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
party people politician
People are fed up. They are fed up with what's happening in Washington. They are fed up with both parties. They are fed up with politicians who have lied to them.
struggle people
The people who pay the biggest price are those who are struggling.
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.
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.
across best choices drive expand health increase insurance people purchase single state
The single best thing we can do is expand competition. Let people purchase health insurance across state lines. If you want to expand access, what you want to do is increase choices and drive down cost.
powerful thinking people
I think data is incredibly powerful for understanding what people are thinking and for allocating resources.
constitution first-amendment protect
I'm a constitutionalist. You know, does faith matter to me? Sure. But the beauty of the Constitution, the beauty of the First Amendment, it protects everyone's faith.
fringe millions paul rand shoulder spoke standing viewed
If you think back to the fight over drones, when I was proud to be standing shoulder to shoulder with Rand Paul filibustering for 13 hours, that was viewed as a fringe issue, as a quixotic issue, and yet millions of Americans engaged, spoke up, got online.
approve broader
As much as we need to approve the Keystone pipeline, we need to think far broader than that.