Former President Trump issued a full-throated endorsement of incumbent Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, on Fact Social.
“Whereas I’ve Endorsed Ted, on quite a few events, verbally, due to the Significance of the Race, and Ted’s Significance to the way forward for our Nation, I assumed the Endorsement must be memorialized in writing,” Trump declared in a put up.
Cruz — who has served within the Senate since 2013 and is at the moment searching for a 3rd time period — is dealing with off within the 2024 Texas U.S. Senate race in opposition to Democratic challenger Rep. Colin Allred, who has served within the Home since 2019.
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The 2 males are slated to debate on Tuesday evening.
“Ted is among the strongest Senators within the Nation on Border Safety, whereas his Opponent, Colin Allred, is a Radical Open Border Extremist, who will put our Nation, and Security, LAST. Ted, alternatively, will ALWAYS put Texas, and America, FIRST,” Trump mentioned in one other put up on Fact Social. “Ted Cruz has my Full and Complete Endorsement – HE WILL NOT LET YOU DOWN!”
“Thanks!! Vote Trump! Vote Cruz!” the Lone Star State senator tweeted in response to Trump’s messages.
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Cruz endorsed Trump again in January on the heels of the previous president’s decisive win within the Iowa Republican presidential caucuses.
Former President Barack Obama has urged voters to again Allred’s Senate bid.
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Texas has been a reliably crimson state in presidential contests for many years. Jimmy Carter’s 1976 win there marked the final time a Democratic presidential candidate received the Lone Star State.