Though Ted Cruz doesn’t face re-election in the Senate for another 30 months, he’s already soliciting campaign cash from his supporters.
Less than two weeks after abandoning his presidential campaign, Cruz has already declared he will seek another six-year term in 2018. And he’s back to playing the role of the underdog, the savior of liberty and religious freedom.
In an email message sent this afternoon to supporters, the Texas senator seeks individual contributions of up to $2,700.
Far from licking his wounds after losing the GOP presidential nomination, Cruz, considered by some to be the most hated man on Capitol Hill, has returned to his usual bluster. While he tried to rally the Republican establishment behind him in the final days of his presidential candidacy, he’s back to playing the maverick.
The message asking for money says that he is fighting the “Washington cartel,” but his main foil is former House speaker John Boehner, who famously referred to the senator as “Lucifer” a few weeks ago.
After suspending his White House bid earlier this month, Cruz just days later hinted that he would re-enter the race if he performed well in Nebraska’s “beauty contest” vote last Tuesday. When he got stomped in Nebraska by Donald Trump, he quickly shifted again and announced that he will run for re-election to the Senate.
Here’s the full text of his email message:
Friend,
That didn’t take long.
Less than 24 hours after I announced my intentions to continue fighting for our shared conservative values from the Senate, former Speaker of the House John Boehner was at it again.
Remember when he called me “Lucifer in the flesh?” Well, he didn’t think that was far enough. Now the ringleader of the Washington Cartel is celebrating our defeat by saying, “thank God that guy from Texas didn’t win.”
This is just another sign that the establishment in Washington has learned nothing over the past year. The truth of the matter is they won’t stop attacking me, because they know I won’t stop fighting for you.
And I am worried these attacks will just continue.
Friend, I can’t take them on alone. Will you make an immediate contribution of $5, $10, $35, $50 or whatever you can afford at this time?
You were so important to our efforts over the last year and I want to say thank you from the bottom of my heart. But our movement now faces a new front.
This is bigger than any one office. This is about changing the culture in Washington and saving our country.
That’s why I am asking you to help me continue the fight with an immediate contribution.
I am using all my energy and resources to keep fighting and I hope you can help.
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Together we have come so far, but I am concerned that without your help, John Boehner and the rest of his Cartel in D.C. will succeed in stopping our progress.
I’m counting on you, Friend.
For liberty,
Ted Cruz
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