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The Texas Tribune
The Texas Tribune
National
Sejal Govindarao

After border bill fiasco, Sen. Ted Cruz calls for Republican leader Mitch McConnell’s replacement


WASHINGTON — U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz lashed out at his party’s leader in the Senate this week over his frustration with the chamber’s ill-fated bipartisan border security and foreign aid bill, once again calling for Minority Leader Mitch McConnell to be ousted.

The junior senator from Texas declared it’s time for McConnell to go at a Tuesday news conference with six of his conservative Senate colleagues.

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