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Ted Cruz trolls House GOP leadership
The Texas senator's newest hire is being interpreted by some as a "huge slap in the face" to GOPers in the HouseELIAS ISQUITH
Continuing his courting of the Tea Party/activist wing of the GOP, Texas Sen. Ted Cruz announced on Monday that he had hired former Republican Study Committee Executive Director Paul Teller as his deputy chief of staff.
Teller was unceremoniously fired from the Republican Study Committee (RSC) in late 2013 for, allegedly, leaking sensitive information about ongoing budget negotiations between Rep. Paul Ryan and Sen. Patty Murray to outside conservative groups looking to sabotage the deal.
Rep. Steve Scalise, head of the RSC, announced at the time of Teller’s firing that the longtime GOP aide no longer had the full “trust” of the RSC staff and leadership.
Nevertheless, Cruz has brought Teller on to his staff, releasing a statement which called Teller “tireless” in his efforts to “advance conservative principles” and describing him as “a tremendous addition to our team.” Amanda Terkel of the Huffington Post describes Cruz’s move as a “huge slap in the face” to the leadership of the RSC.
more:
http://www.salon.com/2014/01/13/ted_cruz_trolls_house_gop_leadership/
