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3 Feb, 2016

Accuses Cruz of stealing Iowa caucuses

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Trump accuses Cruz of stealing his Iowa results, and calls for a new vote, or the results to be nullified.

Cruz campaign responds:

Reality hit the reality TV star in Iowa, so nobody is talking about him now, so he’s trying to regain some attention on Twitter. There are Twitter addiction support groups, so he should seek out his local chapter.

25 Jul, 2015

Super PAC receives $15 million

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The Wilks brothers donate $15 million to the pro-Cruz super PAC, Keep the Promise. Farris Wilks:

Our country was founded on the idea that our rights come from the Creator, not the government. I’m afraid we’re losing that. Unless we elect a principled conservative leader ready to stand up for our values, we’ll look back on what once was the land of opportunity and pass on a less prosperous nation to our children and grandchildren. That’s why we need Ted Cruz.

24 Jul, 2015

Accuses McConnell of lying

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Cruz accuses McConnell of lying to him, after McConnell says there will be a vote on whether to renew the federal Export-Import Bank, after telling Cruz there will be no such vote.

Not only what he told every Republican senator, but what he told the press over and over and over again, was a simple lie. It saddens me to say this. I sat in my office, I told my staff the majority leader looked me in the eye and looked 54 Republicans in the eye. I cannot believe he would tell a flat-out lie. We now know that when the majority leader looks us in the eyes and makes an explicit commitment that he is willing to say things that he knows are false.

27 May, 2001

Cruz, Nelson marry

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Cruz marries Nelson. The Couple met while working for George W. Bush’s campaign in 2000. Nelson:

Ted is very much a visionary. He is very strategic, and he’s very practical, and he does what needs to be done, not what everybody wants him to do.

22 Dec, 1970

Ted Cruz born in Calgary, Alberta

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Cruz is born in Calgary, Alberta, Canada to Eleanor Elizabeth Darragh Wilson and Rafael Bienvenido Cruz. His father is a Cuban immigrant and works in the oil sector.