{"id":1040996,"date":"2021-11-21T16:44:57","date_gmt":"2021-11-21T21:44:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1040996"},"modified":"2021-11-21T16:45:05","modified_gmt":"2021-11-21T21:45:05","slug":"cruz-on-why-hes-blocking-biden-nominees-trying-to-get-biden-to-stop-surrendering-to-our-enemies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/cruz-on-why-hes-blocking-biden-nominees-trying-to-get-biden-to-stop-surrendering-to-our-enemies\/","title":{"rendered":"Cruz On Why He\u2019s Blocking Biden Nominees: Trying To Get Biden To Stop \u2018Surrendering To Our Enemies\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">34<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fcruz-on-why-hes-blocking-biden-nominees-trying-to-get-biden-to-stop-surrendering-to-our-enemies%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1040996&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) said on Sunday that he is blocking some of President Joe Biden\u2019s nominees from being confirmed in the Senate because Biden is weak in dealing with America\u2019s enemies.<\/p>\n<p>When asked by CBS \u201cFace The Nation\u201d host Margaret Brennan if he was playing politics with national security, Cruz responded, \u201cWell, actually quite the opposite, I\u2019m trying to get President Biden to stop acquiescing and surrendering to our enemies.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn China, I introduced an amendment to say that we should not purchase any green vehicles or solar panels made with slave labor in communist China in concentration camps. Every Democrat but Joe Manchin voted against it,\u201d Cruz said. \u201cOn Russia, one of the first things Joe Biden did was surrender to Vladimir Putin on Nord Stream two. He gave Putin a multi-billion-dollar pipeline, a pipeline that we had stopped. I had authored bipartisan sanctions legislation. Democrats and Republicans overwhelmingly supported my legislation, and we killed that pipeline dead. Joe Biden came in and surrendered. It is, Margaret, I believe, a generational geopolitical mistake. If this pipeline is allowed to go online, it will give billions of dollars to Russia. They will use it for military aggression against America and our allies. It will undermine European security, American security, and it enriches Russia. And Biden simply surrendered to Putin. That was a mistake.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAnd so I place the hold on these nominees in order to try to pressure Biden to follow the law,\u201d Cruz continued. \u201cI\u2019ll lift it when he follows the law. And in fact, I\u2019ve suggested a simple, reasonable compromise which, as I\u2019ve said, I will lift many of the holds if he simply triggers under a law called CAATSA, which is a Russian sanctions law passed with overwhelming bipartisan support. Under CAATSA, he could list Nord Stream 2 AG, which is the umbrella company for Nord Stream, and then delist it. That would solve his political objective of surrendering to Putin, but it would trigger an automatic congressional override veto. I\u2019ve said if they trigger the override veto, the vote, then I\u2019ll lift the hold. But the reason Biden doesn\u2019t want to do that is he knows, he fears he will lose the vote in Congress because his policy of surrendering to Russia is indefensible.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>WATCH:<\/p>\n<p> <iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Cruz says there&#039;s reason to be &quot;deeply, deeply skeptical&quot; about tennis star Peng Shuai&#039;s reappear\u2026\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/d_bUhmdOGjc?start=315&#038;feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe> <\/p>\n<p>TRANSCRIPT PROVIDED VIA CBS NEWS:<\/p>\n<p><em>MARGARET BRENNAN: I want to ask you about your blocking a number of President Biden\u2019s nominees to national security<\/p>\n<p><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) said on Sunday that he is blocking some of President Joe Biden\u2019s nominees from being confirmed in the Senate because Biden is weak in dealing with America\u2019s enemies.When asked by CBS \u201cFace The Nation\u201d host Margaret Brennan if he was playing politics with national security, Cruz responded, \u201cWell, actually quite the opposite, I\u2019m trying to get President Biden to stop acquiescing and surrendering to our enemies.