Pat Roberts Threatens to 'Shut Down the Senate' if Obama Moves Gitmo Terrorists to U.S.

Photo Credit: APSen. Pat Roberts (R-KS) is threatening to “shut down the Senate” if President Obama uses executive power to close the detention facility at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba and bring its terrorist prisoners to the U.S.

“I stopped him once from trying to send a Gitmo terrorist to [Fort] Leavenworth. I shall do it again, I shall do it again and if he tries it again I will shut down the Senate,” Roberts said Friday in Topeka, according to The Hill.

Roberts, who is facing a tight reelection race against Independent Greg Orman, told reporters that he would filibuster on the Senate floor for hours, in the same manner Ted Cruz did to protest Obamacare last year.

“Once you get control of the floor you just don’t leave it. Ted Cruz did that with regard to ObamaCare. If necessary, I’ll do it with terrorists,” he said, according to The Hill’s report.

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