Ted Cruz
Ted Cruz
Rafael Edward "Ted" Cruzis an American attorney and politician; he was elected in 2012 as the junior United States Senator from Texas...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionPolitician
Date of Birth22 December 1970
CityCalgary, Canada
CountryUnited States of America
agree amazing class entire principles wisdom
It is amazing that the wisdom of the chattering class to the Republicans is always, always, always 'Surrender your principles and agree with the Democrats.' That's been true for my entire lifetime.
senior good-friend decision
A very good friend of mine spent a fair amount of time doing postmortems and met with a number of the senior folks on the Romney campaign and they spent, what was it, $140, $160 million on data. And this friend of mine, who is a very sharp thinker, asked a series of questions, but the most important one he asked, he said, "What decisions did you make differently because of the data?" And he's coming from the private equity world where he wants to know, OK, and the answer from virtually every single senior Romney person was "nothing."
people inspired
Young people want someone to tell them the truth. They want to be inspired.
people
You cannot build a grass-roots campaign unless you are connecting with people.
people promise emperor
What is deemed "unlikeable" in Washington is actually standing up to Washington and saying no, saying "The emperor has no clothes," saying "We made promises to the people who elected us; let's do that."
people care going-to-work
If there's not a message that people care about, they're not going to work on the campaign.
people despair
There's a lot of despair in the USA. Young people are afraid for the future.
bad federal government
The federal government has not been effective enough monitoring and surveilling bad guys.
people republican modern
If you look on the Republican side, the two Republicans who have most energized young people in modern times are Ronald Reagan and Ron Paul.
people accountability fed-up
Brexit is the people of Britain who are fed up with the European Union dominating their lives, and they want accountability.
issues meat politics record
I think issues and substance, policy and vision and record should be the meat of politics.
defend family knows liberty lose
I will keep my word. My father fled Cuba, and I will fight to defend liberty because my family knows what it's like to lose it.
spent terrific
I've spent the past month in Washington, D.C., and it is terrific to be back in America.
president
Obama has been the most lawless president we've ever had.