Category: Ted Cruz

Ted Cruz: Cancun Trip ‘Obviously a Mistake’

Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) said Thursday that traveling to Cancun, Mexico, was “obviously a mistake” as millions of Texans lost power for days after a deadly winter blast overwhelmed the electric grid. The Republican lawmaker made the remarks to reporters outside his home as a group of protesters called for his resignation, chanting, “Ted Cruz has got…


NTD Evening News Full Broadcast (Feb. 18)

Utilities restore power to hundreds of thousands of homes in Texas, a Texas Mayor pleads with Biden to halt the release of immigrants into his city, and Texas Senator Ted Cruz is under fire for flying to Cancun during his state’s power outage.


‘Wanted to Be a Good Dad’: Ted Cruz Responds to Criticism He Traveled to Cancun Amid Texas Power Crisis

Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) responded to allegations that he flew to Cancun, Mexico, in the midst of record cold temperatures and snowfall in Texas—which has been besieged by power outages over the past several days. Cruz appeared to confirm that he went to Cancun, saying that “with school canceled for the week, our girls asked…


If ‘Fight Like Hell’ Constitutes Incitement, Every Political Candidate in America Is Guilty: Sen. Cruz

Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) on the third day of the impeachment trial criticized House managers for failing to show how former President Donald Trump “incited” the Jan. 6 breach of the U.S. Capitol. Cruz said that while the House managers’ presentation was “designed to be emotional and powerful,” it only makes the case that a…


Cruz Condemns WHO for Parroting CCP Narrative That COVID-19 Didn’t Originate in Wuhan Lab

Sen. Ted Cruz criticized the World Health Organization (WHO) for parroting the Chinese Communist Party’s (CCP) narrative that COVID-19, the disease caused by the CCP virus, couldn’t have initially spread from a Wuhan lab. “Shameful. At the outset of the pandemic, the WHO acted as a propagandist for communist China, echoing the CCP’s lies,” the Texas…


Cruz Condemns WHO for Parroting CCP Narrative That COVID-19 Couldn’t Have Spread From Wuhan Lab

Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) on Wednesday criticized the World Health Organization (WHO) for parroting the Chinese Communist Party’s (CCP’s) narrative that COVID-19, the disease caused by the CCP virus, could not have initially spread from a Wuhan lab. “Shameful. At the outset of the pandemic, the WHO acted as a propagandist for communist China, echoing the…


Cruz on Biden’s UN Nominee: I Have ‘No Confidence’ She Would Stand up to Beijing

Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) reiterated his concerns about President Joe Biden’s nominee for Ambassador to the United Nations over comments she made praising the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) in 2019. Cruz joined three of his colleagues on the Senate Foreign Relations Committee to vote against advancing Linda Thomas-Greenfield’s nomination to the full Senate floor. In a speech…


Sen. Hawley Says His Goal Was Never to Overturn the Election

Sen. Josh Hawley (R-Mo.) on Wednesday defended his decision to reject the certification of the Electoral College votes from certain states, calling it “a lie” that he was trying to overturn the election results. Hawley was one of the dozen Senate Republicans who vowed to not sign off electoral votes from states whose election integrity…


Republicans, Democrats Unite to Condemn Robinhood’s Removal of Gamestop Stock

Lawmakers in Congress who aren’t known to agree on much of anything united in condemning retail stock investment app Robinhood on Jan. 28, after the company blocked users of the app from buying stocks of companies like GameStop that were soaring in value after individual investors banded together to squeeze Wall Street hedge funds. “This…


Biden’s UN Ambassador Nominee Defends Past Praise of China

President Joe Biden’s nominee to become ambassador to the United Nations on Wednesday faced questioning over her past praise of China’s communist regime. Linda Thomas-Greenfield, speaking at an event in 2019 put on by the communist-supported Confucius Institute network, spoke positively about China, telling the audience that the country has invested in Africa in a…