‘A Watergate-level repudiation’: Ted Cruz weighs in on midterm wave
NBC News reports on Ted Cruz's response to the 2026 midterms, in which Democrats swept Texas: James Talarico ended 38 years of Republican Senate dominance, and Gina Hinojosa became the state's first Latina governor. On his podcast, Cruz called the result a "Watergate-level repudiation," blaming high costs, tariffs, and the Iran war, while John Cornyn, who lost his primary to Ken Paxton, wrote in a Wall Street Journal op-ed that the party favored "performative politics" over voters' pocketbooks.
