Senator from Texas who has wanted to be president for a very long time. Was considered one of the frontrunners along with Marco Rubio during the 2016 primaries before Trump butted in.
He has been a huge Trump loyalist the past 4 years despite:
- Trump claiming that Cruz didn't win the Iowa Caucus but instead rigged it (huh sounds familiar)
- Trump constantly calling him a liar and saying he has mental problems
- Trump claiming Cruz might not be legally allowed to take office since he was born in Canada
- Trump literally tweeting that Cruz's wife is ugly
- When Cruz was losing primaries, Trump said he was "choking like a dog" and should be "put down"
- Trump once claiming Cruz's dad may have been involved in the Kennedy assassination (????)
Trump treats Cruz like literal dog shit and he has continued to bend over backwards for everything Trump has done, despite constantly denouncing his behavior and rhetoric in the primaries, because he's so desperate to get Trump voters in a potential 2024 run. And that includes objecting to state votes last night despite a literal insurrection.