The establishment Republicans are on an uncontrollable downward spiral, putting the traditional two-party system in grave jeopardy. It follows the revelation by Eric Cantor this week that the existence of a GOP alternative to Obamacare was a complete farce.

In the aftermath of the devastating defeat of the “skinny repeal” bill, Texas Senator Ted Cruz said that the consequences of the GOP’s inability to put forth a viable alternative are devastating, and that his colleagues will have to face the music as they head back to their constituencies.

In some of the sharpest language to date on the GOP fallout, Cruz issued a dire warning to his own party.

From Real Clear Politics:

“There are going to be a great many Americans who tonight feel a sense of betrayal. Feel a sense of betrayal that politicians stood up and made a promise,” Cruz said.

“I tell you this, if you stand up and campaign and say, we’re going to repeal Obamacare and you vote for Obamacare, those are not consistent,” Cruz said. “And the American people are entirely justified in saying, any politician who told me that and voted the other way, didn’t tell me the truth. They lied to me.”

“You know, Senators are going to go home the next few weeks. They’re going to go home to their states. And they’re going to face their constituents. They’re going to have hard questions of people who look them in the eyes and say, ‘Why did you lie to me?'” Cruz said.

Cruz said Republicans, and perhaps even Democrats, will return after the summer recess, after they face constituents, and vote differently to honor their campaign promise on Obamacare.

“I believe we’ll come back after all of the victory laps by the Democrats, all of the media exultations, I believe we will come back and we will honor our promise,” Cruz said.

As long as there is breath in my body, I will be fighting for the working men and women of this country that have been hurt by Obamacare, and I believe it will be repealed. No party can remain in power by lying to the American people. And I hope and pray that our party doesn’t try to do that …

There is no question that the Democrats have received an extraordinary gift, one that may very well propel them to sweeping victories in the upcoming mid-term election. The GOP will need to do everything imaginable to honor their promise to repeal and replace Obama. At this point, it might take a miracle.

[Note: This article was written by Zachary Smith]