The Hill: Cruz turns to Roman orations to bash Obama immigration order
Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) turned to the Roman orations of Cicero to bash President Obama's coming executive order on immigration Thursday.
He took to the floor of the Senate and delivered a speech that included one of Cicero's most famous addresses, subbing in Obama's name.
"When, President Obama, do you mean to cease abusing our patience? How long is that madness of yours still to mock us? When is there to be an end to that unbridled audacity of yours, swaggering about as it does now?" he said, using the beginning of Cicero's First Oration Against Catiline.
By substituting Obama's name for Catiline's, Cruz compared the president to a figure who sought to violently overthrow the Roman republic.
His speech comes hours before the president is expected to offer temporary legal status to millions of illegal immigrants and reform the immigration system by executive order.
