“Cruz has solid support.”
If that is true, why didn’t he win with the margins that your governor did?
“More than two thirds of the senate Republicans are somewhat or very moderate. I suggest directing efforts at replacing them with better candidates rather than wasting time exploring whether we should replace one of the relatively few solid conservatives we now have in the Senate.”
While that is surely true in the first instance, I just wonder how you can “come to the conclusion” that Cruz is a solid conservative? By all that I can see, he’s been a political opportunist and a “wrecker” of the President in his quest for what he wants. I don’t have an anti-Cruz agenda. Now that he’s been re-elected, I wish him well for the next six years. I just wonder what he has to do to regain the respect of the Texas voter, because based on his numbers in this election, they don’t care for him any longer.
“If that is true [that Cruz has solid support], why didn’t he win with the margins that your governor did?”
It is possible that some of the odd shenanigans that occurred in TX, FL, and GA resulted in fraudulent votes that manifested as “undervotes” or similar scenarios where a close outcome could potentially be manipulated into a Dem win AFTER the election was over. We almost saw this happen. And there definitely was significant voter fraud.
In Texas, there was at least some element of anti-Cruz sentiment by Trump supporters who still held a grudge from 2016. Trump is very popular here in Texas, but remember that Cruz beat Trump in the Texas primary. However, when Trump became the nominee, Cruz supporters were intelligent and patriotic enough to get behind Trump by a margin of 99+%.
Those Trump supporters who still held a grudge against Cruz in 2018 and skipped voting for him while showing up to vote for the Republican governor are too stupid to live imho. And I mean this in the nicest possible way. Society, civilization, and our free republic does not need them. If we cannot keep Texas and America free without the help of these morons, then such freedom is not deserved. They should be forced to go live in Venezuela with anyone in our nation who still embraces the Democrat party.
And I’ll add one final point on this matter. A lot of people outside of Texas ask what you asked about conservatives like Cruz. You’ve got to take into account that Cruz is a lightning rod, much like President Trump is. He is hated every bit as much as Trump by Democrats and the GOPe. Liberals POURED massive money into our state in hopes of damaging Trump, Cruz, and conservatism in general.