Ted Cruz to launch presidential bid

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Washington Examiner

Sen. Ted Cruz will announce Monday that he’s running for president.

The Texas Republican plans to make the announcement while speaking at Liberty University in Lynchburg, Va., the Washington Examiner confirmed. Sources told the Houston Chronicle, which first reported the news early Sunday morning, that he’ll skip over the traditional step of creating an exploratory committee and go straight to a full-on presidential run.

The move will make Cruz, who came to national prominence in part for his 2013 filibuster on the Senate floor against Obamacare, the first GOP presidential candidate. Possible challengers in his field may include former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush, Sen. Marco Rubio of Florida and Texas Gov. Rick Perry.

Viewed as a Tea Party favorite, Cruz will vie for the support of conservative voters in the Republican primaries. In a recent stop in the early primary state of New Hampshire, Cruz warned that President Obama’s foreign policy had left the world “on fire” and called for abolishing the Internal Revenue Service and undoing the education standards known as Common Core, themes that are likely to be representative of his campaign.

Cruz was first elected to the Senate in 2012 after bruising GOP primary against Texas Lt. Gov. David Dewhurst, who was considered the Establishment candidate in the race.

In his first term as senator, Cruz has consistently caused headaches for both Democrats and Republicans, targeting Obama administration policies and criticizing Republicans from the right.

Infamously, Cruz was called a “wacko bird” by his GOP colleague John McCain of Arizona in 2013 for joining Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky., in challenging Obama’s drone policy.

On Sunday, McCain was one of the first Republicans to comment on Cruz’s upcoming campaign announcement.

“He and I are friendly,” McCain said, claiming that Cruz would be a viable candidate against the presumed Democratic frontrunner Hillary Clinton.

Cruz worked as Texas’ solicitor general and in private practice arguing cases before the Supreme Court before taking office. A graduate of Princeton University and Harvard Law School, he also worked in the Bush administration before returning to Texas.

Cruz, 44 years old, was born in Calgary, Alberta, to an American mother and a Cuban father. His parents moved to Texas when he was young.


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