Cruz says GOP hasn’t coalesced behind Vance for 2028 nomination: ‘Oh, no’
Cruz said Republicans need a broader debate over the party’s future and would not rule out joining the 2028 race.
- Senator Ted Cruz on Monday rejected the notion that the GOP has coalesced behind Vice President JD Vance for 2028, while hinting at a potential presidential run of his own.
- President Donald Trump's eventual White House exit will leave a leadership vacuum, prompting Cruz to argue the Republican Party must debate its ideological future and identity.
- Prediction markets show Vance as the clear favorite with 89 percent odds on the GOP side, while Cruz trails significantly at 3.1 percent in recent polling.
- During an interview on Monday, Cruz argued the party must choose between being a "small-government, free-market conservative party" or a "big-government, nanny-state party."
- The Texas Republican emphasized he would "certainly be part of the discussion" regarding the party's ideological direction, explicitly leaving his own electoral future open for 2028.
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Cruz suggests GOP realignment coming after Trump leaves office
Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) on Monday suggested the Republican Party could embrace a directional shift after President Donald Trump leaves office, a transition that promises to leave a gaping hole in the GOP. Cruz is known as a critical ally of Trump’s in the Senate, but he has also represented a more traditional brand of conservatism than the president, at times questioning Trump’s more protectionist, isolationist, and populist tendencies. In an MS N…
‘Oh No!’ Ted Cruz Flatly Rejects Claim GOP Is United Behind JD Vance as a 2028 Candidate
Senator Ted Cruz (R-TX) emphatically rejected the suggestion that Republicans have already settled on Vice President JD Vance as their standard-bearer for 2028, predicting the post-Trump GOP would undergo some philosophical soul-searching while conspicuously leaving the door open to another White House run of his own. The senator was pressed on the party’s future during a wide-ranging interview with MS NOW’s Ali Vitali ahead of the release of hi…
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