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'''Rafael Edward <!--Once again, Ted is a historical nickname for Edward just like it is for Theodore… per [[MOS:HYPOCORISM]], DO NOT ADD TED IN QUOTATIONS--> Cruz''' ({{IPAc-en|k|r|uː|z}}; born December 22, 1970) is an American<!-- DO NOT add the birthplace of Ted Cruz in the lead section other than in the infobox; it violates MOS (see [[MOS:BLPLEAD]]) and consensus is against it. --> politician
After graduating from [[Princeton University]] and [[Harvard Law School]], Cruz pursued a career in politics, later working as a policy advisor in the [[George W. Bush]] administration. In 2003, [[Attorney general of Texas|Texas Attorney General]] [[Greg Abbott]] appointed Cruz to serve as [[Solicitor General of Texas|Solicitor General]], a position he held through 2008. In 2012, Cruz [[2012 United States Senate election in Texas|was elected to]] the U.S. Senate, becoming the first Hispanic-American<ref>{{cite web |title=Cruz Sworn-In As First Hispanic Texas U.S. Senator |url=https://www.krwg.org/regional/2013-01-03/cruz-sworn-in-as-first-hispanic-texas-u-s-senator |website=KRWG |access-date=13 February 2022 |language=en |date=3 January 2013}}</ref> to serve as a U.S. senator from Texas. In the Senate, he has taken consistently conservative positions on economic and social policy
Cruz is running for reelection to the Senate in [[2024 United States Senate election in Texas|2024]] against Democratic nominee [[Colin Allred]] and other third-party candidates.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Goodman |first=J. David |date=2024-03-05 |title=Colin Allred Wins Democratic Contest to Take On Senator Ted Cruz in Texas |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2024/03/05/us/politics/colin-allred-democrat-texas-senate.html |access-date=2024-06-04 |work=[[The New York Times]] |issn=0362-4331}}</ref>
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Cruz's father, Rafael, was born and raised in Cuba, the son of a [[Canary Islander]] who immigrated to [[Cuba]] as a child.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://abcnews.go.com/International/donald-trump-ted-cruz-us-political-figures-react/story?id=43790782|website=[[ABC News (United States)|ABC News]]|title=Donald Trump, US Political Figures React to Fidel Castro's Death|first1=Michael|last1=Edison Hayden|first2=Alexander|last2=Mallin|first3=Paul|last3=Blake|date=November 26, 2016}}</ref> As a teenager in the 1950s, Rafael Cruz was beaten by agents of [[Fulgencio Batista]] for opposing the Batista regime.<ref>{{Cite news|last=Horowitz|first=Jason|date=November 9, 2015|title=Cuban Peers Dispute Ted Cruz's Father's Story of Fighting for Castro (Published 2015)|language=en-US|work=[[The New York Times]]|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2015/11/10/us/politics/cuban-peers-dispute-ted-cruzs-fathers-story-of-fighting-for-castro.html|access-date=February 19, 2021|issn=0362-4331}}</ref> He left Cuba in 1957 to attend the [[University of Texas at Austin]] and obtained [[political asylum]] in the United States after his four-year [[student visa]] expired.<ref name="Welna20June">{{cite news |url=https://www.npr.org/sections/itsallpolitics/2013/06/20/193585553/how-ted-cruzs-father-shaped-his-views-on-immigration|title=How Ted Cruz's Father Shaped His Views On Immigration|date=June 20, 2013|access-date=December 14, 2015|first=David|last=Welna |publisher=[[NPR]]}}</ref> He earned Canadian citizenship in 1973<ref name="Macleans" /> and became a [[Naturalization|naturalized]] United States citizen in 2005.<ref name="CostaNatlRev08282013">{{cite news|title=The Rise of Rafael Cruz|author=Costa, Robert |url=http://www.nationalreview.com/article/356934/rise-rafael-cruz-robert-costa|newspaper=[[National Review]]|date=August 28, 2013 |quote=Born in Matanzas, Cuba, he grew up in the Cuba middle class in the 1950s, as the son of an RCA salesman and an elementary-school teacher. As a teenager, he grew to detest the regime of [[Fulgencio Batista]]. He and some of his schoolmates frequently clashed with Batista's officials. Eventually, he linked up with Castro's guerrilla groups and supported their attempts to overthrow Batista. It's a decision he still regrets. His move toward Castro, he explains, was mostly due to his anger with Batista's government, which at one point imprisoned him and tortured him for his work with the revolutionaries. He says he never shared Castro's Communism, but at the time, it was the best way to fight Batista's oppression. By age 18, in 1957, he knew he needed to get out, and a friend essentially bribed an official to secure him an exit permit.|access-date=August 28, 2013}}</ref><ref name="OlsenHousChron10132012">{{cite news|title=Cruz's life defies simplification|author=Olsen, Lise|url=http://www.chron.com/news/politics/article/Cruz-s-life-defies-simplification-3946523.php|newspaper=[[Houston Chronicle]]|date=October 13, 2012|quote=The ex-revolutionary pastor regularly stumps for his son, whom he's compared to the Old Testament prophet Jeremiah – a relentless advocate with "fire in his bones." Ted, he says, is "not going to Washington to compromise"|access-date=August 28, 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last=Swartz|first=Mimi|date=March 31, 2015|title=Ted Cruz and the New Politics of Texas|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2015/03/31/opinion/ted-cruz-and-the-new-politics-of-texas.html|newspaper=[[The New York Times]]|location=New York|access-date=April 17, 2015}}</ref>
