Posted on 08/05/2015 3:41:45 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet
Ted Cruz will campaign next week with Chris McDaniel, the insurgent conservative who mounted a high profile but ultimately unsuccessful primary challenge to Mississippi Sen. Thad Cochran last year.
Cruz, the Texas senator and GOP presidential candidate, is planning a weeklong swing through the South. While in Mississippi on Tuesday, he’s set to stop in the northern cities of Tupelo and Olive Branch, and McDaniel is expected to accompany him during the trip and ride on Cruz’s campaign bus, Cruz spokeswoman Catherine Frazier confirmed.
McDaniel initially edged Cochran in last summer’s primary election but fell just short of the majority needed to avoid a runoff. The GOP establishment rode to Cochran’s rescue in that runoff, and McDaniel further alienated many Republicans when he challenged the results of the second election.
But he is a hero to the deeply conservative grass roots, an important part of Cruz’s base, and he will help Cruz rally supporters in a region that was friendly to McDaniel in the Senate race. Cochran’s victory — aided by a coalition of Magnolia State and D.C. heavy hitters — was seen as a major victory for the establishment — and a warning to tea party challengers eyeing challenges to incumbents.
Cruz, who is at constant odds with his party’s leadership, did not endorse in the Senate race but backed McDaniel’s calls to investigate the runoff results.
Finally! Proof positive that Ted Cruz is a racist who hates people of colour.
(Do I really have to use the sarcasm off tag?)
I heart Sen Cruz for this. The liberal republicans thought they crushed Mcdaniels. Now he’s a reminder how despicable they are!
McDaniel is one example of why Trump keeps a third party run on the table
Cruz will be in Jackson Tn on the 10th.
Already purchased my ticket at the fairgrounds to hear him speak.
I may also go to the Olive Branch stop.
Mississippi Ping
Good for Ted
Nope. Even I got it....Back To School Week retail brain dead here
So what is McDaniel running for at this time? Is he setting up to challenge Wicker or is he just waiting for Cochran to keel over ( or die in the sack with his new “wife”)?
Huh?
Right, so the establishment will win. He won’t win 3rd party.
McDaniel alienated Republicans?
Oh, that’s rich. I’m guessing Katie Gluestick rides around on a short bus.
No, Cochran's victory was because of fraud created by the RINOs in the Mississippi Republican Party. McDaniels is the winner...
Mrs. duffee and I will be at Sweet Pea’s Table in Olive Branch. We look forward to being able to vote for Senator McDaniel again.
Ted Cruz Ping! Wow, no mention of the GOP cheating, shocking! Not.
Me too - being a resident of Mississippi, the Cochran deal still rankles - would be sweet irony if McDaniel ended up "trumping" what the GOPe did to him by siding with the Left.
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