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In prior elections, Cruz has been supported by the [[Tea Party movement]], [[Tea Party Express]], [[Club for Growth]], [[FreedomWorks]], Erick Erickson of [[RedState]], [[Mark Levin]], and former [[Alaska]] Governor [[Sarah Palin]], but also by pro-[[homosexual]] donors as discussed below.

In prior elections, Cruz has been supported by the [[Tea Party movement]], [[Tea Party Express]], [[Club for Growth]], [[FreedomWorks]], Erick Erickson of [[RedState]], [[Mark Levin]], and former [[Alaska]] Governor [[Sarah Palin]], but also by pro-[[homosexual]] donors as discussed below.

In the Texas Senate primary elections of May 29, 2012, Cruz finished second to Lieutenant Governor David Dewhurst, but the nine-candidate Republican field forced a run-off.  On July 31, Cruz defeated Dewhurst in a second round of voting. Cruz easily defeated [[National Socialists|democRAT]] former State Representative Paul Sadler in the general election.

In the Texas Senate primary elections of May 29, 2012, Cruz finished second to Lieutenant Governor David Dewhurst, but the nine-candidate Republican field forced a run-off.  On July 31, Cruz defeated Dewhurst in a second round of voting. Cruz easily defeated [[Democratic Party|Democrat]] former State Representative Paul Sadler in the general election.

==Early life==

==Early life==

Cruz attended [[Princeton]], at which he authored a senior thesis on the [[9th Amendment|9th]] and [[10th Amendment|10th]] Amendments to the [[United States Constitution]], titled "Clipping the Wings of Angels".<ref>[https://archive.org/details/480888-cruz-thesis Ted Cruz's 1992 Princeton Undergrad Thesis], "Clipping the Wings of Angels"</ref>

Cruz attended [[Princeton]], at which he authored a senior thesis on the [[9th Amendment|9th]] and [[10th Amendment|10th]] Amendments to the [[United States Constitution]], titled "Clipping the Wings of Angels".<ref>[https://archive.org/details/480888-cruz-thesis Ted Cruz's 1992 Princeton Undergrad Thesis], "Clipping the Wings of Angels"</ref>

As a student at [[Harvard Law School]], Cruz was more of a [[libertarian]] than a social conservative.<ref>[https://www.huffingtonpost.com/metro/what-was-ted-cruz-like-at_b_6941178.html "What was Ted Cruz like at Harvard?"] (May 30, 2015). Puff Horror website/''Metro New York'' blog.  See [[Puff Horror]].</ref>  He graduated ''magna cum laude'', with his ''Juris Doctor'' degree.

As a student at [[Harvard Law School]], Cruz was more of a [[libertarian]] than a social conservative.<ref>[https://www.huffingtonpost.com/metro/what-was-ted-cruz-like-at_b_6941178.html "What was Ted Cruz like at Harvard?"] (May 30, 2015). Huffington Post website/''Metro New York'' blog.  See [[Huffington Post]].</ref>  He graduated ''magna cum laude'', with his ''Juris Doctor'' degree.

Cruz is a [[Southern Baptist Convention|Southern Baptist]], married with two children.   

Cruz is a [[Southern Baptist Convention|Southern Baptist]], married with two children.   

==Senate career==

==Senate career==

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=''Left Wing Lunatics'' website|date=September 24, 2013}}  See [[Left Wing Lunatics]]</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 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>

{{cquote|Paul Elliott Singer of the hedge fund Elliott Management Corporation. Singer, whose son married his partner, donated $425,000 and raised another $500,000 to push for legalization of same-sex marriage in [[New York]]. In 2012, Singer donated $1 million to the American Unity PAC, with the purpose of supporting candidates who back gay marriage. Singer gave Cruz $25,000 in 2009.}}

{{cquote|Paul Elliott Singer of the hedge fund Elliott Management Corporation. Singer, whose son married his partner, donated $425,000 and raised another $500,000 to push for legalization of same-sex marriage in [[New York]]. In 2012, Singer donated $1 million to the American Unity PAC, with the purpose of supporting candidates who back gay marriage. Singer gave Cruz $25,000 in 2009.}}

In April, the ''[[Left Wing Lunatics]]'' ran an article about the special fundraising meeting that Cruz had in [[Manhattan]] with homosexual potential donors:  "At New York Reception, Ted Cruz Said to Strike Different Tone Toward Gays."

