One of the main things Cruz ran on for Senator was for Texas State’s rights, and U.S. rights and laws, and immigration and border control.
Texan Tribune interview, Feb. 3, 2011
Excerpt:
Cruz: During the tenure that I was serving as solicitor general, Texas repeatedly led the nation, standing up, fighting for conservative principles and winning on a national level. .... And most significantly in a case called Medellin vs. Texas we stood up to an order from the World Court, … which is the judicial arm of the United Nations, tried to bind the United States and order the U.S. to reopen the convictions of 51 murderers across this country. Texas stood up to the World Court. We went to the U.S. Supreme Court — I had the honor of arguing this case twice in front of the U.S. Supreme Court. On the other side were 90 nations and was the president of the United States. And we stood up and we defended U.S. sovereignty, and we won 6-3.
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TT: As the son of a Cuban immigrant, how would you approach immigration in the U.S. Senate?
Cruz: I think anyone looking seriously at the issue of immigration, particularly in a post 9-11 world, realizes we have to seriously secure the border, we have to enforce the law. I strongly oppose illegal immigration, and I do not support amnesty, and I never will support amnesty, because I think as a matter of national security and as a matter of respect for rule of law we need to secure the border and know who’s entering this country. And I don’t think we’ve treated that seriously in the past.
You have put your finger on exactly why so many conservatives do not trust or believe Cruz. Namely, the fact that he talks about walls and border security ***when he’s running for office***, and then goes silent on the issue as soon as he’s elected.
This is the absolute truth. In 2011 Cruz was running for the Senate. That is why you found the border security quote from that time frame.
Next Cruz goes to DC and we hear no more about the wall. Fact.
Cruz announces presidential run. No mention of lost sovereignty, no mention of wall.
Trump gets in and hammers the wall and our lost sovereignty.
***Eventually*** Cruz chimes in.
Can you see why people who prioritize sovereignty simply do not trust him? Personally, I put the odds of getting a wall in a Cruz presidency at zero. If you think otherwise, then please explain why Senator Cruz clammed up on the subject until many mos after Trump started thrashing it.