'I hope to run again': Ted Cruz eyes another presidential race -- in 2024

[TexasTowelie]

WASHINGTON — Ted Cruz has been raising his profile on a number of fronts, speaking out to warn the White House on responses to gun violence and the attack on Saudi oil fields, weighing in on a GOP Senate primary race, opposing a circuit court nominee as not conservative enough and even making a splash on social media.

It’s all about presidential politics.

No, not 2020. 2024.

Cruz, R-Texas, who narrowly won reelection less than a year ago after coming in second to Donald Trump in the 2016 GOP presidential primary, has begun to position himself as the conservative choice in 2024.

“Welcome to Ted Cruz 3.0, always recasting himself to make a savvy political move,” said Brandon Rottenhaus, political science professor at the University of Houston. “It’s smart. The Republican Party has been hollowed out and wary Republicans will be looking for a voice in the darkness.”

Read more: https://www.amarillo.com/news/20190925/i-hope-to-run-again-ted-cruz-eyes-another-presidential-race---in-2024/1

[vercetti2021]

1. Lol

He won't win lol not as a presidential candidate or senator again. 2024 version of Texas will be different than 2019 Texas

[Vogon_Glory]

2. The Calgary Kid is probably thinking about 2020

If Orange Julius and/or Father Pence is removed from office or is forced to resign. Even if only Donnie is out of the way, I’d expect Cruz to try to push Pence aside in the Republican primaries.

[Joe941]

3. I thought 2024 was for Ivanka.