Posted on 12/23/2021 9:21:42 AM PST by Coronal
Sen. Ted Cruz may be cruising toward another bid at the presidency.
In an interview with the Truth Gazette, Cruz was asked if he would consider running for the White House, and the Texas Republican said his race in 2016 puts him in a good position to win the GOP nomination.
"Absolutely, in a heartbeat. You know I ran in 2016. It was the most fun I've ever had in my life," he said. "I ended up placing second. You know, there's a reason historically that the runner-up is almost always the next nominee."
Cruz lost his bid for the Republican nomination to Donald Trump in 2016, but he finished second in terms of delegates.
He faced a bitter contest with Trump in the waning days of the election cycle. At one point, Trump attacked Cruz's wife and his father. As a result, Cruz initially declined to endorse Trump at the Republican National Convention.
However, he ultimately endorsed Trump several months later over Hillary Clinton in the general election and became an ally of Trump in the Senate.
Numerous second-place finishers went on to gain their party's nomination in subsequent races. Examples include Ronald Reagan, George H.W. Bush, John McCain, Mitt Romney, and Hillary Clinton.
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He cannot win. He’s vying for the VP slot.
He already ran to Mexico as fast as possible.
No chance.
It does not make sense to put an unelectable on the VP ticket.
Ha, ha, ha… breathe… ha, ha, ha… yer killin’ me.
Lyin’ Ted Cruz, perhaps the most inauthentic intentional stutterer in politics, thinks he’s going to be the Republican presidential nominee in 2024 because he was the runner up in 2016. No, seriously, he does.
WATCH:
Ted Cruz actually thinks that he is going to get elected President of the United States in 2024
D’oh. Grandma’s rule.
Impossible. We need a candidate who will be 78 years old in 2024. What is this whippersnapper thinking?
In the country of Cruz’s birth, the head of state is titled Prime Minister not President.
The stab in the back during the primary, when the communists were rioting in Chicago is something that I will never forget. Cruz jumped on the Jeb “Blame Trump” bandwagon.
Wise up Ted...The Supreme Court awaits you.
>No Chance
You beat me to it. Where’s the thumbs up?
He’d be a real good Majority leader in the senate. Keep him there. If he doesn’t play then it’s SCOTUS. That’s all.
Yup....He was born in Canada. Period.
Don’t....
Good on Cruz for taking part in this interview and providing an upbeat message for young people.
We can do better. He released that dirty ad about Melania, and had so little sense as to run to Mexico when Texas had a disaster because his girls were whining.
That was an -idiot- move.
And his dad the Cube refugee fled to Canada right after JFK was murdered. And he was born in Calgary Canada.
And his convention performance was shameful. He would be good on the Supreme court, but he could barely head off Beto in Texas.
The fact that even though an attorney he maintains he is eligible for the WH is an affront to thinking patriots. It certainly ought to raise concerns he is fit to sit on the USSC. But politics are what they are.
He should be called out on this but unfortunately I don't think it matters anymore at all. We have a fake president who lost the election in a landslide yet was still installed in office. That pretty much puts an end to the republic right there so who is "running" whatever that means is pretty much meaningless.
Just a spoiler.
A good senator who knows he is ineligible for the presidency
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