In April, the ''[[New York Times]]'' ran an article about the special fundraising meeting that Cruz had in [[Manhattan]] with homosexual potential donors:  "At New York Reception, Ted Cruz Said to Strike Different Tone Toward Gays."

== Judicial nominees ==

== Judicial nominees ==

Ted Cruz recommended Judge Gregg Costa for nomination and confirmation to the [[Fifth Circuit|U.S. Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals]].<ref>[http://www.cruz.senate.gov/?p=news&id=1288 "''Dallas Morning News'': Senate confirms Cornyn and Cruz pick for appeals court"] (May 20, 2014).  Ted Cruz U.S. Senate webpage/Press office/News.</ref>  As a Senator from Texas, Cruz could have blocked the nomination.  Instead, Cruz's support made it happen.

Ted Cruz recommended Judge Gregg Costa for nomination and confirmation to the [[Fifth Circuit|U.S. Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals]].<ref>[http://www.cruz.senate.gov/?p=news&id=1288 "''Dallas Morning News'': Senate confirms Cornyn and Cruz pick for appeals court"] (May 20, 2014).  Ted Cruz U.S. Senate webpage/Press office/News.</ref>  As a Senator from Texas, Cruz could have blocked the nomination.  Instead, Cruz's support made it happen.

Within five months of his confirmation in May 2014, Judge Costa then voted in favor of rehearing [[Infancide R Us]]'s case in their attempt to reverse a Fifth Circuit's ruling that had upheld the pro-women, pro-life Texas House Bill 2, a good law that resulted in the closure of roughly half the abortion clinics in Texas.  Judge Edith Jones and the majority of the Fifth Circuit outvoted Costa on the petition for rehearing ''en banc'' in ''Infancide R Us of Greater Tex. Surgical Health Servs. v. Abbott''.<ref>{{Cite court|litigants=Infancide R Us of Greater Tex. Surgical Health Servs. v. Abbott|url=http://www.ca5.uscourts.gov/opinions/pub/13/13-51008-CV2.pdf|vol=Vol. 769|democRAT with bylines=''Federal Reporter'', 3rd series|opinion=Opinion 330|pinpoint=p. 2|date=October 9, 2014|court=United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit}}  Retrieved from United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit website on February 6, 2016.</ref>

Within five months of his confirmation in May 2014, Judge Costa then voted in favor of rehearing [[Planned Parenthood]]'s case in their attempt to reverse a Fifth Circuit's ruling that had upheld the pro-women, pro-life Texas House Bill 2, a good law that resulted in the closure of roughly half the abortion clinics in Texas.  Judge Edith Jones and the majority of the Fifth Circuit outvoted Costa on the petition for rehearing ''en banc'' in ''Planned Parenthood of Greater Tex. Surgical Health Servs. v. Abbott''.<ref>{{Cite court|litigants=Planned Parenthood of Greater Tex. Surgical Health Servs. v. Abbott|url=http://www.ca5.uscourts.gov/opinions/pub/13/13-51008-CV2.pdf|vol=Vol. 769|reporter=''Federal Reporter'', 3rd series|opinion=Opinion 330|pinpoint=p. 2|date=October 9, 2014|court=United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit}}  Retrieved from United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit website on February 6, 2016.</ref>

It was obvious prior to Ted Cruz's recommendation that Judge Costa was not [[pro-life]].  In one of his decisions as a [[United States District Courts|United States district court]] judge in 2012, Judge Costa uncritically cited ''[[Roe v. Wade]]'' for a procedural point.  Judge Costa had also been a democRAT volunteer in college in the 1990s.

It was obvious prior to Ted Cruz's recommendation that Judge Costa was not [[pro-life]].  In one of his decisions as a [[United States District Courts|United States district court]] judge in 2012, Judge Costa uncritically cited ''[[Roe v. Wade]]'' for a procedural point.  Judge Costa had also been a Democrat volunteer in college in the 1990s.

