Cruz is not part of the GOPe.
I didn't say he was. I said he was in the same camp as the GOPe, in a specific fight. I also said that he benefits from the association with the party, in general. If he was not "in the party," he would not be in the Senate.
As Vice-Chair of the National Republican Senatorial Committee (NRSC) Cruz was in a position to act when McConnell pulled the trigger on the attacks against Ken Cuccinelli (Virginia governor race ’14), Chris McDaniel (Mississippi Senate), and Matt Bevin (Kentucky Senate), yet he stood by and did nothing. He didn’t resign the NSRC until Jan. 2015. Cruz may have regretted it but by going along with McConnell’s dirty tricks he made a defacto deal with the devil.
How do you know that he isn't just playing a role in their schemes? Maybe he's just there to throw some red meat to the conservatives to make them believe their concerns are being paid attention to, all while nothing really gets accomplished. The big money globalists can make good use of a politician who says all the right things, while still staying under the control of Goldman Sachs , et al. He'll campaign saying he'll get a border wall, and then do nothing about it once elected. Everybody wins. The open borders crowd still has the open borders, and the closed borders crowd is happy because they have someone they think is fighting for them in the Senate. As long as they know the numbers in Congress aren't there to actually get a wall built, the globalists are thrilled to allow there to be an ineffective voice shouting in opposition to it.
You may change your mind when he endorses Amnesty Boy.
I changed mine when he voted for TPA and the Corker bill.
“Cruz is not part of the GOPe.”
LOL. The brave warrior of TPA? The step n fetchit for Goldman, Sachs, Rapes, Loots, and Pillages? Sir Teddy of H1B?
Naah. He’s not gop-e.