That's a contention by some which has little factual evidence to back it up.
Cruz hasn't been a Senator long enough to have established a clear and unambiguous track record of consistent conservative votes - which is the only way to measure a legislator's ideological purity.
So far, Cruz has talked a good game, but has failed to live up to the hype on (some) occasions, where he voted the wrong way on important issues.
His votes on TPA and Corker pretty much popped that bubble for me.
“That’s a contention by some which has little factual evidence to back it up. Cruz hasn’t been a Senator long enough to have established a clear and unambiguous track record of consistent conservative votes - which is the only way to measure a legislator’s ideological purity.”
If I may ask, what the hell are you doing on a (this) conservative site, when you can’t even acknowledge one of the most conservative members of congress ever?
Something smells rotten in Denmark.
Does Jose Medellin agree with your assessment?
Do the Supreme Court decisions he won agree with your assessment?
Do the voters of Texas agree with your assessment?
I didn’t find Trump’s vote on TPA or Corker very impressive either.
I know I don’t find the long history of explicitly liberal public statements by trump to be compelling.
You are wrong.
I’ve known Cruz for a long time. He’s a Texan.
He won an expected and overwhelming race for Senate against a better known opponent.
He then acted as a Senator true to what he ran on.
You probably do not understand all the intricacies of those bills to which you refer and I don’t either but I know he’s a consistent conservative with core values.
And Trump is not.