Posted on 04/18/2025 4:13:52 AM PDT by RandFan
Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas), who finished in second place to President Trump in the 2016 Republican presidential primary, has distinguished himself from MAGA World by declaring his skepticism of long-term tariffs, remaining a hawk on Russia and coming out against proposals to tax the rich.
By calling out tariffs as “taxes on American consumers” and sticking to his view that Russia poses a serious threat to U.S. interests, Cruz may be laying the groundwork to run against Trump’s heir apparent, Vice President Vance, in a 2028 Republican primary.
“I think he’s carving out a position for himself as the defender of traditional conservatism,” Vin Weber, a Republican strategist, said of Cruz, who is 54.
“He’s a viable contender for president because he’s a brilliant conservative and he represents the largest Republican state,” he said.
A big potential obstacle for anyone seeking the GOP presidential nomination in 2028 is Vance, who is 40.
Vance is Trump’s natural heir apparent, and has fully embraced the MAGA agenda, including the use of high tariffs to bring manufacturing back to the United States and a view that the nation doesn’t have the defense industrial capacity to continue providing billions of dollars in military support to Ukraine.
Weber said Vance is an “obvious problem” to any White House ambitions from Cruz or other Republicans.
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Rand i'd like to see get it but Vance is a big obstacle 🤔
You never know though.
Ted has zero chance to win.
The Cubamerinadian!
Is Cruz a natural-born citizen?
Tell Rand Paul to STOP warring against
President Trump and Vice-President Vance please
It’s better for America if Ted stays in the Senate.
The sHill is ENEMY PROPAGANDA
This from someone that supported him in his last run.
Ted, Ted, Ted.
Picking all the wrong stuff to diverge on.
Canuck Ted is not eligible to be President/VP and showed his colors in 2016.
Rhonda Santis showed his colors in 2024.
VP Vance will be the GOP nominee to carry on the Trump MAGA policies.
WW3 with Russia and China sounds like a winning platform (/s)
No. But let’s be clear, Sen Cruz is a credit to the party and the country. If he moves forward with another presidential run, it will be because SCOTUS has finally invalidated the present un-American interpretation of the Citizenship Clause of the 14th Amendment.
Here’s the problem: Sen. Cruz and Sen. Graham are already publicly campaigning for a new definition of Art. II, §1, Cl. 5 natural born citizen requiring only one U.S. citizen parent. Addly enough, this new self-serving definition would be just what Sen. Cruz would need to run for the presidency in 2028 again. So allow me to set Sens. Cruz and Graham straight: an Art. II, §1, Cl. 5 natural born citizen requires being born solely within the political jurisdiction of the United States. To do this, one has to be born to two U.S. citizen-parents.
I like Cruz. I like JD Vance better and Vance is more electable in the general.
I cannot tell him anything. He’s his own man
Happy Easter!
Your assessment is correct bar some kind of mishap.
(I cannot tell him anything. He’s his own man)
Yeah I understand. This is not his article but he should pick better battles sometimes.
(Happy Easter!)
Thank you very much
and God bless 🙏🛐🙏✝️✝️✝️
I think Cruz could be on Trumps short list for the Supreme Court.
” I would not trust on SCOTUS either. After Barrett and Roberts”
I would have had Cruz on SCOTUS way before Barrett and Roberts.
Exactly. He will flame out faster than his 1st run.
“...position for himself as the defender of traditional conservatism...”
It make Cruz look like a stinking filthy globalist. Is he really that tone death?
He wants to support the neocon military industrial complex? He wants to continue rewarding countries that place very high tariffs on American goods while we can’t reciprocate?
He wants to defend the deep state?
Cruz will lose big to Vance. The winner of the 2028 Presidential election will be the one who continues to carry the Trump MAGA agenda.
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