Ted Cruz Research Paper

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December 22, 1970 marks the day Rafael Edward “Ted” Cruz was born in Calgary, Canada. In his early years Ted joined an after-school program that introduced him to free market economics. This program created a youth group that focused on the Constitution, in there they gave speeches around Texas on related issues. Cruz first attended Faith West Academy near Katy, Texas then attended Houston's Second Baptist High School. After graduating as Valedictorian at Houston's Second Baptist High School, Cruz then chose to attend Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs then to Princeton University. At Princeton Ted graduated as cum laude with a Bachelor of Arts in Public Policy in 1992. After graduating from Princeton University in …show more content…

In 2003, Cruz was appointed by Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott to the office of Solicitor General till 2008. While being Solicitor General, Ted argued before the Supreme Court nine times, winning five cases and losing four. Nothing is as always at it seems though. Ted’s life hasn't always been so great, behind closed doors Cruz stated that his parents were actually alcoholics and that his father temporarily abandoned the family-“Both of them had serious problems with alcohol. And when I was 3 years old, my father decided he didn’t want to be married anymore. And he didn’t want a 3-year-old son. So he got on a plane and left.” Cruz's parents split up for a time, but they reunited after Rafael (Cruz’s father) had a newfound interest in religion. Cruz then said “And he went and bought an airplane ticket and flew back to Calgary to rejoin my mother and to rejoin his son. So when anyone asks is faith real, is a relationship with Jesus real, I can tell you if it were not for my father giving his life to Christ, I would have been raised by a single …show more content…

Trump also called Cruz ugly, hated, arrogant, and other insulting words, any of which could have stuck instead. Ted has been accused of lying on multiple occasions. Such as, Cruz wrongfully stating "The president issued a decree to every public school in America demanding that they change their bathroom policies, demanding that every public school now allow grown men and boys into little girls’ bathrooms. We have entered the world of politically correct lunacy," but realistically, Obama's policy was aimed at students and was intended to ensure that transgender kids could use the bathrooms they felt the most comfortable using. Cruz has also lied and said he's "consistently opposed shutdowns.", referring to the shutdown in 2013. But Cruz must have forgotten about the time about conspiring with House Republicans for a funding bill discussion that lead to a 17-day shutdown. Jokingly media spread a rumor in 2013 of Ted Cruz being the zodiac killer. The zodiac killer was an unidentified murderer in northern California that targeted four men and three women between the ages of 16 and 29 from about the late 1960’s to the early 1970’s . Spreading like wildfires this

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