Ted Cruz Lists Obvious Reasons For Midterms Blowout In Cringy Screed: 'I Will Fight'

HuffPost · Marco Margaritoff · 2026-11-05 16:29 UTC

The Texas senator appeared to only learn why midterm voters rebuked Republicans from exit polling.

Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) on Wednesday published more than 1,700 words on the Democratic midterms sweep, and as the man who infamously left his constituents to die amid historic winter weather in 2021, assured Texans he will “fight” against “the newly elected radicals.”

“Last night, I called [Texas Sen.-elect] James Talarico,” Cruz wrote on X. “I congratulated him on his very impressive victory. It was a pleasant conversation, and I told him that I looked forward to working with him to try to benefit Texas. So … he and I will work together.”

He continued, “But if the newly elected radicals push policies that hurt Texas, raising taxes, destroying jobs, opening the border, releasing violent criminals, threatening our children, undermining our constitutional rights, I will fight with all of my strength to defend Texas.”

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