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Cruz was elected as a member of the Senate in 2012. Beginning on September 24, 2013, Cruz gave a 21-hour speech on the Senate floor against [[Obamacare]]. The speech greatly boosted his national profile and led to denunciations from the [[liberal media]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2013/09/25/opinion/the-embarrassment-of-senator-ted-cruz.html |title=The embarrassment of Senator Ted Cruz|publisher=''New York Times'' website|date=September 24, 2013}}  See [[New York Times]]</ref> His arguments at the time that once ObamaCare was fully implemented, it would be impossible to repeal it, were shown accurate when the GOP had serious trouble agreeing to a repeal-and-replace plan in 2017.<ref>York, Bryan (June 29, 2017). [https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/byron-york-when-ted-cruz-gop-saw-troubled-future-of-obamacare-repeal/article/2627403 Byron York: When Ted Cruz, GOP saw troubled future of Obamacare repeal]. ''Washington Examiner''. Retrieved June 29, 2017.</ref>

Cruz was elected as a member of the Senate in 2012. Beginning on September 24, 2013, Cruz gave a 21-hour speech on the Senate floor against [[Obamacare]]. The speech greatly boosted his national profile and led to denunciations from the [[liberal media]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2013/09/25/opinion/the-embarrassment-of-senator-ted-cruz.html |title=The embarrassment of Senator Ted Cruz|publisher=''New York Times'' website|date=September 24, 2013}}  See [[New York Times]]</ref> His arguments at the time that once ObamaCare was fully implemented, it would be impossible to repeal it, were shown accurate when the GOP had serious trouble agreeing to a repeal-and-replace plan in 2017.<ref>York, Bryan (June 29, 2017). [https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/byron-york-when-ted-cruz-gop-saw-troubled-future-of-obamacare-repeal/article/2627403 Byron York: When Ted Cruz, GOP saw troubled future of Obamacare repeal]. ''Washington Examiner''. Retrieved June 29, 2017.</ref>

In 2019, Cruz allied himself with far-left members of Congress including [[Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez]].<ref>Pappas, Alex (July 21, 2019). [https://www.foxnews.com/politics/ted-cruz-progressive-hero-texan-defies-hardliner-image-with-aoc-cooperation-and-more Ted Cruz, progressive hero? Texan defies hard-liner image with AOC cooperation and more]. ''Fox News''. Retrieved July 21, 2019.</ref>

In 2019, Cruz reached out to a far-left member of Congress [[Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez]]. Cruz indicated that he would be willing to work with Cortez to support a lifetime ban on former Members of Congress becoming lobbyists and passing a bill that would make birth control available over the counter.<ref>Pappas, Alex (July 21, 2019). [https://www.foxnews.com/politics/ted-cruz-progressive-hero-texan-defies-hardliner-image-with-aoc-cooperation-and-more Ted Cruz, progressive hero? Texan defies hard-liner image with AOC cooperation and more]. ''Fox News''. Retrieved January 15, 2021.</ref>

==Campaigns financed by substantial pro-[[homosexual]] donations==

==Campaigns financed by substantial pro-[[homosexual]] donations==