\u201d\u201cIn China, I introduced an amendment to say that we should not purchase any green vehicles or solar panels made with slave labor in communist China in concentration camps. Every Democrat but Joe Manchin voted against it,\u201d Cruz said. \u201cOn Russia, one of the first things Joe Biden did was surrender to Vladimir Putin on Nord Stream two. He gave Putin a multi-billion-dollar pipeline, a pipeline that we had stopped. I had authored bipartisan sanctions legislation. Democrats and Republicans overwhelmingly supported my legislation, and we killed that pipeline dead. Joe Biden came in and surrendered. It is, Margaret, I believe, a generational geopolitical mistake. If this pipeline is allowed to go online, it will give billions of dollars to Russia. They will use it for military aggression against America and our allies. It will undermine European security, American security, and it enriches Russia. And Biden simply surrendered to Putin. That was a mistake.\u201d\u201cAnd so I place the hold on these nominees in order to try to pressure Biden to follow the law,\u201d Cruz continued. \u201cI\u2019ll lift it when he follows the law. And in fact, I\u2019ve suggested a simple, reasonable compromise which, as I\u2019ve said, I will lift many of the holds if he simply triggers under a law called CAATSA, which is a Russian sanctions law passed with overwhelming bipartisan support. Under CAATSA, he could list Nord Stream 2 AG, which is the umbrella company for Nord Stream, and then delist it. That would solve his political objective of surrendering to Putin, but it would trigger an automatic congressional override veto. I\u2019ve said if they trigger the override veto, the vote, then I\u2019ll lift the hold. But the reason Biden doesn\u2019t want to do that is he knows, he fears he will lose the vote in Congress because his policy of surrendering to Russia is indefensible.\u201dWATCH:[embedded content]TRANSCRIPT PROVIDED VIA CBS NEWS:MARGARET BRENNAN: I want to ask you about your blocking a number of President Biden\u2019s nominees to national security posts. The White House said it\u2019s an unprecedented effort of obstruction. Sen. Murphy said, \u201ctalking to you it\u2019s like dealing with a terrorist.\u201d Aren\u2019t you playing politics with national security?SEN. CRUZ: Well, actually quite the opposite, I\u2019m trying to get President Biden to stop acquiescing and surrendering to our enemies. In China, I introduced an amendment to say that we should not purchase any green vehicles or solar panels made with slave labor in communist China in concentration camps. Every Democrat but Joe Manchin voted against it. On Russia, one of the first things Joe Biden did was surrender to Vladimir Putin on Nord Stream two. He gave Putin a multi-billion-dollar pipeline, a pipeline that we had stopped. I had authored bipartisan sanctions legislation. Democrats and Republicans overwhelmingly supported my legislation, and we killed that pipeline dead. Joe Biden came in and surrendered. It is Margaret, I believe, a generational geopolitical mistake. If this pipeline is allowed to go online, it will give billions of dollars to Russia. They will use it for military aggression against America and our allies. It will undermine European security, American security, and it enriches Russia. And Biden simply surrendered to Putin. That was a mistake. And so I place the hold on these nominees in order to try to pressure Biden to follow the law\u2013MARGARET BRENNAN: When will you lift it?SEN. CRUZ: \u2013to follow the law. I\u2019ll lift it when he follows the law. And in fact, I\u2019ve suggested a simple, reasonable compromise which, as I\u2019ve said, I will lift many of the holds if he simply triggers under a law called CAATSA, which is a Russian sanctions law passed with overwhelming bipartisan support. Under CAATSA, he could list Nord Stream 2 AG, which is the umbrella company for Nord Stream, and then delist it. That would solve his political objective of surrendering to Putin, but it would trigger an automatic congressional override veto. I\u2019ve said if they trigger the override veto, the vote, then I\u2019ll lift the hold. But the reason Biden doesn\u2019t want to do that is he knows, he fears he will lose the vote in Congress because his policy of surrendering to Russia is indefensible.The Daily Wire is one of America\u2019s fastest-growing conservative media companies and counter-cultural outlets for news, opinion, and entertainment. 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