Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) on Wednesday published more than 1,700 words on the Democratic midterms sweep, and as the man who infamously left his constituents to die amid historic winter weather in 2021, assured Texans he will “fight” against “the newly elected radicals.”
“Last night, I called [Texas Sen.-elect] James Talarico,” Cruz wrote on X. “I congratulated him on his very impressive victory. It was a pleasant conversation, and I told him that I looked forward to working with him to try to benefit Texas. So … he and I will work together.”
He continued, “But if the newly elected radicals push policies that hurt Texas, raising taxes, destroying jobs, opening the border, releasing violent criminals, threatening our children, undermining our constitutional rights, I will fight with all of my strength to defend Texas.”
Talarico, who defeated GOP opponent Ken Paxton, was only one part of the “bluenami” that saw Democrats win every statewide election in Texas, regain control of the House and Senate and rebuke President Donald Trump and his administration.
Cruz acknowledged in his social media post that “History was made last night,” calling it “the most consequential midterm election of our lifetimes,” but spent the majority of his screed painting progressive Democrats as threats to the American way of life.
He was also forced to acknowledge the issues that anti-Republican voters were most focused on, quoting his wife, Heidi, and her reminder that elections are “not about you” — but about the people — in sharing some exit polling data from Kansas.
“Number one, cost of living, energy, and groceries,” wrote Cruz. “That was listed as number one by 30.6 percent of voters. Corruption. Number two, 18.5%. The cost of the Iran war, 10.1%. The candidates are terrible, 7.9%. The Canada trade war, 7.6%.”
He noted, “The top issue, cost of living, is very real. Too many in politics dismissed it. They didn’t understand. They pointed to the macro numbers showing the stock markets soaring, median income at record highs, and poverty at record lows.”
Cruz has largely supported Trump, who has repeatedly dismissed the nationwide affordability crisis as a “con job” concocted by Democrats and broke one of his primary campaign vows of avoiding foreign entanglements by launching a costly war on Iran.
Cruz on Wednesday acknowledged that Trump’s international tariffs have exacerbated the cost of living for everyday Americans to such a stark degree that voters turned to Democrats as a salve.
“That is very real pain from real Americans, and too many Republican politicians seem like they didn’t understand or they didn’t care,” Cruz wrote. “Food is too high, gas is too high, diesel is too high, insurance is too high, life is too high.”
He noted, “Tariffs have made everything too expensive, and the Iran war has dragged on too long.”