Cruz: We Forced Filibuster Because No One Read Bill

Yesterday afternoon the U.S. Senate voted 68-31 to begin debate on a compromise gun control measure that would greatly expand the current background check system for potential firearm owners after a tough week of political back and forth and a failed Republican attempt at filibuster.

After the vote sailed through with significant Republican support, Senator Cruz and two of his liberty minded comrades in the distinguished chamber released a statement last night condemning the Senate's action based on the presumed notion they voted to debate the bill without first reading it.

Which has to be the stupidest reasoning for condemning a motion to proceed in the history of the Senate, because lets face it: when the Senate votes to debate a piece of legislation, they are essentially voting for several days, or weeks, of feverish political debate followed by amendments and then a final vote, and it's guaranteed that almost every portion of the bill will be discussed in one form or another.

So yeah... Maybe they haven't read the Toomey-Manchin provision word for word, but their voting in order to engage in a weeks long debate over the merits of the legislation and to learn the pros and cons of the bill, thus not fully digesting the legislation's content beforehand really is no excuse to delay debate, as America is, has and always will be a democratic republic.

Sorry Senator Cruz, but just because you do not favor the legislation, such as I and millions of Americans also don't, one party does not have the right to filibuster debate and then complain about the results later on.

What say you?