At the time of his birth, Ted Cruz's parents had lived in Calgary for three years and were working in the oil business as owners of a [[Reflection seismology|seismic-data processing]] firm for oil [[Well drilling|drilling]].<ref name="CostaNatlRev08282013"/><ref name="FOXNewsLatino04082013">{{cite news|title=Ted Cruz's Father Talks About Latinos, Conservatives and the American Dream |url=http://latino.foxnews.com/latino/politics/2013/04/08/ted-cruz-father-and-inspiration-talks-about-latinos-conservatives-and-american|newspaper=[[Fox Latin America|FOX News Latino]]|quote=Cruz, the father, and his wife, Eleanor Darragh, left the United States for a few years, living in Canada to take advantage of the oil boom.|date=April 8, 2012|access-date=October 6, 2013}}</ref><ref name="NYTimes11182011">{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2011/11/18/us/politics/ted-cruz-is-a-test-for-the-tea-party-in-texas-race.html|title=A Test for the Tea Party in Texas Senate Race|author=Zernike, Kate|date=November 18, 2011|work=[[The New York Times]]|access-date=November 18, 2011}}</ref><ref name="newvos1">{{cite news|title=Ted Cruz: New Voice for the American Dream |first=Terence|last=Jeffrey|url=http://cwww.creators.com/opinion/terence-jeffrey/ted-cruz-new-voice-for-the-american-dream.html |newspaper=[[Creators Syndicate]]|year=2011|access-date=August 17, 2013|url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130921053539/http://cwww.creators.com/opinion/terence-jeffrey/ted-cruz-new-voice-for-the-american-dream.html|archive-date=September 21, 2013}}</ref><ref name="GarrettDallasNews04282013">{{cite news|title=Senate candidate Ted Cruz aims to pick up mantle of Reagan|author=Garrett, Robert T.|url=http://www.dallasnews.com/news/politics/headlines/20120428-senate-candidate-ted-cruz-aims-to-pick-up-mantle-of-reagan.ece|newspaper=[[The Dallas Morning News]]|date=April 28, 2013|access-date=August 22, 2013}}</ref> Cruz has said that he is the son of "two mathematicians/computer programmers".<ref name="Mervis">{{cite news |last=Mervis|first=Jeffrey|date=December 9, 2015|title=From a bully pulpit, Ted Cruz offers his take on climate change |url=https://www.science.org/content/article/bully-pulpit-ted-cruz-offers-his-take-climate-change|newspaper=[[Science (journal)|ScienceInsider]]|location=[[Washington, D.C.]]|access-date=February 6, 2016}}</ref> In 1974, Cruz's father left the family and moved to Texas.<ref>Larson, Leslie. [http://m.nydailynews.com/news/politics/ted-cruz-plans-renounce-canadian-citizenship-article-1.1561380 "Ted Cruz plans to renounce Canadian citizenship"], ''[[Daily News (New York)|Daily News]], New York'' (December 30, 2013).</ref> Later that year, Cruz's parents reconciled and relocated the family to [[Houston]].<ref name="Macleans"/> They divorced in 1997.<ref name="Recio1Apr">{{cite news|url=http://www.mcclatchydc.com/news/politics-government/election/article24782596.html|title=Ted Cruz's family story: Poignant but incomplete|first=Maria|last=Recio|work=McClatchy|date=April 1, 2015|access-date=December 14, 2015}}</ref> Cruz has two older half-sisters, Miriam Ceferina Cruz and Roxana Lourdes Cruz, from his father's first marriage. Miriam died in 2011 from a drug overdose.<ref name="Recio1Apr"/><ref>[http://www.nationaljournal.com/magazine/2015/06/26/ted-cruzs-secret-weapon-win-right Ted Cruz's Secret Weapon to Win the Right], ''[[National Journal]]'', Andy Kroll, June 25, 2015; retrieved November 11, 2015.</ref><ref name="TimeTruthCruz">{{cite book|title=A Time for Truth: Reigniting the Promise of America|pages=28–44, 101–03|publisher=Broadside|year=2015|first=Ted|last=Cruz}}</ref>
Cruz began going by Ted at age 13.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Hopper|first=Jessica|date=July 2, 2015|title=7 Things You Never Knew About Ted Cruz That We Learned From Reading His Book|url=https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/things-knew-ted-cruz-learned-reading-book/story?id=32165453|access-date=March 22, 2021|website=[[ABC News (United States)|ABC News]]|language=en}}</ref>
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For junior high school, Cruz went to [[Awty International School]] in [[Houston]].<ref>{{cite web|last=Vogel|first=Scott|url=https://www.houstoniamag.com/news-and-city-life/2015/09/vetting-ted-cruz-presidential-resume-september-2015|title=Vetting Ted Cruz's Presidential Resumé|work=[[Houstonia Magazine]]|date=2015-09-01|accessdate=2021-09-18}}</ref> Cruz attended two private high schools: [[Faith West Academy]], near [[Katy, Texas]];<ref name="eriksen">{{cite web|url=http://blogs.chron.com/insidekaty/archives/2005/08/supreme_court_l.html|title=Solicitor general carries "supreme" weight with Katy roots|last=Eriksen|first=Helen|date=August 11, 2005|work=[[Houston Chronicle]]|access-date=October 2, 2013|archive-date=March 25, 2008|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080325112430/http://blogs.chron.com/insidekaty/archives/2005/08/supreme_court_l.html|url-status=dead}}</ref> and [[Second Baptist School|Second Baptist High School]] in [[Houston]], from which he graduated as [[valedictorian]] in 1988.