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WASHINGTON (AP) _ Republican Sen. Ted Cruz has accused Mitch McConnell, the Senate Majority leader and his GOP leader, of lying.
The presidential candidate and Texas lawmaker lobbed the extraordinary accusation in a speech on the Senate floor Friday.
Cruz said McConnell lied about how he would handle a vote to renew a federal lending institution. The tea party favorite said what McConnell told every Republican senator and the media weeks ago was a simple lie.
A spokesman said McConnell would have no response. The majority leader was not on the Senate floor when Cruz issued his blistering attack.
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Click below for Rush Limbaugh’s interview with Ted Cruz, as heard Friday afternoon on WTAW: