Sep 29
WASHINGTON — Throughout the budget showdown, the mantra of tea party Republicans, led by Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas), has been “make DC listen.”
On Twitter, the Senate floor and in repeated interviews on Capitol Hill and on Fox News, Republicans have stressed their connection to the people and small-d democracy.
“I just think you saw members who said, ‘Look, let’s just do what we all know needs to be done and frankly what the American people want to see done,'” said Rep. Jim Jordan (R-Ohio), a conservative wing leader, after this weekend’s critical House GOP meeting.
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