily on hold. Before everything gets lost in our collective memories, let's compile a list of all the quotes from GOP legislators AND their supporters blaming not the whole Congress, but Sen. Cruz, the Tea Party Republicans specifically, and/or Republicans generally. (The holidays are approaching and I'm sure I'm not the only one who wants a long list of rebuttals to the "they're equally to blame" crap.)
No other comments and SOURCES please!
I'll start:
Peter King, Republican Congressman (October 16, 2013):
"I think it's important for people in the Republican Party around the country not to just come in at the end and say, 'Congress was dysfunctional,' or 'Congress screwed up.' That's too easy to do," King said. "Say who it was. Because it wasn't Congress."
http://www.capitalnewyork.com/article/politics/2013/10/8534689/pete-king-calls-republican-war-ted-cruz