hugely unpopular and utterly ineffective at his job, Ted Cruz still thinks he might actually have a shot at being president one day.
Bless his heart.The gay-hating Texas lawmaker just threatened another bid for the White House while promoting his crappy new book Unwoke: How to Defeat Cultural Marxism in America. “I loved running for president in 2016,” he told The Texas Tribune. “We came incredibly close.
We came within inches of winning.”Quick fact check: This is not true. While Cruz did win a handful of primaries in 2016, he didn’t come “inches” away from anything.
He earned just 551, less than 50%, of the 1,237 delegates needed to clinch the party’s nomination.After falling 686 delegates short, he eventually dropped out of the race, but not before that awkward Hail Mary he pulled with Carly Fiorina, when he announced she would be his vice presidential running mate.A week later, he suspended his campaign after losing the Indiana primary.Cruz might have “loved” running for president, but voters didn’t love him, and they made that clear at the ballot box.“It’s the most fun I’ve ever had in my life and I fully hope and expect to run again at some point,” he told The Texas Tribune.Hmmm.