Ted Cruz
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Rafael Edward Cruz is an American politician and attorney serving as the junior United States senator from Texas since 2013. A member of the Republican Party, Cruz was the solicitor general of Texas from 2003 to 2008. Since 2025, Cruz has chaired the Senate Commerce Committee.
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Sep 27, 2026
Far Left
Announced that the White House assured him it won't ban US diesel exports, following industry pressure.
The left sees Cruz as a petro-state errand boy, and the diesel export decision as proof that both parties serve fossil fuel capital even as working people face rising gas prices from the Iran war.
Sep 14, 2026
Far Right
Booed and hit with 'Ted, you suck!' chants during an ESPN College GameDay appearance in Austin
Cruz is a perennial base-skeptic figure: useful on judicial fights and border theater, but many on the right still remember 'Lyin' Ted' and see him as a self-interested operator who folds when it counts
Aug 9, 2026
Lean Left
Urged Trump to seek regime collapse in Yemen amid escalating Houthi attacks on Saudi-backed troops.
He embodies the hawkish interventionism the left opposes, especially when it ignores civilian carnage and the humanitarian catastrophe in Yemen.
Jul 19, 2026
Far Right
Cruz said he authored a constitutional amendment for term limits on senators and House members.
Praised for pushing institutional reform that would drain the swamp and limit career politicians, though some skeptics question his timing.
Jul 2, 2026
Far Left
Ted Cruz condemned the Supreme Court's birthright citizenship ruling despite having previously supported the same constitutional interpretation.
Far-left mocks Cruz's flip-flop as transparent hypocrisy, exposing the partisan nature of constitutional originalism.