<ref name=OlsenHousChron10132012/><ref>{{cite web|title=Distinguished Alumni|url=http://www.secondbaptistschool.org/distinguishedalumni|publisher=Second Baptist School|access-date=April 22, 2015|archive-date=May 30, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150530203145/http://www.secondbaptistschool.org/distinguishedalumni|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last=Mackey |first=Maureen |date=March 23, 2015 |title=Ted Cruz: 20 Things You Didn't Know About Him |url=http://www.thefiscaltimes.com/2015/03/23/Ted-Cruz-20-Things-You-Didn-t-Know-About-Him |newspaper=Fiscal Times |access-date=April 23, 2015 |quote=7: He graduated from Houston's Second Baptist High School in 1988 and was valedictorian of his class.}}<br/>{{cite news |last=Dunham |first=Richard |date=October 15, 2012 |title=Profile: A man of many contrasts, Ted Cruz defies easy stereotypes |url=http://blog.chron.com/txpotomac/2012/10/profile-a-man-of-many-contrasts-ted-cruz-defies-easy-stereotypes/ |newspaper=[[Houston Chronicle]] |access-date=April 23, 2015 |quote=Cruz was one of only two Hispanics when he transferred to Houston's Second Baptist School his junior year. He graduated valedictorian in 1988.}}<br/>{{cite news |last=Miller |first=Jake |date=March 19, 2015 |title=Will grassroots support be enough for Sen. Ted Cruz in 2016? |url=http://www.cbsnews.com/news/will-grassroots-support-be-enough-for-sen-ted-cruz-in-2016/ |publisher=[[CBS News]] |access-date=April 23, 2015 |quote=He graduated valedictorian of his high school in 1988, attended Princeton University for his undergraduate studies, and received his law degree from Harvard University.}}<br />{{cite news |last=Barbash |first=Fred |date=March 23, 2015 |title=Why Liberty University in Lynchburg, Va., is the perfect launchpad for Ted Cruz |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/morning-mix/wp/2015/03/23/why-liberty-university-in-lynchburg-va-is-the-perfect-launchpad-for-ted-cruz|newspaper=[[The Washington Post]]|access-date=April 23, 2015|quote=The last time he spoke there, Cruz made no mention of his Ivy League degrees but recalled fondly his memories of Second Baptist High School in Houston, where he was valedictorian, and how his wife was the daughter and granddaughter of missionaries.}}<br/>{{cite web|url=http://www.biography.com/people/ted-cruz|title=Ted Cruz|author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.-->|year=2015|publisher=Biography.com|access-date=April 23, 2015|quote=The valedictorian of his class at Houston's Second Baptist High School, Cruz went on to Princeton University.}}</ref> During high school, Cruz participated in a Houston-based group known at the time as the Free Market Education Foundation, a program that taught high school students the philosophies of economists such as [[Milton Friedman]] and [[Frédéric Bastiat]].<ref name=GarrettDallasNews04282013/><ref name=Lizza>{{Cite magazine|last=Lizza |first=Ryan|author-link=Ryan Lizza|date=November 19, 2012|title=The Party Next Time|magazine=[[The New Yorker]]|pages=50–57|url=https://www.newyorker.com/reporting/2012/11/19/121119fa_fact_lizza|access-date=July 20, 2013}}</ref>
After high school, Cruz studied [[public policy]] at [[Princeton University]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://votesmart.org/candidate/biography/135705/ted-cruz|title=Ted Cruz's Biography |location=Philipsburg, Montana |work=Project Vote Smart |access-date=February 8, 2016}}.</ref><ref name="CongressionalBio"/><ref name=PrincetonUCruzAlum>{{cite news|title=Ted Cruz 92 Sworn-in as U.S. Senator from Texas|author=Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs|url=http://wws.princeton.edu/node/11519|newspaper=[[Princeton University|Princeton University Bulletin]]|date=January 3, 2013|location=Princeton, New Jersey|access-date=April 14, 2014|archive-date=July 24, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150724025802/http://wws.princeton.edu/node/11519|url-status=dead}}</ref> While at Princeton, he competed for the [[American Whig-Cliosophic Society]]'s [[Princeton Debate Panel|Debate Panel]] and won the top speaker award at both the 1992 U.S. National Debating Championship and the 1992 [[North American Debating Championship]].<ref name="debate.princeton.edu">{{cite news|title=Hall of Fame |author=Princeton Debate Panel|url=http://debate.princeton.edu/results/hall-of-fame/|newspaper=[[Princeton Debate Panel|Princeton University Debate Panel]]|access-date=October 2, 2013}}</ref> In 1992, he was named U.S. National Speaker of the Year and, with his debate partner David Panton, Team of the Year by the [[American Parliamentary Debate Association]].<ref name="debate.princeton.edu"/> Cruz and Panton later represented Harvard Law School at the 1995 World Debating Championship, losing in the semifinals to a team from Australia.