Cruz: McConnell Lied, Cannot be Trusted

Republican Sen. Ted Cruz has accused Mitch McConnell, the Senate Majority leader and his GOP leader, of lying.

The presidential candidate and Texas lawmaker lobbed the extraordinary accusation in a speech on the Senate floor Friday.

Cruz said McConnell lied about how he would handle a vote to renew a federal lending institution. The tea party favorite said what McConnell told every Republican senator and the media weeks ago was a simple lie.

A spokesman said McConnell would have no response. The majority leader was not on the Senate floor when Cruz issued his blistering attack.