{"id":2212983,"date":"2024-04-04T12:40:02","date_gmt":"2024-04-04T16:40:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/ted-cruz-says-democrats-consider-him-no-1-target-as-blue-money-and-immigrants-flood-texas\/"},"modified":"2024-04-04T12:40:32","modified_gmt":"2024-04-04T16:40:32","slug":"ted-cruz-says-democrats-consider-him-no-1-target-as-blue-money-and-immigrants-flood-texas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/ted-cruz-says-democrats-consider-him-no-1-target-as-blue-money-and-immigrants-flood-texas\/","title":{"rendered":"Ted Cruz claims Democrats view him as their primary target amidst increased funding and immigration in Texas"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">34<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fted-cruz-says-democrats-consider-him-no-1-target-as-blue-money-and-immigrants-flood-texas%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2212983&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Senator Ted Cruz from Texas implied that the Biden administration might be intentionally \u2063prolonging the border crisis with \u2062the expectation that\u200b the\u2062 affected immigrants\u200d would eventually lean towards voting for the\u200c Democratic party in the future. This statement \u2063was \u2064made \u2063during a \u200cdiscussion on a news program. During a news program discussion, Senator Ted Cruz\u200d suggested that\u2064 the \u2062Biden administration could be deliberately extending the border crisis, possibly\u2063 to sway affected immigrants\u200c to support the Democratic party in the future.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<div data-td-block-uid=\"tdi_78\">\n<p>Sen. <a href=\"http:\/\/washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/ted-cruz\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Ted Cruz<\/a> (R-TX) suggested the Biden administration is allowing the <a href=\"http:\/\/washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/border-crisis\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>border crisis<\/a> to continue in the hopes that the <a href=\"http:\/\/washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/immigration\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>immigrants<\/a> become \u201cfuture Democrat voters.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Cruz appeared on Fox News\u2019s <a href=\"http:\/\/foxnews.com\/shows\/hannity\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title><em>Hannity<\/em><\/a>  on Wednesday to comment on President Joe Biden\u2019s campaign efforts in Texas. A Democratic candidate hasn\u2019t won the state since 1976, when Jimmy Carter was elected for a single term.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cLet\u2019s be clear: The 10.4 million illegal immigrants that Joe Biden and the Democrats have let in \u2014 have deliberately let in \u2014 they\u2019re letting them in because they view them as future Democrat voters. They hope as many of them as possible will vote illegally right now,\u201d Cruz said. \u201cThey want them to stay in Texas \u2014 they want them to be in Florida \u2014 because they want to flip our states. Look, if they bring a million illegal immigrants into Texas, and they vote Democrat, Texas is in real trouble. That\u2019s what the Democrats are aiming at. It\u2019s why they are flooding our state.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Texas law enforcement has apprehended 506,500 illegal immigrants since it began its own border security efforts in the form of \u201cOperation Lone Star\u201d in March 2021. It has offloaded over 108,000 immigrants by transporting them to various \u201csanctuary cities,\u201d such as Washington, D.C., Los Angeles, New York City, and Chicago, among others.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe got to fight to defend Texas. If we lose Texas, we lose the whole country,\u201d Cruz said.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>CLICK HERE TO READ MORE FROM THE WASHINGTON EXAMINER<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Cruz is up for reelection this November. He is up against Rep. Colin Allred (D-TX), a former NFL player. <\/p>\n<p>The last time Cruz was up for reelection, he won by 3 percentage points. Meanwhile, former President Donald Trump won the state in 2016 and 2020, although his second campaign won over a smaller percentage of the vote.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Senator Ted Cruz (R-TX) implied that the Biden administration is prolonging the border crisis to potentially secure future Democratic votes. Speaking on Fox News&#8217;s Hannity, Cruz criticized President Biden&#8217;s Texas campaign strategy. 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