Ted Cruz says Republicans in the Senate need to block Loretta Lynch as long as the President acts unconstitutionally

Cruz says that GOP Senate must block almost all Obama nominees starting with AG Designate Lynch as a response to the President’s unconstitutional acts  —  the Amnesty Order in particular

Cruz pointed out that Lynch supports the President’s unconstitutional policies and practices on immigration

GOP House Speaker Boehner had called on Ted Cruz and Jeff Sessions to lead the fight and push back against Obama’s immigration policies in the U.S. Senate

Politico is reporting that “Texas Sen[ator] Ted Cruz is demanding that Republicans block the nomination of Loretta Lynch as attorney general until President Barack Obama relents on his immigration policies....” (See “Cruz: Block Lynch until Obama blinks on immigration” by Manu Raju, 2/3/15, Politico [http://www.politico.com/story/2015/02/ted-cruz-block-loretta-lynch-114863.html]).

The article on the internet magazine goes on to say that Cruz, a likely presidential candidate, said in an interview earlier today that Republicans should use “every procedural tool” to block Obama’s efforts to stop the deportations of roughly 5 million undocumented immigrants; and that the Texas Senator called on the GOP-led Senate Judiciary Committee to block Loretta Lynch’s  nomination and for Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell to deny her a confirmation vote on the floor.

CRUZ NOTES THAT LYNCH SAID SHE WOULD IMPLEMENT UNCONSTITUTIONAL ORDERS

Cruz said this in an interview with Politico in the Capitol: “For several months now, I have called on the Senate majority leader to halt confirmations of every nominee executive and judicial, other than vital national security positions, unless or until the president rescinds his unconstitutional amnesty....  We have an opportunity in front of us right now with Loretta Lynch – a nominee for attorney general — who has fully embraced and flat-out promised to implement the unconstitutional amnesty.”

HOUSE SPEAKER BOEHNER CALLS ON CERTAIN SENATORS TO BLOCK OBAMA IN THE SENATE

Politico’s report of Senator Ted Cruz’ statements included this additional observation  “At a Tuesday news conference, House Speaker John Boehner singled out Cruz and Sen. Jeff Sessions (R-Ala.), another immigration hard-liner, calling on them to lead the Senate push to block Obama’s executive action. *** ‘It’s time for Sen. Cruz and Sen. Sessions and Senate Republicans and Senate Democrats to stand with the American people and to block the president’s actions,’ Boehner said.”