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://articles.philly.com/1995-01-10/news/25715479_1_death-penalty-princeton-university-war-criminals|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130926212559/http://articles.philly.com/1995-01-10/news/25715479_1_death-penalty-princeton-university-war-criminals|url-status=dead|archive-date=September 26, 2013|title=Australians Win Debate At Princeton A Singapore Woman Won The Award For Best Speaker. English Is Not Her Native Language|newspaper=[[The Philadelphia Inquirer]]}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last=Horowitz |first=Jason |date=April 22, 2015 |title=Ted Cruz Showed Eloquence, and Limits, as Debater at Princeton |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2015/04/23/us/politics/ted-cruz-honed-political-skills-in-princeton-debate-club.html|newspaper=[[The New York Times]] |access-date=April 25, 2015 |quote=By the time he was a senior at Princeton University in 1992, Ted Cruz had developed an arsenal of rhetorical skills and theatrical gestures that made him one of the most polished performers on the college debate circuit.}}</ref><ref name="PrinceDebateNamed"/> Princeton's debate team named their annual novice championship after Cruz.<ref name="PrinceDebateNamed">{{cite web|url=http://debate.princeton.edu/our-tournaments/cruz-novice-championship/|title=Cruz Novice Championship|access-date=January 11, 2014|author=Princeton Debate Panel|author-link=Princeton Debate Panel|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140111061415/https://debate.princeton.edu/our-tournaments/cruz-novice-championship/|archive-date=January 11, 2014}}</ref> At Princeton, Cruz was a member of [[Colonial Club]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://thetab.com/us/princeton/2015/10/19/cruz-is-colonial-92-so-we-asked-members-what-they-think-about-him-375|title=Ted Cruz '92 isn't welcome back to Colonial, his old club|date=October 19, 2015|website=Princeton University}}</ref> His 115-page senior thesis at Princeton investigated the separation of powers; its title, ''Clipping the Wings of Angels: The History and Theory Behind the Ninth and Tenth Amendments of the United States Constitution'', was inspired by a passage attributed to [[James Madison]] from the [[Federalist No. 51|51st essay]] of the [[Federalist Papers]]: "If angels were to govern men, neither external nor internal controls on government would be necessary." Cruz argued that the drafters of the Constitution intended to protect their constituents' rights, and that the last two items in the [[United States Bill of Rights|Bill of Rights]] offer an explicit stop against an all-powerful state.<ref name="NYTimesEckholm08012012">{{cite news|last=Eckholm|first=Erik|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2012/08/02/us/politics/republican-senate-candidate-in-texas-is-known-as-an-intellectual-force.html|title=A Republican Voice With Tea Party Mantle and Intellectual Heft|work=[[The New York Times]]|date=August 1, 2012|access-date=February 28, 2013}}</ref><ref name=MotherJones02021992>{{cite web|last=Cruz|first=Ted|url=https://www.motherjones.com/documents/480888-cruz-thesis|title=Ted Cruz's 1992 'Clipping the Wings of Angels'|publisher=[[Princeton University]]|date=April 2, 1992|access-date=February 28, 2013|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130109110404/https://www.motherjones.com/documents/480888-cruz-thesis|archive-date=January 9, 2013}}</ref> Cruz graduated from Princeton in 1992 with a [[Bachelor of Arts]] ''[[Latin honors#United States|cum laude]]''.<ref name="Swartz">{{Cite web |last=Swartz |first=Mimi |date=2021-01-11 |title=Opinion |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2021/01/11/opinion/ted-cruz-capitol-attack.html |access-date=2024-06-24 |website=The New York Times |language=en-US }}</ref>
Cruz then attended [[Harvard Law School]],<ref name="CongressionalBio" /><ref name="BegalaBeast08012012">{{cite news|title=Ted Cruz and Texas's Tea Party Revolution|author=Begala, Paul|url=http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2012/08/01/paul-begala-ted-cruz-and-texas-s-tea-party-revolution.html|newspaper=[[The Daily Beast]]|date=August 1, 2012|access-date=August 17, 2013}}</ref> where he was a [[John M. Olin Foundation|John M. Olin Fellow in Law and Economics]].<ref name=MorganLew03292011/> He was a primary editor of the ''[[Harvard Law Review]]'', an executive editor of the ''[[Harvard Journal of Law and Public Policy]]'', and a founding editor of the ''Harvard Latino Law Review''.<ref name=PrincetonUCruzAlum/> Referring to Cruz's time as a student at Harvard Law, professor [[Alan Dershowitz]] said that Cruz was "off-the-charts brilliant."<ref name=WashPostWeinerDershowitz>{{cite news|title=Who is Ted Cruz?|author=Weiner, Rachel|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/the-fix/post/who-is-ted-cruz/2012/08/01/gJQAqql8OX_blog.html|newspaper=[[The Washington Post]]|date=August 1, 2012|access-date=August 17, 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Ted Cruz, wacko like a fox|author=McManus, Doyle|url=https://www.latimes.com/opinion/la-xpm-2013-jul-31-la-oe-mcmanus-column-ted-cruz-20130731-story.html|newspaper=[[Los Angeles Times]]|date=August 12, 2013|access-date=August 17, 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Defusing the H-Bomb: In politics, Harvard alums frame diplomas strategically|author=Clarida, Matthew Q.|author2=Lucky, Jared T.|url=http://www.thecrimson.com/article/2013/5/30/harvard-degree-politics-alumni/|newspaper=[[The Harvard Crimson]]|date=May 30, 2013|access-date=August 17, 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Yes, Ted Cruz for Texas|url=http://www.nationalreview.com/articles/312576/yes-ted-cruz-texas-editors|newspaper=[[National Review]]|date=July 30, 2012|access-date=August 17, 2013}}</ref> Cruz graduated from Harvard Law in 1995 with a [[Juris Doctor]] degree ''magna cum laude''.<ref name="Swartz" />
