President Trump was shrewd to have been close to Ted Cruz early in the 2016 presidential primary campaign (during 2015) to gain credibility with the constitutional nationalists who back-then were called the Tea Party movement, so Cruz by all rights is the second most important politician in the Tea Party wave as it continues now, worthy of reelection over “Beto” O’Rourke who wants the decriminalization of illegal immigration and has a shady past using eminent domain for profit in local politics.
