‘A Watergate-level repudiation’: Ted Cruz weighs in on midterm wave
Headline from NBC News · First reported Nov 4, 7:35 PM ET () · Updated Nov 5, 1:13 AM ET · 6 sources, 6 articles
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Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, urged his party to prioritize pocketbook issues after Democrats swept elections across the state.
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‘A Watergate-level repudiation’: Ted Cruz weighs in on midterm wave
Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, urged his party to prioritize pocketbook issues after Democrats swept elections across the state.
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Ted Cruz calls midterm election results a ‘Watergate-level repudiation’ of the GOP, warns ‘Americans will be hurt’ by radical Dems
“2026 was not simply a blue wave; it was a blue tsunami. It was an ass kicking. It was not simply a bad 2006 midterm election. It was a Watergate-level repudiation,” Cruz wrote in a lengthy X post.
Cruz suggests GOP ignored cost of living as top midterm issue: ‘They didn’t understand’
Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) on Wednesday gave his take on Republicans‘ upset in the midterm elections, saying the GOP fell short on addressing voters’ concerns about the cost of living. Cruz, who is a possible 2028 presidential candidate, shared a lengthy X post the evening after the elections, which he…
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Senator Ted Cruz weighs in on being the lone statewide Republican left in Texas after Tuesday's midterms.