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In April 2018, in the copy accompanying Trump's entry on the [[Time 100|''Time'' 100]] most influential people of 2017, Cruz wrote, "President Trump is doing what he was elected to do: disrupt the status quo."<ref name="autogenerated1">{{cite web |last1=Cillizza |first1=Chris |title=Ted Cruz's embarrassing ode to Donald Trump is why people hate politicians |date=April 19, 2018 |url=https://edition.cnn.com/2018/04/19/politics/ted-cruz-donald-trump-time-magazine/index.html |publisher=[[CNN]]|access-date=June 6, 2018}}</ref> Cruz's authorship was criticized by Charles Pierce of ''[[Esquire (magazine)|Esquire]]'',<ref>{{cite web |last1=Pierce |first1=Charles |title=The Three Saddest Words I Ever Read in English: By Ted Cruz |url=https://www.esquire.com/news-politics/politics/a19864673/cruz-praise-trump-time/ |website=[[Esquire (magazine)|Esquire]] |date=April 19, 2018 |access-date=June 6, 2018}}</ref> Jay Willis of ''[[GQ]]'',<ref>{{cite magazine |last1=Willis |first1=Jay |title=Ted Cruz's Write-Up on Trump for the TIME 100 Is an Event Horizon for Utter Self-Humiliation |url=https://www.gq.com/story/ted-cruz-trump-event-horizon |magazine=[[GQ]] |access-date=June 6, 2018}}</ref> and CNN's [[Chris Cillizza]].<ref name="autogenerated1"/>
Cruz endorsed Trump for the Republican nomination in the 2024 presidential election.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Melhado |first=By William |date=2024-01-17 |title=Ted Cruz endorses Donald Trump for president |url=https://www.texastribune.org/2024/01/16/ted-cruz-endorsement-donald-trump/ |access-date=2024-10-22 |website=The Texas Tribune |language=en}}</ref>
===Friction with fellow Republican members of Congress===
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When Congress reconvened that evening to continue the count, Cruz voted to object to Arizona's and Pennsylvania's electoral votes.<ref>{{Cite news|last=Bump|first=Philip|title=Analysis {{!}} Ted Cruz's electoral vote speech will live in infamy|language=en-US|newspaper=[[The Washington Post]]|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2021/01/06/ted-cruzs-electoral-vote-speech-will-live-infamy/|access-date=January 8, 2021|issn=0190-8286}}</ref> The Senate rejected these objections by 93–6 and 92–7, respectively.<ref>{{Cite web|agency=U.S. Senate|date=January 7, 2021|title=Roll Call Vote 117th Congress - 1st Session|url=https://www.senate.gov/legislative/LIS/roll_call_lists/vote_menu_117_1.htm|access-date=January 7, 2021|website=USSen|language=en-US}}</ref> The [[Texas Democratic Party]] called on Cruz to resign, saying that his efforts to block Biden's lawful victory empowered the Trump supporters who stormed the Capitol.<ref>{{cite web |title=Texas Democrats call for Sen. Ted Cruz's resignation for 'acting in bad faith' |url=https://abc13.com/politics/texas-democrats-call-for-cruzs-resignation-after-capitol-chaos/9422588/ |website=ABC 13 |date=January 7, 2021 |publisher=ABC |access-date=January 7, 2021}}</ref> The Texas Democratic Party also called on the [[United States Department of Justice|U.S. Department of Justice]] to open an official investigation into Cruz for inciting sedition and treason.<ref>{{Cite web|date=January 7, 2021|title=Ted Cruz accused of abetting sedition and inspiring pro-Trump riot by resisting Biden's victory|url=https://www.dallasnews.com/news/politics/2021/01/06/ted-cruz-accused-of-abetting-sedition-and-inspiring-pro-trump-riot-by-resisting-bidens-victory/|access-date=January 7, 2021|website=Dallas News|first=Todd J.|last=Gillman|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|date=January 7, 2021|title=Texas Democrats call on Ted Cruz to resign from U.S. Senate|url=https://www.ktsm.com/local/texas-democrats-call-on-ted-cruz-to-resign-from-u-s-senate/|access-date=January 7, 2021|website=KTSM 9 News|language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=AOC, Texas Democrats Call for Ted Cruz to Resign|url=https://spectrumlocalnews.com/tx/austin/news/2021/01/07/in-wake-of-violence-at-capitol--texas-democrats-call-for-ted-cruz-to-resign-|access-date=January 7, 2021|website=spectrumlocalnews.com|language=en}}</ref> The ''[[Houston Chronicle]]'' called for Cruz to resign.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Editorial: Resign, Senator Cruz. Your lies cost lives.|url=https://www.houstonchronicle.com/opinion/editorials/article/Editorial-Resign-Senator-Cruz-Your-lies-cost-15857293.php|access-date=January 8, 2021|website=[[Houston Chronicle]]|language=en-US}}</ref> The ''[[San Antonio Express-News]]'' called for Cruz to be [[Expulsion from the United States Congress|expelled]] from the Senate.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Editorial: Impeachment for Trump, Expulsion for Cruz|url=https://www.expressnews.com/opinion/editorials/article/Editorial-Impeachment-for-Trump-expulsion-for-15856860.php|access-date=January 10, 2021|website=[[Houston Chronicle]]|date=January 9, 2021|language=en-US}}</ref> Thousands of lawyers and law students called for him to be disbarred for inciting the insurrection.