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Ted Cruz to Newsmax: 'Considering' 2024 White House Run
Newsmax ^ | Thursday, 01 July 2021 06:49 PM | By Jack Gournell

Posted on 07/01/2021 6:04:39 PM PDT by conservative98

Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, tells Newsmax he's "considering" another run for the White House in 2024, but he'd be happy seeking another term representing Texas in the U.S. Senate as well.

Appearing Thursday on "The Chris Salcedo Show," Cruz told guest host Tom Basile he was "just considering it, just thinking about it," when asked about his 2024 plans.

Former President Donald Trump has yet to announce whether he will seek reelection after his 2020 loss to Democrat Joe Biden. A move by Trump to reclaim the Oval Office would certainly make the still popular former commander-in-chief the strong front-runner and force most serious candidates such as Cruz to sit out another four years.

But Cruz said his 2016 bid for the GOP presidential nomination, in which he was the last candidate standing against Trump, was "the most fun I've ever had in my life."

"We came incredibly close," he said. "Had an incredible grassroots army of 326,000 volunteers nationwide. And so whether it is in the Senate, or whether it is in a presidential campaign, I am committed to fighting to defend free enterprise, to defend freedom and defend the Constitution and Bill of Rights."

(Excerpt) Read more at newsmax.com ...


TOPICS: Breaking News; Front Page News; News/Current Events; US: Texas
KEYWORDS: 2024; cds; cruz; cruz2024; cubanadian; freepers4beto; fun; gotedgo; nevercruzers; tedcruz; trumpcruz
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To: Hetuck

He did until he started to visualize that he could become President. Classmates & acquaintances have quoted him as saying natural born citizenship is a requirement to be P/VP. Then there was a sea change.

Ted didn’t even tell Texans he was a Canadian citizen until after he was elected Senator, one of many misrepresentations during his Senate campaign. He only gave up his Canadian citizenship a few years ago.

“Jun 11, 2014Senator Ted Cruz (R-TX) has officially renounced his Canadian citizenship, it was announced yesterday.”


41 posted on 07/01/2021 6:43:03 PM PDT by JayGalt (The dogs bark but the caravan moves on.)
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To: Hetuck

Exactly


42 posted on 07/01/2021 6:44:13 PM PDT by Ladysforest (Racism, misogyny, bigotry, xenophobia and vulgarity - with just a smattering of threats and violence)
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To: UnwashedPeasant

Cruz certainly thinks he’s divinely placed. His father made that abundantly clear.


43 posted on 07/01/2021 6:44:20 PM PDT by JayGalt (The dogs bark but the caravan moves on.)
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To: conservative98

Dear God no. Maybe his beloved Mexico he vacations at. Trump or DeSantis only.


44 posted on 07/01/2021 7:01:02 PM PDT by napscoordinator (Trump/Hunter, jr for President/Vice President 2016 )
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To: dfwgator
I like Ted, right where he is.

I'd like him on the Supreme Court.

45 posted on 07/01/2021 7:04:46 PM PDT by HandBasketHell
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To: conservative98

Ted, I like you, but you’re not presidential caliber. (Not that anybody but Trump who has been elected president since 1984 has been presidential caliber.)


46 posted on 07/01/2021 7:07:04 PM PDT by KevinB (''... and to the Banana Republic for which it stands ...")
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To: Jamestown1630

1. DeSantis
2. Trump, but only because of his age, otherwise he’d be 1.
3. Rand Paul. Voted for his father twice.
4. Cruz. My first choice in 2016, but when I entered the polling both I thought β€œwho can beat Hilla the Hun?” Voted Trump.

Liz Cheny comes is 8.5 billionth place.


47 posted on 07/01/2021 7:09:08 PM PDT by packagingguy
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To: Jamestown1630

So far, Ron DeSantis.


48 posted on 07/01/2021 7:10:43 PM PDT by arthurus (COVfeVE )
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To: dfwgator

πŸ˜‚

Ditto.


49 posted on 07/01/2021 7:11:51 PM PDT by Jane Long (America, Bless God....blessed be the Nation πŸ™πŸ»πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡Έ)
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To: packagingguy
Liz Cheny comes is 8.5 billionth place.

LOL!
50 posted on 07/01/2021 7:13:41 PM PDT by Jamestown1630 ("A Republic, if you can keep it.")
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To: Jamestown1630

“What will you do if he becomes the nominee?” A non-sequitur. Cruz has less chance of that happening as you or I. He’s wholly unlikable. Totally lacking in any charisma. And, he has no constituency.
Bushy’s hate him and Trump voters would not consider him. Some Pubbies might but, President Trump’s constituency goes far beyond that. President Trump brings Blue Dog Dems, Independents, and a few anti-establishment Bernie supporters with him as well.
No Career Politician can even hope in their wildest dreams to bring such a diverse array of Americans to the table.
This is why the DC Establishment pulled out all the stops to defraud the man from a second term.
Their miscalculation is, Donald Trump is a FIGHTER. The greater the opposition the greater his determination. The man does not back down from a fight. He embrases it.


51 posted on 07/01/2021 7:25:27 PM PDT by ocrp1982 ( Bibicly)
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To: unclebankster
'Trump/Desantis is the only ticket that makes sense for 2024.'

One of them has to leave Florida. Ya can't have a pres or vp from the same state.

52 posted on 07/01/2021 7:40:14 PM PDT by Theoria
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To: Theoria

Its been done before.

Its a pebble masquerading as hurdle.

One of them will file in a separate state before 2024.


53 posted on 07/01/2021 8:03:54 PM PDT by unclebankster (Globalism is the last refuge of a scoundrel)
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To: conservative98

Cubanadians are not natural born citizens of the USA.


54 posted on 07/01/2021 8:11:25 PM PDT by Lurkinanloomin (Natural Born Citizens Are Born Here of Citizen Parents)(Know Islam, No Peace - No Islam, Know Peace)
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To: conservative98

Ded on arrival Ted


55 posted on 07/01/2021 8:14:52 PM PDT by bigbob
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To: HandBasketHell

I don’t want anyone on the court who thinks Anwar al-Awlaki’s kids, born in Yemen to one citizen parent, are natural born citizens eligible to be President.

If he is, they are.


56 posted on 07/01/2021 8:19:00 PM PDT by Lurkinanloomin (Natural Born Citizens Are Born Here of Citizen Parents)(Know Islam, No Peace - No Islam, Know Peace)
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To: JayGalt

That’s the thing the potential usurpers in the GOP did not consider before they made the deal with the devil on Obama, the Democrats may elect ineligible people but the GOP never will, too many of us know what natural born citizen means and will not vote for ineligible candidates.


57 posted on 07/01/2021 8:26:40 PM PDT by Lurkinanloomin (Natural Born Citizens Are Born Here of Citizen Parents)(Know Islam, No Peace - No Islam, Know Peace)
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To: conservative98

ted cruz would be a dream GOP presidential candidate in 2024 ... a dream for the Democrats that is ...


58 posted on 07/01/2021 8:33:49 PM PDT by catnipman (Cat Nipman: Vote Republican in 2012 and only be called racist one more time!)
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To: ridesthemiles
NATURAL BORN CITIZEN????

Nope, but too many Freepers don't care about our Constitution anymore. They've surrendered.

59 posted on 07/01/2021 8:56:06 PM PDT by ASA Vet (Jus Soli + Jus Sanguinis = NBC)
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To: conservative98

I doubt if many of his former followers will support hjm.


60 posted on 07/01/2021 8:56:54 PM PDT by stars & stripes forever (Blessed is the nation whose God is the Lord. (Psalm 33:12))
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