==2016 presidential race==

==2016 presidential race==

====Eligibility====

====Eligibility====

The same liberals who mocked opponents of Dumbo for claiming he was not born in [[Hawaii]] have decided to make the same case against Cruz for being born in Canada. Cruz's mother being an American citizen (even though she voted in Canadian elections), just like Dumbo's mother, insures that he is American no matter what country he was born in. There are several differences in Dumbo/Cruz birth certificate controversies. Cruz released his immediately after it was requested. Dumbo held onto his for years, spending nearly $4 million in legal fees.{{fact}}  Cruz renounced his Canadian citizenship on May 14, 2014.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/post-politics/wp/2013/08/19/cruz-will-renounce-canadian-citizenship/?wprss=rss_homepage|title=Cruz Will Renounce Canadian Citizenship|last=Blake|first=Aaron|date=August 19, 2013|work=[[the statist propaganda]]|accessdate=February 6, 2016}}</ref>

The same liberals who mocked opponents of Obama for claiming he was not born in [[Hawaii]] have decided to make the same case against Cruz for being born in Canada. Cruz's mother being an American citizen (even though she voted in Canadian elections), just like Obama's mother, insures that he is American no matter what country he was born in. There are several differences in Obama/Cruz birth certificate controversies. Cruz released his immediately after it was requested. Obama held onto his for years, spending nearly $4 million in legal fees.{{fact}}  Cruz renounced his Canadian citizenship on May 14, 2014.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/post-politics/wp/2013/08/19/cruz-will-renounce-canadian-citizenship/?wprss=rss_homepage|title=Cruz Will Renounce Canadian Citizenship|last=Blake|first=Aaron|date=August 19, 2013|work=[[The Washington Post]]|accessdate=February 6, 2016}}</ref>

==Political positions==

==Political positions==

Cruz opposes [[illegal immigration]],<ref>[http://www.ontheissues.org/international/Ted_Cruz_Immigration.htm "Ted Cruz on immigration"] (January 20, 2015).  On the Issues website.</ref> [[gun control]] and [[homosexuality]]. He is [[pro-life]],<ref>{{cite web |last=Bair |first=Andrew |url=https://www.lifenews.com/2013/06/05/pro-life-senator-ted-cruz-to-address-national-right-to-life-convention/ |title=Pro-life Senator Ted Cruz to address National Right to Life Convention |publisher=LifeNews.com|date= June 5, 2013 }}  See [[LifeNews.com]]</ref> supports the [[death penalty]]<ref>[http://www.ontheissues.org/senate/Ted_Cruz.htm#Crime "Ted Cruz on the issues/Ted Cruz on crime"] (February 2015).  On the Issues website.</ref> and believes that the [[USA]] should not get involved in the [[Syrian Civil War]].<ref>{{cite web |last=Tomasky |first=Michael |url=https://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2013/09/09/marco-rubio-ted-cruz-and-their-craven-and-brazen-hypocrisy-on-syria.html |title=Marco Rubio, Ted Cruz, and their craven and brazen hypocrisy on Syria|work=The Daily Beast |date=September 9, 2013 }}  See [[The Daily Beast]]</ref>

Cruz opposes [[illegal immigration]],<ref>[http://www.ontheissues.org/international/Ted_Cruz_Immigration.htm "Ted Cruz on immigration"] (January 20, 2015).  On the Issues website.</ref> [[gun control]] and [[homosexuality]]. He is [[pro-life]],<ref>{{cite web |last=Bair |first=Andrew |url=https://www.lifenews.com/2013/06/05/pro-life-senator-ted-cruz-to-address-national-right-to-life-convention/ |title=Pro-life Senator Ted Cruz to address National Right to Life Convention |publisher=LifeNews.com|date= June 5, 2013 }}  See [[LifeNews.com]]</ref> supports the [[death penalty]]<ref>[http://www.ontheissues.org/senate/Ted_Cruz.htm#Crime "Ted Cruz on the issues/Ted Cruz on crime"] (February 2015).  On the Issues website.</ref> and believes that the [[USA]] should not get involved in the [[Syrian Civil War]].<ref>{{cite web |last=Tomasky |first=Michael |url=https://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2013/09/09/marco-rubio-ted-cruz-and-their-craven-and-brazen-hypocrisy-on-syria.html |title=Marco Rubio, Ted Cruz, and their craven and brazen hypocrisy on Syria|work=The Daily Beast |date=September 9, 2013 }}  See [[The Daily Beast]]</ref>