<ref>{{cite news |title=Nearly 6,000 lawyers and law students call for disbarment proceedings against Cruz and Hawley |url=https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/533604-nearly-6000-lawyers-and-law-students-call-for-disbarment-proceedings-against/ |access-date=January 11, 2021 |work=[[The Hill (newspaper)|The Hill]]|first=Zack|last=Budryk}}</ref> President-elect<!-- at time of comments--> Biden and Republican senator [[Pat Toomey]] both said Cruz was complicit in the "[[big lie]]" of Trump's allegations of [[voter fraud]].<ref>{{cite news |last1=Pengelly |first1=Martin |last2=Luscombe |first2=Richard |date=January 10, 2021 |title='Complicit in big lie': Republican senators Hawley and Cruz face calls to resign |url=https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2021/jan/10/capitol-attack-republican-senators-josh-hawley-ted-cruz-face-resign |access-date=January 23, 2021 |work=[[The Guardian]]|language=en}}</ref> Republican operative Chad Sweet, the chair of Cruz's 2016 presidential campaign, denounced Cruz for "assault on our democracy."<ref>{{cite news |last=Gillman|first=Todd J.|date=January 10, 2021|title=Ted Cruz's 2016 presidential campaign chair denounces him for 'assault on our democracy' after Capitol riot |url=https://www.dallasnews.com/news/politics/2021/01/10/ted-cruzs-2016-presidential-campaign-chair-denounces-him-for-assault-on-democracy-after-capitol-riot/ |access-date=January 11, 2021 |work=Dallas News}}</ref> Several corporations halted donations to Cruz and other Republicans who voted to overturn the election based on Trump's false claims.<ref>{{cite news |title=Corporate America halts donations to Republicans who voted to overturn the election |url=https://edition.cnn.com/2021/01/10/business/citigroup-bluecross-commerce-bank-pac-donations/index.html |access-date=January 11, 2021 |work=[[CNN]]}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Ted Cruz, Josh Hawley, Other GOP Objectors Face Donation Boycott From Major Businesses |url=https://www.newsweek.com/ted-cruz-josh-hawley-other-gop-objectors-face-donation-boycott-major-businesses-1560333 |access-date=January 11, 2021 |work=[[Newsweek]]}}</ref><ref name="theguardian-riot">{{cite news |last=Gabbatt |first=Adam |date=2021-01-12 |title=Capitol attack prompts top US firms to pull funding for leading Republicans |url=https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2021/jan/12/us-companies-political-funding-republicans-capitol-riot |access-date=January 12, 2021 |work=[[The Guardian]]}}</ref> Lauren Blair Bianchi, Cruz's communications director, resigned.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Bowden |first1=John |title=Cruz aide resigns following violence at Capitol |url=https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/533859-cruz-aide-resigns-following-violence-at-capitol/ |access-date=January 14, 2021 |work=[[The Hill (newspaper)|The Hill]] |date=January 12, 2021 |language=en}}</ref>
On May 28, 2021, Cruz voted against creating [[January 6 commission|an independent commission to investigate the riot]].<ref>{{cite web |newspaper=[[The Washington Post]] |date=May 21, 2021 |title=Which senators supported a Jan. 6 Capitol riot commission |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/interactive/2021/january6-commission-senators-vote/ |access-date=May 29, 2021 |last1=Stevenson |first1=Peter W. |last2=Blanco |first2=Adrian |last3=Santamariña |first3=Daniela}}</ref> On the eve of the anniversary of the attack, he was recorded on video calling it a "violent terrorist attack", which drew sharp criticism from Fox News host [[Tucker Carlson]] on his program that night. Cruz appeared on Carlson's program the next night to apologize for that comment as "frankly dumb" and "sloppy." The next day CNN reported that Cruz had characterized the attack as terrorism at least 17 times during the preceding year.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Dale |first1=Daniel |title='Sloppy' wording this week? Ted Cruz actually called the Capitol assault a terrorist attack at least 17 previous times |url=https://www.cnn.com/2022/01/07/politics/fact-check-ted-cruz-capitol-terrorist-attack/index.html |publisher=[[CNN]]|date=January 7, 2022}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Fox host spars with Ted Cruz on live TV over Jan. 6th. Keilar rolls the tape |url=https://www.cnn.com/videos/business/2022/01/07/ted-cruz-fox-news-tucker-carlson-january-6-comments-newday-vpx.cnn |publisher=[[CNN]]|date=January 7, 2022}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last1=Cilliza |first1=Christopher |title=Ted Cruz told the truth about the 1/6 attack. Then he started backtracking. |url=https://www.cnn.com/2022/01/07/politics/ted-cruz-jan-6-terrorist-attack-capitol/index.html |website=[[CNN]]|date=January 7, 2022 |access-date=8 January 2022}}</ref> Despite his attempts to downplay the incident, Cruz was widely condemned by [[pro-Trump]] Republicans—especially [[Matt Gaetz]] and [[Marjorie Taylor Greene]]<ref>{{cite web | last1=Sheth | first1=Sonam | last2=Metzger | first2=Bryan | title=Rep. Matt Gaetz taunts Sen. Ted Cruz and says 'you can bend over' but 'the establishment will never love you' |url=https://www.businessinsider.com/gaetz-cruz-you-can-bend-over-establishment-wont-love-you-2022-1 |website=[[Business Insider]]}}</ref>—for his comments.
