GOP Sen. Cruz calls for McConnell to step down, Vance declares border bill 'unadulterated bulls---'
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Group of Senate Republicans railed against the bipartisan border bill Tuesday afternoon and placed partial blame on Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., for not "walking away" from the deal.
Jamie Joseph is a writer who covers politics. She leads Fox News Digital coverage of the Senate.
Other GOP senators in attendance — including Sens. JD Vance, R-Ohio, Ron Johnson, R-Wisc., Eric Schmitt, R-Mo, Roger Marshall, R-Kansas, Mike Lee, R-Utah, Rick Scott, R-Fla., — agreed Tuesday afternoon in a press conference that McConnell, R-Ky, should have "walked away" from the border agreement, which they argue expands President Biden's power and does not fully close the border.
"We're not committing ourselves to voting for this thing just because we entered the negotiation, and you hear this from some of our leadership – and hopefully they will stop – the idea that we committed to supporting whatever came out of this negotiation is pure, unadulterated bulls---," said Vance, one of Congress' loudest critics against Ukraine assistance.
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