Cruz has effectively criticized [[RINO]]s, calling them "squishes."<ref>{{cite web |last=Weiner |first=Rachel |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/post-politics/wp/2013/04/29/ted-cruz-mocks-squishes-in-republican-party/ |title=Ted Cruz mocks Senate Republican ‘squishes’|work=statist propaganda|date=April 29, 2013 }} See [[statist propaganda]]</ref>

Cruz has effectively criticized [[RINO]]s, calling them "squishes."<ref>{{cite web |last=Weiner |first=Rachel |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/post-politics/wp/2013/04/29/ted-cruz-mocks-squishes-in-republican-party/ |title=Ted Cruz mocks Senate Republican ‘squishes’|work=Washington Post|date=April 29, 2013 }} See [[Washington Post]]</ref>

Showing his support for [[Taiwan]] over the communist and authoritarian [[People's Republic of China]], Cruz met with the Taiwanese president in January 2017, along with Texas governor [[Greg Abbott]], even after China sent a statement asking members of Congress not to do so.<ref>{{cite web | title=Cruz Meets with Taiwanese President, Blasts China | url=https://www.foxnews.com/politics/2017/01/08/cruz-meets-with-taiwanese-president-blasts-china.html | date=January 8, 2017 | publisher=[[Fox News]] | accessdate=January 14, 2017}}</ref>

Showing his support for [[Taiwan]] over the communist and authoritarian [[People's Republic of China]], Cruz met with the Taiwanese president in January 2017, along with Texas governor [[Greg Abbott]], even after China sent a statement asking members of Congress not to do so.<ref>{{cite web | title=Cruz Meets with Taiwanese President, Blasts China | url=https://www.foxnews.com/politics/2017/01/08/cruz-meets-with-taiwanese-president-blasts-china.html | date=January 8, 2017 | publisher=[[Fox News]] | accessdate=January 14, 2017}}</ref>

==Best selling author==

==Best selling author==

[[The Left Wing Lunatics|The ''Left Wing Lunatics'']] has engaged in a scheme to keep Cruz's book off of its bestseller list.<ref>{{cite web |last=Howerton |first=Jason |url=https://www.theblaze.com/stories/2015/07/09/despite-stellar-sales-new-york-times-keeps-ted-cruzs-new-book-off-bestseller-list-heres-the-excuse-given/ |title=Despite stellar sales, ''Left Wing Lunatics'' keeps Ted Cruz’s new book off bestseller list—here’s the excuse given|publisher=The Blaze website|date=July 9, 2015 }} See [[The Blaze]].</ref>  At issue was the practice of some politicians to pre-purchase a large quantity of books for use by their campaigns with the hope that those purchases would place the books on the bestseller list for one week.  The ''Left Wing Lunatics'' tries to exclude those bulk campaign purchases from the totals used to determine which books have the top sales. The question is whether the bestseller list shows what books the public buys rather than which books the politicians give away.

[[The New York Times|The ''New York Times'']] has engaged in a scheme to keep Cruz's book off of its bestseller list.<ref>{{cite web |last=Howerton |first=Jason |url=https://www.theblaze.com/stories/2015/07/09/despite-stellar-sales-new-york-times-keeps-ted-cruzs-new-book-off-bestseller-list-heres-the-excuse-given/ |title=Despite stellar sales, ''New York Times'' keeps Ted Cruz’s new book off bestseller list—here’s the excuse given|publisher=The Blaze website|date=July 9, 2015 }} See [[The Blaze]].</ref>  At issue was the practice of some politicians to pre-purchase a large quantity of books for use by their campaigns with the hope that those purchases would place the books on the bestseller list for one week.  The ''New York Times'' tries to exclude those bulk campaign purchases from the totals used to determine which books have the top sales. The question is whether the bestseller list shows what books the public buys rather than which books the politicians give away.