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Cruz met with gun control advocates [[Alyssa Milano]] and [[Fred Guttenberg]] to discuss [[gun violence in the United States]]. Guttenberg said this was "a really important day".<ref>{{cite web |last1=LeBlanc |first1=Paul |title=Parkland dad describes meeting with Alyssa Milano and Ted Cruz |url=https://edition.cnn.com/2019/09/11/politics/parkland-father-ted-cruz-alyssa-milano-gun-control-cnntv/index.html |website=[[CNN]]|date=September 11, 2019 |access-date=August 15, 2020 }}</ref>
In May 2022, after the [[Robb Elementary School shooting]], Cruz blamed [[mass shooting]]s on [[Decline of Christianity in the Western world|declining church attendance]], [[Violence and video games|violent video games]], [[prescription drug]]s, [[cyberbullying]], [[social isolation]], and other societal factors.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Evers-Hillstrom |first=Karl |date=2022-05-27 |title=Cruz blames everything but guns for school shootings in NRA address |url=https://thehill.com/news/3504498-cruz-blames-everything-but-guns-for-school-shootings-in-nra-address/ |access-date=2022-05-30 |website=[[The Hill (newspaper)|The Hill]] |language=en-US}}</ref> Additionally, Cruz voted against the [[Bipartisan Safer Communities Act]], a gun reform bill introduced following a deadly school shooting at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas. The bill enhanced background checks for firearm purchasers under the age of 21, provided funding for school-based mental health services, and partially closed the [[gun show loophole]] and [[boyfriend loophole]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=DeBonis |first=Mike |date=June 25, 2022 |title=How the Senate defied 26 years of inaction to tackle gun violence |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2022/06/25/senate-gun-deal-behind-scenes/}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=U.S. Senate: U.S. Senate Roll Call Votes 117th Congress - 2nd Session |url=https://www.senate.gov/legislative/LIS/roll_call_votes/vote1172/vote_117_2_00242.htm |access-date=2024-10-29 |website=www.senate.gov}}</ref>
[[File:Transition Authorization Act Signing (NHQ201703210002).jpg|upright=1.2|thumb|Cruz and President [[Donald Trump]], after signing the NASA Transition Authorization Act of 2017]]
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Cruz wants to decrease the size of the government significantly. In addition to eliminating the IRS as described above, he has promised to eliminate four other cabinet-level agencies: the Department of Energy, Department of Education, Department of Commerce, and Department of Housing and Urban Development.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/wonk/wp/2015/11/10/heres-the-agency-ted-cruz-forgot-he-wants-to-abolish/|title=Ted Cruz forgot to mention he wants to get rid of this really big part of the government|last=Ehrenfreund|first=Max|date=November 10, 2015|newspaper=[[The Washington Post]]|language=en-US|issn=0190-8286|access-date=March 6, 2016}}</ref>
Cruz voted against the [[Inflation Reduction Act]] in 2022.<ref>{{Cite web |title=U.S. Senate: U.S. Senate Roll Call Votes 117th Congress - 2nd Session |url=https://www.senate.gov/legislative/LIS/roll_call_votes/vote1172/vote_117_2_00325.htm |access-date=2024-10-24 |website=www.senate.gov}}</ref>
Cruz was among the 31 Senate Republicans who voted against final passage of the [[Fiscal Responsibility Act of 2023]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/4031302-here-are-the-senators-who-voted-against-the-bill-to-raise-the-debt-ceiling/|title=Here are the senators who voted against the bill to raise the debt ceiling|first=Aris|last=Folley|date=June 1, 2023|access-date=June 17, 2023|work=[[The Hill (newspaper)|The Hill]]}}</ref>
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In 2022, Cruz sharply criticized the Chinese government for its detention of Houston resident [[Mark Swidan]], who has been held for over ten years. The United Nations and U.S. government consider Swidan wrongfully detained.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Families push Biden for release of jailed Americans in China |url=https://news.yahoo.com/families-push-biden-release-jailed-110000256.html |access-date=2023-01-06 |website=news.yahoo.com |date=June 19, 2022 |language=en-US}}</ref>
In March 2023, Cruz voted against repealing the Authorization for Use of Military Force (AUMF) in Iraq.<ref>{{Cite web |title=U.S. Senate: U.S. Senate Roll Call Votes 118th Congress - 1st Session |url=https://www.senate.gov/legislative/LIS/roll_call_votes/vote1181/vote_118_1_00077.htm |access-date=2024-10-29 |website=www.senate.gov}}</ref>
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During a May 2021 [[Senate Rules Committee]] hearing, Cruz falsely asserted that House Democrats had "designed" the [[For The People Act]] such that it "directs" people "to break the law and register millions of people to vote who are not eligible to vote because they are not United States citizens" and "automatically registers to vote anyone who interacts with the government" regardless of their immigration status. The bill repeatedly states only U.S. citizens would be permitted to register.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.cnn.com/2021/05/13/politics/fact-check-cruz-immigrants-noncitizens-democrats-bill-s1-hr1/index.html|title=Fact check: Ted Cruz falsely claims Democrats' voting bill is intended to register millions of undocumented immigrants|first=Daniel|last=Dale|website=[[CNN]]|date=May 13, 2021 }}</ref>
