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 thinking special
Listen, Bernie Sanders talks about how Washington is corrupt, both parties are in bed with the lobbyists and special interests. I think he's exactly right.
fighting men thinking
I think too many politicians are not listening to the men and women they represent, and if we're going to change the path America is on, we have got to be fighting for policies not that benefit the giant corporations and the banks and the special interests and the lobbyists, which is what Washington focuses on every day, but instead every policy needs to focus on the working men and women, the truck drivers and the steelworkers, and the young people.
player thinking vote
I think many of the mainstream media players are liberal Democrats. They intend to vote for Hillary Clinton. They believed Donald Trump was the easiest candidate for Hillary to beat.
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.
foreign spectrum views wide
In the Senate, there is a wide spectrum of views on foreign policy.
good-things flexibility
You know flexibility is a good thing but it shouldn't - you shouldn't be flexible on core principles.
abroad centuries citizen federal natural
It's been federal law for over two centuries that the child of an American born abroad is a citizen - a natural born citizen.
declare rests war
The authority to declare war rests in Congress, not in an out-of-control president.
truth
I will always tell the truth and do what I said I would do.
promise unhappy politician
Politicians make promises and they don't do what they said they would do: the reason why so many politicians in Washington are unhappy with me.
changed country music odd rock sort taste
I'll tell you sort of an odd story: My music taste changed on 9/11. And it's very strange. I actually intellectually find this very curious. But on 9/11, I didn't like how rock music responded. And country music collectively, the way they responded, it resonated with me.