Senator Ted Cruz

I want Florida and Tennessee to be out fighting and saying, we can create an even better environment for small businesses and jobs. And part of it is The number one reason people come to Texas is Texas is where the jobs are. And you want an environment where you have small businesses that are doing great, but people also want to be safe.

And so you look at things like defunding the police or Soros prosecutors that let murderers go. And that gives people a pretty acute incentive to get the heck out.

And so you look at things like defunding the police or Soros prosecutors that let murderers go. And that gives people a pretty acute incentive to get the heck out.

Look, absolutely both. I have for a long time described my immigration views in four words. Legal, good, illegal, bad. Okay. I think most Americans, most Texans agree with that.

Look, absolutely both. I have for a long time described my immigration views in four words. Legal, good, illegal, bad. Okay. I think most Americans, most Texans agree with that.

Look, there's a right way to come to this country. There's the way you came to this country. There's the way my dad came to this country. My dad was born in Cuba. He grew up in Cuba. He fought in the Cuban Revolution. When he was a teenager, he fought, was thrown in prison. He was tortured when he was 17 years old. And he came to Texas in 1957. He was 18, couldn't speak English.

Look, there's a right way to come to this country. There's the way you came to this country. There's the way my dad came to this country. My dad was born in Cuba. He grew up in Cuba. He fought in the Cuban Revolution. When he was a teenager, he fought, was thrown in prison. He was tortured when he was 17 years old. And he came to Texas in 1957. He was 18, couldn't speak English.

had a hundred dollars in his underwear, and he washed dishes making fifty cents an hour. But he came legally because he had applied to the University of Texas, he'd gotten in, he came on a student visa.

had a hundred dollars in his underwear, and he washed dishes making fifty cents an hour. But he came legally because he had applied to the University of Texas, he'd gotten in, he came on a student visa.

and he was an 18-year-old freshman and he started going to school here and he came legally and he worked and got a job and went on in time to start a small business and worked towards the American dream.

and he was an 18-year-old freshman and he started going to school here and he came legally and he worked and got a job and went on in time to start a small business and worked towards the American dream.

He is. My dad is 85.

He is. My dad is 85.

He is my hero. He's an incredible, I will say, when you have lost freedom, it's personal to you. People ask sometimes, why do you do politics? And I grew up as a kid, I would sit on the floor, along with my cousin Bibi, with my dad and Bibi's mom, my tia Sonia. And she also, she was also imprisoned and tortured in Cuba. And we would sit and listen to them tell stories.

He is my hero. He's an incredible, I will say, when you have lost freedom, it's personal to you. People ask sometimes, why do you do politics? And I grew up as a kid, I would sit on the floor, along with my cousin Bibi, with my dad and Bibi's mom, my tia Sonia. And she also, she was also imprisoned and tortured in Cuba. And we would sit and listen to them tell stories.

And all I ever wanted to do from when I was three, four, five years old was be a freedom fighter. I mean, it was, it's inspiring because what they said and still say, and they're both still going strong, is look, if The only thing that prevents us from tyranny is having good people in office who will fight for our freedoms.

And all I ever wanted to do from when I was three, four, five years old was be a freedom fighter. I mean, it was, it's inspiring because what they said and still say, and they're both still going strong, is look, if The only thing that prevents us from tyranny is having good people in office who will fight for our freedoms.

And so I gotta tell you today, I literally jump out of bed every day because I look at the US Senate and I think it is basically the Roman Colosseum. and you strap on some armor and you grab a battleaxe and you go fight the barbarians. And that's an amazing opportunity. I feel blessed and fortunate every day.

And so I gotta tell you today, I literally jump out of bed every day because I look at the US Senate and I think it is basically the Roman Colosseum. and you strap on some armor and you grab a battleaxe and you go fight the barbarians. And that's an amazing opportunity. I feel blessed and fortunate every day.

Listen, I agree with your point at the outset, which is that we need to talk to each other. I worry that we are too polarized and tribalized, that the left only listens to left-wing media, the right listens to right-wing media. Anyone who disagrees, you scream at them. The sense of community that we used to have has been badly badly unraveled, you know, on social media.