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Bill O'Reilly: OK for Cruz to Pull GOP Further Right

Tuesday, 24 Sep 2013 07:25 AM

By Greg Richter

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Sen. Ted Cruz, under attack by members of his own party, has a right to try to move the GOP toward a more conservative position, Fox News Channel's Bill O'Reilly says.

Cruz wants to be the leader of the Republican Party, and he doesn't like the way it's being run, O'Reilly said Monday on "The O'Reilly Factor."

"He thinks it's far too liberal, and it's not in-your-face enough, not confrontational," O'Reilly said. "So he's breaking away from the consensus middle to stake out his own area that he's going to be the leader."

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Cruz wants to be president and re-energize the tea party movement, O'Reilly said. "He wants people to coalesce around his view of the country. There's nothing wrong with that."

O'Reilly asked guest Karl Rove why mainstream Republicans don't debate Cruz rather than attack him. "Win the debate, that's what it's all about."

The Republican strategist Rove, who is one of Cruz's critics,  said the problem is that Cruz doesn't debate. Cruz's fellow senators complain to Rove that they have no idea what his plans are until he makes public statements.

"His fellow senators don't know where he's coming from," Rove said.

O'Reilly continued with what he called his defense of Cruz. He said the tea party won big in 2010, but failed miserably in 2012.

"You gotta win if you want to dismantle Obamacare," O'Reilly said. "Cruz may be the guy to take the tea party up again."

"Well, we'll see," Rove answered.



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Sen-Elect Cruz Applauds Rep. Gohmert’s Proposal for a Flatter, Fairer Tax System

December 4, 2012

WASHINGTON, DC — While many in the nation’s capital are pressing hard for billions in new tax hikes, U.S. Sen.-elect Ted Cruz (R-TX) today praised U.S. Rep. Louie Gohmert (R-TX) for proposing a dramatically simplified, pro-growth tax system. Gohmert’s flat tax plan was announced at a press conference featuring supply-side leaders Art Laffer and Steve Forbes.

“A flat tax is an ideal antidote to the short-sighted Washington drive to raise tax rates,” said Cruz. “Virtually every school of economics agrees that higher taxes would reduce growth and increase the chances of another recession, and yet that is precisely what the Beltway establishment is pushing for. Without increased economic growth, our Nation will continue to struggle under high deficits and, even more importantly, middle-income workers will continue to struggle to find jobs and better wages.”

“Jack Kemp’s tax cut proposal in 1978 gave Americans a striking remedy for that era’s disastrous stagflation; three years later, under Reagan’s leadership, it passed into law and the economy boomed,” Cruz added. “Today, a flat tax presents a vital contrast to the current era’s obsession with high taxes, spending, deficits, and debt — all of which are frustrating economic growth and killing jobs.”

Sen.-elect Cruz has long advocated for fundamental tax reform such as a flat tax or Fair Tax. For more information, please visit www.tedcruz.org.

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