Sen. Ted Cruz, R-T.X. brought his new podcast “Verdict” to the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) 2020 main stage for a live discussion with Daily Wire’s Michael Knowles.
Cruz launched the podcast the very first night of the Democrat-led impeachment trial of President Donald Trump — which he noted quickly “skyrocketed” to the top of the charts among podcast listeners — and he brought the popular program to conservative fans to talk about the pressing issues among conservatives.
Cruz touched on a variety of topics, including an anecdote about Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-V.T. who recently praised the infamous former Cuban Prime Minister Fidel Castro.
This, Cruz said, didn’t sit well with him.
“It p***** me off.”
But among his messages for conservatives, none was bigger than his central theme:
The Democrats are now the party of elite, rich billionaires, Cruz declared, “sipping lattes and looking down on the rest of the world.”
Cruz claimed that the Democrats aren’t trying to create jobs for Americans — they’ve forever changed.
The Texas senator, on the other hand, implored conservatives of the Republican Party to be proud of its support of hardworking Americans, citing “the dignity of hard work.”
Co-host Knowles chimed in: “That sends a better message to the American people, than ‘there are 57 genders.'”
Cruz backed up his big words by citing the numbers behind the claim, saying that the Trump administration has brought more than 500,000 manufacturing jobs to Americans over the past three years.
Chair of the Republic National Committee Ronna McDaniel joined the two, fresh off raising $27 million for the RNC this past January alone.
But McDaniel went back to the beginning: 2016.
She discussed her role as a Republican state party leader in Michigan during the 2016 general election. She told a story about how Michigan was largely considered a flyover state that Trump had no shot to win after years of Democratic rule.
But she knew that Trump could reach the voters.
She implored Trump to speak to the blue collar voters — voters that Cruz said Democrats were “scared” of — and of course the rest of history.
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