“When America is weak, it emboldens our enemies”
He first came to national attention in 2016 when he ran for the Republican presidential nomination; he stayed in the race the longest against Donald Trump, and campaigned for him vigorously when Trump became the nominee. Cruz is now one of the sharpest blades Trump wields in the Senate and one of the staunchest advocates for his re-election.
An expert debater who thinks well on his feet and has mastered a vast amount of policy minutiae, Cruz has risen to the upper echelons of the Republican Senate hierarchy. He is the ranking Republican on the Commerce Committee and holds seats on such key committees as Judiciary and Foreign Relations. Senator Cruz most recently made headlines with his participation in the Senate hearings with Secret Service chiefs following the assassination attempt on Donald Trump.
Cruz is not afraid to speak his mind, and in a conversation with Mishpacha that covered a wide range of topics, he was unsparing in his criticism of the Biden administration’s handling of the Gaza situation, Vice President Kamala Harris’s candidacy, the border crisis, and Secret Service miscues in the assassination attempt on Trump. But he also reiterated his promise to be “the leading defender of Israel in the Senate.”
Well, sadly, the Biden-Harris administration has proven to be the most anti-Israel administration we have seen in modern times in the United States. From the very opening days, the White House has systematically undermined Israel. And in the wake of October 7, we have seen the Biden-Harris administration, at every stage, pressing Israel not to respond, not to defend itself, not to continue killing terrorists.
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