AS THE USS TEXAS GOES DOWN, SHIP’S OFFICER ME FIRST!! CRUZ TAKES THE FIRST LIFEBOAT FOR HIMSELF, HIS LUGGAGE AND PLENTY OF BLANKETS TO KEEP HIS CHAMPAGNE FROM FREEZING, AND PADDLES OFF TO A TROPICAL ISLAND, LEAVING DYING CHILDREN AND WOMEN BEHIND.
YOU ARE PEONS,
I THOUGHT YOU KNEW,
I AM BETTER THAN YOU!
Earlier this month, a group of GOP lawmakers led by[the COWARDLY ME FIRST!!] Texas Senator Ted Cruz put a hold on Joe Biden CIA pick William Burns’ confirmation over the administration’s perceived lack of tough action against Nord Stream 2. On Thursday, the State Department issued new sanctions threats against the joint Russian-European energy infrastructure project.
Senator Ted Cruz dropped his hold on the Senate confirmation of Biden CIA chief pick William Burns on Thursday after welcoming Secretary of State Antony Blinken’s threats of new restrictions against Nord Stream 2.
“I welcome today’s statement by Secretary Blinken, which reinforces to the international community that there is a bicameral, bipartisan, and whole of government commitment in the United States to stopping Putin’s Nord Stream 2 pipeline,” Cruz said in a statement.
“Entities that are engaged in work on Nord Stream 2 today now understand that they will face devastating sanctions unless the work stops immediately,” Cruz warned.
The senator’s comments followed remarks by Blinken earlier in the day that the US would take advantage of existing legislation to issue new sanctions against Nord Stream 2, with the secretary of state warning that “any entity involved in the Nord Stream 2 pipeline risks US sanctions and should immediately abandon work on the pipeline”.
For Cruz, Blinken’s remarks were sufficient to drop his campaign to delay the Senate confirmation of Burns and Brian McKeon, Biden’s choice for deputy secretary of state for management and resources. The lifting of the block prompted the Senate to confirm both nominees unanimously later Thursday.
However, the Texas senator promised to keep up the effort to block the nomination of Wendy Sherman, Biden’s pick for deputy secretary of state, “until the full sanctions mandated by Congress are in fact broadly imposed against the ships and companies critical to completing the pipeline”.
MORE CRUZ’S COWARDLY HYPOCRISY:
https://sputniknews.com/business/202103191082391812-cruz-drops-hold-on-bidens-cia-pick-as-blinken-threatens-nord-stream-2-with-new-sanctions/