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Cruz Signals He May ‘Run Again’ for POTUS in 2024: ‘We Came Very, Very Close in 2016’
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| September 13, 2019, 1:06 pm
| Madison Summers
Posted on 09/14/2019 9:37:31 AM PDT by conservative98
Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) isn’t taking another presidential run off the table — at least for 2024.
The Republican lawmaker — who dropped his 2016 presidential bid after trying to win over voters against now-President Donald Trump in the Republican primary — is open to a future presidential run.
In hopes of becoming the Republican nominee in 2016, Cruz fell short, as his support among voters declined in comparison to those backing then-front-runner Trump. A Gallup poll conducted in late April of 2016 shows Cruz at a 45% unfavorability rating among Republican voters, jumping from an unfavorability rating in the teens at the beginning of the year.
In an interview with The Christian Science Monitor published on Thursday, Cruz, however, is sharing how he’d be open to taking another shot at it.
“Look, I hope to run again,” Cruz said, adding, “We came very, very close in 2016. And it’s the most fun I’ve ever had in my life.”
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TOPICS: Culture/Society; Government; Miscellaneous; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections; US: Texas
KEYWORDS: 2024; 3rdthread; 4thnevercruzerthread; cds; conservative; constitutionalist; cruz; cruz2024; cruzforpresident; cubanadian; freepers4beto; itsstartingalready; soccerballs; tedcruz; tedcruzforpresident
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To: PIF
“Look, I hope to run again”
I hope he moves back to Canada.
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posted on
09/14/2019 12:02:36 PM PDT
by
tennmountainman
(Liberals Are Baby Killers)
To: catnipman
True.
Had Trump not run, Cruz would have been an also-ran. Either Rubio or Bush would have won.
The GOP establishment turned to Cruz in a last, desperate attempt to prevent Trump from winning. Without Trump in the Race, they would have found a way to torpedo Cruz’s campaign.
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posted on
09/14/2019 12:07:25 PM PDT
by
Brookhaven
(If CNN is playing, ask them to change the channel. #ChangeCNN)
To: conservative98
No, Ted, no. A seat on SCOTUS will suit you better.
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posted on
09/14/2019 12:17:06 PM PDT
by
rfp1234
(Obscured by Clods)
To: Dilbert San Diego
To: All
That kid in Indiana said it best about Cruz.
“YOU SUCK”!!!
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posted on
09/14/2019 1:10:55 PM PDT
by
ak267
To: Brookhaven
“Had Trump not run, Cruz would have been an also-ran. Either Rubio or Bush would have won. The GOP establishment turned to Cruz in a last, desperate attempt to prevent Trump from winning. Without Trump in the Race, they would have found a way to torpedo Cruz’s campaign.”
yeah, i forgot that the GOPe got behind Cruz in a desperate last-minute Hail Mary, figuring he he would appeal as a Trump-lite ...
however, Cruz is your basic standard slimeball politician who comes across as smarmy and whiny with a literally cringeworthy likeability aura, and if by some miracle Cruz had gotten the nomination, he would have been crushed by Hillary, but that would have been just fine with the GOPe RINOs petrified by Trump (as they well should have been) ...
OTOH, ANYBODY but Trump would have been crushed by Hillary because Trump was the only GOP candidate who was an implacable and undaunted heavy-weight fighter, and who was (and is) a total anti-establishment iconoclast ...
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posted on
09/14/2019 1:13:12 PM PDT
by
catnipman
(Cat Nipman: Vote Republican in 2012 and only be called racist one more time!)
To: conservative98
Of course Ted Cruz will never be president.
But the "Revenge of the Nerds," "So Uncool He's Cool" thing he's got going certainly does make politics fun for a while.
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posted on
09/14/2019 1:16:57 PM PDT
by
x
To: conservative98
Has Harold Stassen spoken up yet?
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posted on
09/14/2019 1:29:27 PM PDT
by
Jim Noble
(There is nothing racist in stating plainly what most people already know)
To: ocrp1982
[Not to mention Cruz’ extremely annoying speaking style]
He needs a speech coach. I really like Ted despite his occasional autistic outbursts (e.g. the Glenn Beck migrant kids and soccer balls stunt and the Chicago thing that blamed attacks on Trump supporters on Trump). But the first time I heard his voice, I thought his message was being drowned out because of the fact that he sounds like the annoying antagonist/supporting character in a sitcom. The reality of politics, and just about anything else requiring face-to-face human interaction, is that appearances matter. And vocal timbre is a key part of appearances.
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posted on
09/14/2019 2:05:15 PM PDT
by
Zhang Fei
(My dad had a Delta 88. That was a car. It was like driving your living room.)
To: PIF
He’s been pretty supportive of President Trump.
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posted on
09/14/2019 2:09:02 PM PDT
by
TBP
(Progressives lack compassion and tolerance. Their self-aggrandizement is all that matters.)
To: conservative98
Ted, if you run again, lose the beard.
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posted on
09/14/2019 2:09:44 PM PDT
by
TBP
(Progressives lack compassion and tolerance. Their self-aggrandizement is all that matters.)
To: ivory49
Taht is an absolute misrepresentation. Check his record.
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posted on
09/14/2019 2:10:22 PM PDT
by
TBP
(Progressives lack compassion and tolerance. Their self-aggrandizement is all that matters.)
To: US Navy Vet
Just plain false. They’re a couple of the best records in the Senate.
73
posted on
09/14/2019 2:12:49 PM PDT
by
TBP
(Progressives lack compassion and tolerance. Their self-aggrandizement is all that matters.)
To: ocrp1982
Absolutely solid voting record. Has stood alone against the liberals. Someone to consolidate and expand President Trump’s achievements.
74
posted on
09/14/2019 2:14:31 PM PDT
by
TBP
(Progressives lack compassion and tolerance. Their self-aggrandizement is all that matters.)
To: napscoordinator
Governor DeSantis would be another good choice.
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posted on
09/14/2019 2:16:31 PM PDT
by
TBP
(Progressives lack compassion and tolerance. Their self-aggrandizement is all that matters.)
To: drypowder
Just plain ridiculous. He’s fought the Deep State.
76
posted on
09/14/2019 2:21:55 PM PDT
by
TBP
(Progressives lack compassion and tolerance. Their self-aggrandizement is all that matters.)
To: Brookhaven
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posted on
09/14/2019 2:22:57 PM PDT
by
TBP
(Progressives lack compassion and tolerance. Their self-aggrandizement is all that matters.)
To: Brookhaven
Mitch McConnell on Trump’s nomination: “Thank God it isn’t Cruz.” So how is Cruz the Establishment candidate?
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posted on
09/14/2019 2:24:19 PM PDT
by
TBP
(Progressives lack compassion and tolerance. Their self-aggrandizement is all that matters.)
To: catnipman
Hillary Clinton was just about the worst presidential candidate I’ve ever seen. (Well, on a major party, anyway.) She did as much to lose the election as Trump did to win it.
She would have been the same amoral idiot no matter who ran.
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posted on
09/14/2019 2:26:14 PM PDT
by
TBP
(Progressives lack compassion and tolerance. Their self-aggrandizement is all that matters.)
To: Right-wing Librarian
There is just something about him that I find very repellent. Could it be this?
https://www.esquire.com/news-politics/news/a43332/ted-cruz-donald-trump-rat-copulate/
I certainly never recovered my respect for him after his sore loser recourse to thoughts better left unshared.
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posted on
09/14/2019 2:45:49 PM PDT
by
JayGalt
(You can't teach a donkey how to tap dance. Nemo me impune lacessit!)
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