Ted Cruz
Who is Ted Cruz
Rafael Edward Cruz (; born December 22, 1970) is an American politician and attorney serving as the junior United States senator for Texas since 2013. A member of the Republican Party, Cruz served as Solicitor General of Texas from 2003 to 2008.
After graduating from Princeton University and Harvard Law School, Cruz pursued a career in politics. He worked as a policy advisor in the George W. Bush administration before serving as Solicitor General of Texas from 2003 to 2008. In 2012, Cruz was elected to the U.S. Senate, becoming the first Hispanic-American to serve as a U.S. senator from Texas. In the Senate, Cruz has taken consistently conservative positions on economic and social policy; he played a leading role in the 2013 United States federal government shutdown, seeking to fo...
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My dad came from Cuba when he was a teenager not speaking English. And I grew up here speaking Spanglish. That's the world in which I grew up, and that's a world in which a lot of second generation immigrants find themselves.
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Look, I think Hispanic community - the values that resonate in our community are fundamentally conservative. They are faith, family and patriotism.
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I think the Hispanic community, the values that resonate in our community, are fundamentally conservative. They are faith, family, patriotism.
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I think Hispanic community - the values that resonate in our community are fundamentally conservative. They are faith, family and patriotism. Do you know the rate of military enlistment among Hispanics is higher than any demographic in this country? And they are also hard work and responsibility.
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I'll tell you, in my life I've never once have seen a Hispanic panhandler, because in our community, it would be viewed as shameful to be out on the street begging. Those are all conservative values - faith, family, hard work, responsibility.
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- Rpsagainsttrump: michael luttig, a conservative former federal judge (and ted cruz's mentor!) on trump: if "he's not prosecuted for january 6, i will believe that's a great disservice to democracy and to the rule of law in america."
- Dadbodpolitics: in 2016 gop candidates spent more time attacking marco rubio and ted cruz instead of trump, because they liked the media attention trump brought. ignoring trump allowed him to win with a low percentage of votes. haley/ramaswamy are either trump plants or politically illiterate.
- Matthewchoi2018: ted cruz says on his podcast "hell yes" dhs sec. alejandro mayorkas should get impeached, saying he is "causing death and suffering."
- Avengerresister: for every school mass shooting death, we should send a body bag to ted cruz, josh hawley, and everyone on the nra list.
- Salon: ted cruz slammed for "revolting" hearing claim: "you’re willing to let children be raped"
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