Senator Ted Cruz wants to be President of the USA – Republic

AFP

Associated with the ultra-conservative Tea Party movement, Senator Ted Cruz, today announced the start of the race for the Republican nomination in the presidential election in 2016. 44-year-old senator from Texas, he became known as a leading critic of the Republican establishment.

Ted Cruz, the son of Cuban and American, was born in Calgary, Canada, but in the opinion of lawyers related to both Republicans and Democrats as son of the US citizen has the right to run for the presidency.

Cruz is the first politician who officially announced the start of the campaign for the White House. It is expected that in the coming weeks his presidential ambitions also confirmed by other Republicans, including former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush, Governor of Wisconsin, Scott Walker and Senator from Kentucky Rand Paul. Probably in late spring their run in the elections was also formally announce US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, the favorite Democrats.

Cruz announced its decision placed on the Internet in a video recording in which – in English and Spanish – promised that will fight to restore US glory. The campaign began on Monday from the private university of evangelical Liberty University in Lynchburg, Virginia, which shows that it is seeking a young, conservative electorate.

Cruz, a former solicitor general, is one of the youngest US senators both in terms of seniority and age. With the support of the ultra-conservative Tea Party movement won election to the Senate in 2012, defeating a candidate backed by the leaders of the Republican Party. He is considered one of the most conservative Republicans in Congress, who does not shy away from criticism of his party establishment. He became known in 2013, when he held for 21 hours under the Senate rostrum parliamentary obstruction against the Health Insurance Act (ie. Obamacare). In protest against this law Cruz has also led a group of conservative Republicans, who brought in autumn 2013, 16-day work of government paralysis due to lack of budgetary law.

It is no accident so the start date of announcement of the election Cruz chose 21 March – on this day will mark the fifth anniversary of the adoption by Congress zwalczanej by the Law on Obamacare.

We strongly opposed to a reform of immigration law, the purpose of which would be the regularization of illegal immigrants in the United States. Republican Party leaders criticized for being resigned Democrats and President Barack Obama and approved the budget of the Ministry of security of the country, it withdrew its request to repeal Obama’s immigration decrees.

The polls do not give Cruzowi great chance of winning, but his start in the presidential race is sure to affect the nature of the Republican primaries, forcing other more moderate potential candidates, such as Gov. Jeb Bush or Chris Christie of New Jersey, to refer to the demands of the conservative electorate. Meanwhile, the radicalization of the Republican campaign during the primaries may be beneficial for the Democrats in the ultimate challenge for president.

According to the March survey of voters by Quinnipiac Republican Party University for the time being the favorite is almost as conservative in their views as Cruz, Scott Walker, which enjoys the support of 18 percent, slightly ahead of Bush (16 percent.). Chris Christie received in this survey, 8 per cent., As a former governor of Arkansas, Mike Huckabee, and Rand Paul and Ted Cruz won at 6 percent. support.