to that of Helms but with the constitutional law orientation that was so present in Hatch,” Thorburn says. Political analyst and News-
CONSISTENT Cruz questions Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson about critical race theory at her Supreme Court confirmation hearing last year. “I can’t think of a conservative issue on which Ted hasn’t been a formidable leader,”
says fellow Republican Sen. Mike Lee.
max contributor Dick Morris says: “Ted Cruz is simply the smartest member of the Sen- ate. Apart from differences over ideology and party, I think most senators would agree with this statement. “While others hue to parti-
san rhetoric or rely on passion to generate enthusiasm, Cruz brings his sharp analytical mind to debate and provides intellectual insights for mem- bers of both parties.” The son of a Cuban im-
migrant, Cruz has long de- nounced any détente between the U.S. and the impoverished Caribbean island 90 miles south of Florida, so long as it is in Communist hands. The efforts of the Obama administration in 2014 to open
“Upsetting to some voters” is not something Cruz spends much time pondering. His guidepost is the U.S. Constitution, which he has studied since childhood.
diplomatic doors to Havana “will be remembered as a tragic mistake,” he says. Cruz has championed the
flat tax and a vastly reduced federal government, ideas that were popular during the Rea- gan administration. His manifesto calls for
abolishing four federal depart- ments: Education, Energy, Commerce, and Housing and Urban Development. Their closure was a main-
stay of the GOP platform in the 1980s, but was abandoned amid fears it was a vote loser for Republicans because it might be “upsetting” to some voters. “Upsetting to some voters”
is not something Cruz spends much time pondering. His guidepost is the U.S. Consti- tution, which he has studied since childhood. “On which issues has he not
led?” Sen. Mike Lee, R-Utah, a fellow devotee of the textual interpretation of the Consti- tution, said of Cruz. “I can’t think of a conservative issue on which Ted hasn’t been a formi- dable leader.” Whether it is a fight to limit
abortion, or the right to bear arms, or the move to defund public broadcasting, Cruz is in the middle of it — and at one volume: loud. In the summer of 2013, Sens.
Lee, Cruz, Kentucky’s Rand Paul, and Florida’s Marco Rubio launched an all-out ef- fort to delay President Barack Obama’s Affordable Care Act until changes they wanted were made. This led to a brief but unpopular shutdown of the government. In a Fox News poll conduct-
ed during the first two days of the shutdown, 42% of regis- tered voters blamed Republi- cans for the shutdown — with 25% pointing the finger at “Tea Party Republicans such as Ted Cruz.” In recent weeks, Cruz’s pas-
sion for issues and solutions has been aroused by “the worst illegal immigration our nation
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