Cruz ran against the establishment candidate and longtime Texas Lieutenant Gov. David Dewhurst. Dewhurst was supported by such establishment forces as the Bush family, and other GOP stalwarts. He ran a grass roots, tea party campaign, and won, based on messages and now kept promises.
But what were his actual accomplishments other than getting elected?
Cruz ran and won for the Senate as a member of the Tea Party.
Now he seldom mentions anything Tea Party related. Instead, he proclaims himself to be the most Conservative US Senator and most Conservative candidate running for President.
My question, what are his Conservative accomplishments?
what has he been successful at? Just voting doesn't count. That is like a participation trophy. Please list his accomplishments since becomming a senator.
Unless you are talking about writing an op-ed when he supported tpa, that then enabled tpp. Or maybe shutting down the govt. when he didn't have the needed plan to make it work in his favor, allowing Obama to shut down national parks and having ww2 vets not able to get in to see their memorials. Maybe he was successful when he was hoodwinked by McConnel about the bank deal. Or maybe his success came when he worked to legalize illegals during the gang of 8 bill, that passed the senate, without his plan. Maybe it was his co-sponser on the Corker bill? Boy, if he's a conservative, we are in big trouble.
And, as far as being tea party, grass roots, he and Rand Paul chose to stay out of any incumbent senate races w So boy, he really gave back to the tea party that got him elected. Everytime Cruz has a chance to make a meaning difference, like backing tea party newcomers over party hacks, he doesn't do it. When it is a huge get my name in the news with no real victory, he is all there, yelling about how conservative he is. Most are seeing through this.