With a little more than a month to go before election day and control of the Senate possibly on the line, national Republicans have shifted into overdrive to rescue Cruz from a historic upset at the hands of Democratic Rep. Beto O’Rourke. The Club for Growth is spending big bucks. The National Republican Senatorial Committee is considering an intervention. And the Trumps themselves are wading in—President Donald Trump is expected to follow in his son’s footsteps later this month at the “biggest stadium in Texas we can find.”
Don Jr. stumping for Cruz is, on its surface, extremely weird. During the 2016 primary, Trump famously promised to “spill the beans” on Cruz’s wife, Heidi, and promoted a tweet that contrasted an unflattering photo of Heidi with a glamor shot of Melania Trump. Trump also suggested that Cruz’s dad, who is Cuban-American, had helped to assassinate President John F. Kennedy. Cruz cited these attacks after he refused to endorse Trump during his 2016 convention speech. Then he went on to campaign for Trump anyway.
Originally Posted by Dan Druff
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