Ted Cruz lies about ‘bipartisan’ record as Texas Senate race tightens

Republican Sen. Ted Cruz is touting himself as a bipartisan legislator as polls show his Democratic rival, Rep. Colin Allred, within striking distance in the Texas Senate race. But Cruz’s recent partisan actions and track record as a senator disprove his claims of neutrality.

A recent poll from Public Policy Polling shows Cruz ahead of Allred by 1 percentage point, while a poll from Emerson College had Cruz ahead by 4. Cruz won his first Senate race in 2012 by nearly 16 points, while his 2018 reelection bid vs. Beto O’Rourke was much closer—Cruz won that race by a mere 2.6 points.

“What is new is not that I’m passing bipartisan legislation that helps produce jobs in Texas. I’ve been doing that since the day I arrived in the Senate,” Cruz insisted in an interview with Politico.

The stalwart Donald Trump ally has been attempting to soften his image as a conservative culture warrior during the current election cycle.

But his Senate voting history tells a different story