Overview
- The Washington Post reported that Cruz is seriously considering a 2028 run while positioning himself as a pro-Israel, anti-antisemitism voice within the GOP.
- Cruz met in November near Union Station with Morton Klein of the Zionist Organization of America, then publicly escalated his rift with Tucker Carlson by calling him “a coward” in a Las Vegas speech.
- A likely primary clash looms with Vice President J.D. Vance, who leads early GOP polling, as Cruz warns donors that Vance’s foreign-policy skepticism reflects dangerous isolationism.
- Resistance from the MAGA wing has surfaced, with Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene telling the Post that “all of us hate Ted Cruz” while signaling loyalty to Vance.
- Few Republican leaders have visibly aligned with Cruz, a major GOP donor told the Post they would back Vance, and a source close to Trump accused Cruz of stalling a NASA nominee to boost his profile.