“Opportunist? Damn, he is wading through the D.C. swamp and before there was ever a Donald Trump, Cruz referred to the swamp/deep state as the Warshington Cartel.”
Nothing personal, but neither you or anyone else will be able to redeem Cruz, not on this site. Maybe there are some country club sites or something where they’re not ready to take off Cruz’s head, but on this site, ONLY Cruz can redeem himself. As I’ve noted above, it still might be possible for that to happen, but the clock is working against him.
Also keep in mind that his voting record isn’t the issue here. The issue is whether he can turn out his base (you know, Trump supporters, the ones he called terrorists) to hold his seat in November 2024, in TEXAS (not in W. Virginia or South Dakota). We’re not all that red here, so conservatives have little margin for error, and he’s already used up that margin several times over.
Bottom line, and I think most here will agree - if he’s on the November 2024 ballot, I will vote for him (as I understand the Left) and I suspect most others will vote for him (although not all Texans here)...but he’ll still lose his Senate seat by 10 points, as things stand today. And that will because a huge number of us ‘terrorists’ will not turn out for him. It will have NOTHING AT ALL to do with his voting record or the Democrat on the ticket.
Regardless of all the hubbub. Cruz will win his seat again. I think all this is nonsense.
Cruz was our tea party candidate after a successful term as solicitor general, now our senator.
He was one of the FEW that stood in the senate and objected to the certification of the 2020 election of Joe Biden.
He still has my support.