Sen. Ted Cruz basked in Speaker John Boehner’s (R-Ohio) resignation announcement on Monday, saying that Republicans had failed to deliver on any of their electoral promises under his leadership.

Speaking Friday at the Values Voter Summit in Washington, Cruz learned of Boehner’s resignation announcement from reporters while standing at a lectern during a press conference on religious liberty.

“I have long said leadership decisions are decisions to be made by the House, but I have also long called on Republican leadership … to actually stand up and honor the commitments that we made to the American people,” Cruz said.

“There’s a frustration across this country,” he said. “It’s not complicated to understand why. Every election Republicans promise to fight for American principles, and then the day after the election we come to Washington and we don’t fight for any of the principles we said we’d fight for.”

Read the article “Ted Cruz Basks in News of John Boehner’s Resignation” on thehill.com.