{"id":2656309,"date":"2026-09-08T23:17:02","date_gmt":"2026-09-09T03:17:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/cruz-questions-sincerity-of-vances-kind-words-on-2028-white-house-run\/"},"modified":"2026-09-08T23:19:00","modified_gmt":"2026-09-09T03:19:00","slug":"cruz-questions-sincerity-of-vances-kind-words-on-2028-white-house-run","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/cruz-questions-sincerity-of-vances-kind-words-on-2028-white-house-run\/","title":{"rendered":"Cruz questions sincerity of Vance&#8217;s &#8216;kind words&#8217; on 2028 White House run"},"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\">24<\/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%2Fcruz-questions-sincerity-of-vances-kind-words-on-2028-white-house-run%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=2656309&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>Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) questioned the sincerity of JD Vance&#8217;s complimentary comments about Cruz&#8217;s previous statements regarding his interest in running for president in 2028. During an interview with CNN\u2019s Kaitlan Collins,Cruz addressed Vance\u2019s remarks from the previous week,in wich Vance,acting as a press secretary,suggested focusing on the midterm elections instead of 2028 and called Cruz &#8220;a very authentic and likable guy&#8221; who would do well in 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<article class=\"fn-body\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Sen.<a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/ted-cruz\/\" data-type=\"post_tag\" data-id=\"185\"> Ted Cruz<\/a> (R-TX) on Tuesday questioned the sincerity of Vice President <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/jd-vance\/\" data-type=\"post_tag\" data-id=\"7658\">JD Vance\u2019s<\/a> \u201ckind words\u201d about the senator\u2019s previous statements that he was eyeing a <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/2028-elections\/\" data-type=\"post_tag\" data-id=\"11676\">2028 presidential bid<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Speaking with CNN\u2019s Kaitlan Collins, Cruz was asked about statements Vance made last week when asked about Cruz and other Cabinet members eyeing the Oval Office. 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