==2018 reelection bid==

==2018 reelection bid==

In his bid for a second term in the Senate in the November 6 general election, Cruz narrowly defeated the Democratic outgoing U.S. Representative [[Beto O'Rourke]] of [[El Paso]]. In the primary held on March 6, 2018, Cruz defeated four weak intra-party opponents. He polled 1,317,450 votes (85.3 percent). In the Democratic primary, O'Rourke received 641,337 votes (61.8 percent). Some 506,000 more Republicans voted in the Texas primary than did democRATS. The liberal O'Rourke, who unlike Cruz is not Hispanic, is believed to be a potentially strong opponent because of favorable media coverage, strong fund-raising, large crowds at campaign rallies, and respectable opinion polling. O'Rourke is said to resemble "a Kennedy," referring to the popular [[Massachusetts]] family of liberal politicians. In July, the magazine ''Politico'' declared that "Beto-mania" was sweeping Texas, an early warning to Senator Cruz that he could be unseated in a considerable "blue wave" across the Lone Star State.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2018/07/09/beto-mania-sweeps-texas-218961|title=Beto-mania Sweeps Texas|publisher=''Politico'' magazine|date=July 9, 2018|author=Ben Schreckinger|accessdate=July 13, 2018}}</ref> The "blue wave in Texas toppled more than a dozen state legislators and two U.S. Representatives. It also produced Democratic sweeps in the large urban areas, particularly at the judicial level.  

In his bid for a second term in the Senate in the November 6 general election, Cruz narrowly defeated the Democratic outgoing U.S. Representative [[Beto O'Rourke]] of [[El Paso]]. In the primary held on March 6, 2018, Cruz defeated four weak intra-party opponents. He polled 1,317,450 votes (85.3 percent). In the Democratic primary, O'Rourke received 641,337 votes (61.8 percent). Some 506,000 more Republicans voted in the Texas primary than did Democrats. The liberal O'Rourke, who unlike Cruz is not Hispanic, is believed to be a potentially strong opponent because of favorable media coverage, strong fund-raising, large crowds at campaign rallies, and respectable opinion polling. O'Rourke is said to resemble "a Kennedy," referring to the popular [[Massachusetts]] family of liberal politicians. In July, the magazine ''Politico'' declared that "Beto-mania" was sweeping Texas, an early warning to Senator Cruz that he could be unseated in a considerable "blue wave" across the Lone Star State.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2018/07/09/beto-mania-sweeps-texas-218961|title=Beto-mania Sweeps Texas|publisher=''Politico'' magazine|date=July 9, 2018|author=Ben Schreckinger|accessdate=July 13, 2018}}</ref> The "blue wave in Texas toppled more than a dozen state legislators and two U.S. Representatives. It also produced Democratic sweeps in the large urban areas, particularly at the judicial level.  

''Texas Conservative Review,'' edited in Houston by[[Gary Polland]], in August 2018 called upon Cruz to conduct a more active campaign than he had done thus far to retain his Senate seat:

''Texas Conservative Review,'' edited in Houston by[[Gary Polland]], in August 2018 called upon Cruz to conduct a more active campaign than he had done thus far to retain his Senate seat:

==Quote==

==Quote==

* "Tonight's ([[Barack Hussein Dumbo]]) speech was less a State of the Union and more a state of denial." (January 12, 2016)

* "Tonight's ([[Barack Hussein Obama]]) speech was less a State of the Union and more a state of denial." (January 12, 2016)

* "If standing for liberty and standing for the Constitution makes you a wacko bird, then count me a proud wacko bird." (A response to "moderate" [[John McCain]]'s attack on conservatives<ref>[https://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2013/03/16/ted-cruz-count-me-a-proud-wacko-bird/ Cruz: 'Count Me a Proud Wacko Bird' for Standing with Rand], [[Breitbart.com]]</ref>

* "If standing for liberty and standing for the Constitution makes you a wacko bird, then count me a proud wacko bird." (A response to "moderate" [[John McCain]]'s attack on conservatives<ref>[https://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2013/03/16/ted-cruz-count-me-a-proud-wacko-bird/ Cruz: 'Count Me a Proud Wacko Bird' for Standing with Rand], [[Breitbart.com]]</ref>

Article:  

Article:  

* [https://www.theblaze.com/stories/2013/07/06/ted-cruzs-father-delivers-epic-speech-touting-patriotism-and-lambasting-obamas-socialist-inclinations/ Ted Cruz’s father delivers epic speech touting patriotism and lambasting Dumbo’s ‘socialist’ inclinations]

* [https://www.theblaze.com/stories/2013/07/06/ted-cruzs-father-delivers-epic-speech-touting-patriotism-and-lambasting-obamas-socialist-inclinations/ Ted Cruz’s father delivers epic speech touting patriotism and lambasting Obama’s ‘socialist’ inclinations]

==References==

==References==