Former President Trump highlighted his endorsement of Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) in Fact Social posts early Tuesday morning, forward of the senator’s lone debate with Rep. Colin Allred (D-Texas).
“Ted is one of the strongest Senators in the Country on Border Security, whereas his Opponent, Colin Allred, is a Radical Open Border Extremist, who will put our Country, and Safety, LAST. Ted, on the other hand, will ALWAYS put Texas, and America, FIRST,” the previous president mentioned in one in every of his posts.
“Ted Cruz has my Complete and Total Endorsement – HE WILL NOT LET YOU DOWN!” Trump added.
Cruz’s Senate reelection battle is one in every of a handful of races that might decide who controls the Senate subsequent 12 months. He’s main Allred by 2.7 factors, based on a median of Texas polls from The Hill/Choice Desk HQ.
“While I have Endorsed Ted, on numerous occasions, verbally, because of the Importance of the Race, and Ted’s Importance to the future of our Country, I thought the Endorsement should be memorialized in writing,” Trump mentioned in a later Fact Social submit.
Democrats have trigger for optimism as Allred heads into the house stretch of his uphill battle to take out Cruz.
The Cook dinner Political Report earlier this month shifted Texas’s Senate race from “likely Republican” to “lean Republican,” signaling momentum for Allred.
“Anybody that says, ‘It just doesn’t happen in Texas’ — it doesn’t happen until it does,” pollster Brett Loyd advised The Hill final month, of the likelihood Allred scores an upset.
Allred and Cruz are set to debate at 7 p.m. CDT Tuesday on the WFAA Studios in Dallas.
The Hill has reached out to the Allred marketing campaign.
