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Ted Cruz does a weird little thing every time someone applauds him in a speech. Footage taken from a speech given on March 15th 2016.

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) today released a powerful video rejecting the Iran Nuclear Deal. The video reminds Americans of the dangerous reality that will occur if the president succeeds in implementing this deal. The first responsibility of Congress is to protect the national security of this country - to protect the lives and safety of men, women, and children across this country. This deal does not prevent Iran from getting a nuclear weapon and allows more than $100 billion to flow to radical Islamic terrorists in Iran.The video can be viewed in its entirety here.###

Ted Cruz got a big boost in Iowa recently when the influential social conservative activist and radio host Steve Deace endorsed him. To call it a sought-after endorsement would be an understatement. Deace says prospective 2016 GOP campaigns began contacting him well before the 2012 election. (All just assumed that Mitt Romney was going to lose.) The recruitment efforts picked up in 2013 and 2014. When few people were paying any attention to the still-forming Republican race, Deace was hard at work. “For me, this vetting process has been going on for a couple of years,” he says. “In our...

Former vice presidential candidate and Alaska Republican Gov. Sarah Palin would prove "formidable" in a 2016 run for president, Weekly Standard Editor Bill Kristol predicted Thursday. "She's a huge political talent. She has a real populist streak, and a real feel for, sort of, middle America in a way that very few politicians do," Kristol told MSNBC's "Morning Joe." "The truth is, she might be kind of formidable," he added.(VIDEO-AT-LINK) Her biggest obstacle, Kristol maintained, would be explaining why she stepped down as Alaska's governor before serving her entire term. Kristol advised the next Republican nominee to "spend some time...