In September 2024, Cruz tweeted an [[image macro]] of two cats hugging with captions that reiterated [[False or misleading statements by Donald Trump|a false claim by Donald Trump]]
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Cruz opposes both [[Same-sex marriage in the United States|same-sex marriage]] and [[civil union]]s.<ref>{{cite web|date=2016|title=Ted Cruz: Not a Fan of Pride Parades|url=https://www.hrc.org/resources/2016republicanfacts-ted-cruz|access-date=8 November 2021|work=Human Rights Campaign}}</ref> In 2013, he said he wanted marriage to be legally defined as only "between one man and one woman",<ref>Miller, Jake. November 9, 2013. [http://www.cbsnews.com/news/ted-cruz-talks-guns-same-sex-marriage-obamacare-with-jay-leno/ Ted Cruz talks guns, same-sex marriage, Obamacare with Jay Leno]. CBS News. Retrieved December 11, 2013.</ref> but also said that the legality of same-sex marriage should be [[States' rights|left to each state to decide]].<ref name=TonightShowLeno>{{cite web|url=http://www.nbc.com/the-tonight-show/video/senator-ted-cruz-on-gay-marriage/n43013|title=Senator Ted Cruz on Same Sex Marriage|newspaper=[[The Tonight Show]]|publisher=[[NBC]]|access-date=December 9, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131213044614/http://www.nbc.com/the-tonight-show/video/senator-ted-cruz-on-gay-marriage/n43013|archive-date=December 13, 2013|url-status=dead}}</ref> In 2015, after the Supreme Court decision in [[Obergefell v. Hodges|''Obergefell'']] ruled same-sex marriage bans unconstitutional, he called the decision "the very definition of tyranny",<ref>{{Cite web|last=Allen|first=Mike|date=23 December 2015|title=What Ted Cruz said behind closed doors|url=https://www.politico.com/story/2015/12/ted-cruz-gay-marriage-secret-audio-217090|access-date=2021-11-08|website=[[Politico]]|language=en}}</ref> accused the court of [[judicial activism]], and said it was "among the darkest hours of our nation."<ref>{{cite web|date=June 27, 2015|title=Ted Cruz: Gay marriage decision one of 'darkest' in U.S. history - UPI.com|url=http://www.upi.com/Top_News/US/2015/06/27/Ted-Cruz-Gay-marriage-ruling-makes-one-of-darkest-days-in-US-history/9301435429916/|work=UPI}}</ref> In 2017, the same day that an audio clip resurfaced of Alabama Judge [[Roy Moore]] calling ''Obergefell'' "worse" than the [[Dred Scott v. Sandford|1857 ruling]] that upheld slavery, Cruz endorsed Moore for U.S. Senate.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Ramirez|first=Fernando|date=2017-10-24|title=Ted Cruz backs Senate candidate who said gay marriage ruling 'even worse' than slavery|url=https://www.chron.com/news/houston-texas/texas/article/Ted-Cruz-gay-marriage-Alabama-roy-moore-republican-12302803.php|access-date=2021-11-08|website=Chron|language=en-US}}</ref> He reaffirmed his position in 2022 after comments by Justice [[Clarence Thomas]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Golgowski |first=Nina |date=2022-07-17 |title=Sen. Ted Cruz Says Supreme Court Was Wrong In Same-Sex Marriage Ruling |url=https://www.huffpost.com/entry/ted-cruz-obergefell-decision-wrong-roe-wade_n_62d42765e4b0116f21bcf44c |access-date=2022-07-17 |website=[[HuffPost]]|language=en}}</ref> While speaking to students at a summit for [[Turning Point USA]], an American nonprofit organization that advocates for conservative politics on high school, college and university campuses, Cruz joked that his favored [[personal pronoun]] is "kiss my ass".<ref name=kma>{{cite web|first=Ted|last=Cruz|year=2022|url=
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kv1e1DmwkBw|work=[[The Independent]]|title=Ted Cruz says his pronouns are 'kiss my ass'|quote=“I'm Ted Cruz and my pronoun is KISS MY ASS”}}</ref> In 2022, Cruz voted against the [[Respect for Marriage Act]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Mourtoupalas and Blanco |date=November 29, 2022 |title=Here’s which senators voted for or against the Respect for Marriage Act |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/interactive/2022/senator-vote-count-respect-for-marriage-act/ |website=The Washington Post}}</ref>
In July 2022, Cruz issued a press release saying that he supported the repeal of the 1973 Texas anti-[[sodomy]] law, writing, "consenting adults should be able to do what they wish in their private sexual activity, and the government has no business in their bedrooms."<ref name="DMN070272022">{{Cite web |date=2022-07-27 |title=Ted Cruz says Texas should repeal ban on gay sex |url=https://www.dallasnews.com/news/politics/2022/07/27/ted-cruz-says-texas-should-repeal-ban-on-gay-sex/ |access-date=2022-07-27 |website=Dallas News |language=en}}</ref><ref name="HousChron12262022">Murney, Micheal. Ted Cruz's 2022: Uvalde fallout, viral backlash, ''[[Houston Chronicle]]'', December 26, 2022.</ref>
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* [https://web.archive.org/web/20100521123956/http://www.morganlewis.com/bios/tcruz R. (Ted) Edward Cruz] – profile at [[Morgan, Lewis & Bockius]] LLP (archived)
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* [https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/verdict-with-ted-cruz/id1495601614 ''Verdict with Ted Cruz''] Ted Cruz podcast with co-host [[Michael J. Knowles|Michael Knowles]]
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