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Ted Cruz
@tedcruz· Republican · TX· Aug 7, 2026

I disagree with both the interventionist and the isolationists. I think the interventionists are too quick to send the Marines. That's their solution for everything.

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Ted Cruz
@tedcruz· Republican · TX· Aug 7, 2026

I don't have a dog whether it's the son of the Shah, whether it is the [Mojahedin-e-Khalq opposition group], whether it is someone local, as long as they are not an Islamist who hates America and is actively trying to kill Americans.

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Ted Cruz
@tedcruz· Republican · TX· Aug 7, 2026

I don't particularly care who comes next if Iran's regime were to collapse, as long as they are not an Islamist who hates America and is actively trying to kill Americans.

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Ted Cruz
@tedcruz· Republican · TX· Aug 7, 2026

What I believe we should do, what I have urged President Trump repeatedly, what I've urged Israel to do repeatedly, is arm the protesters, give them the guns, to let them overthrow their own government so that it's not American boots on…

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Ted Cruz
@tedcruz· Republican · TX· Aug 7, 2026

I think our objective should be regime collapse.

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John Cornyn
@johncornyn· Republican · TX· Aug 6, 2026

So he needs to pay more attention to domestic issues and affordability.

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John Cornyn
@johncornyn· Republican · TX· Aug 6, 2026

I think that’s a real danger. And I think in any election, it’s not enough to disparage your opponent. You got to talk about the positive things that you’re doing for people.

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Ted Cruz
@tedcruz· Republican · TX· Aug 6, 2026

And as the Supreme Court has now held, the 'legally protected interest' the Establishment Clause protects against, and which therefore must underlie any claim of injury giving rise to standing, is religious coercion.

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Ted Cruz
@tedcruz· Republican · TX· Aug 6, 2026

Merely being offended by the display’s presence does not amount to coercion.

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Ted Cruz
@tedcruz· Republican · TX· Aug 6, 2026

Plaintiffs here cannot allege that the passive display of the Ten Commandments on the grounds of the State Capitol forces them to participate in religious practices or attend church, just as Coach Kennedy’s personal prayer at the…

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Ted Cruz
@tedcruz· Republican · TX· Aug 6, 2026

The Constitution limits the judicial power to deciding 'Cases' and 'Controversies.'...

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Ted Cruz
@tedcruz· Republican · TX· Aug 6, 2026

Standing for offended observers has never been embraced by the Supreme Court, and was instead squeezed by lower courts directly from Lemon, a decision that no longer has any import in this Court’s jurisprudence.

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Ted Cruz
@tedcruz· Republican · TX· Aug 6, 2026

The district court ignored significant changes in Establishment Clause jurisprudence when it held that plaintiffs offended by a government display of the Ten Commandments have standing to challenge it, and that such a display violates the…

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Ted Cruz
@tedcruz· Republican · TX· Aug 6, 2026

My promise to the American people is to hold accountable those who finance and support terrorism on American soil, no matter how many tax exemptions, charitable registrations, or civil rights letterheads they hide behind.

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Ted Cruz
@tedcruz· Republican · TX· Aug 6, 2026

This hearing is focused on Hidden in Plain Sight: Confronting the Muslim Brotherhood Network in America.

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Ted Cruz
@tedcruz· Republican · TX· Aug 6, 2026

They’re crazy enough, yes, they want to cancel Thanksgiving, they want to cancel Christmas. Look, these communists hate America. They hate capitalism. (Abdul) El-Sayed is also an Islamist, as is (Zohran) Mamdani.

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Ted Cruz
@tedcruz· Republican · TX· Aug 6, 2026

Because their campaign is now openly embracing terrorist organizations waging war on America.

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