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How many of those bills have actually passed and made America better? I think it is great he believes these things, and I applaud him for it, but nothing gets done and he knows it will not when he introduces these bills. That is what I mean by “largely symbolic actions”. I do not mean to impugn Cruz, it is just how the Senate works. As I said, Senators do not actually do much which is one of the knocks against a Senator running for President.

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/bloggers/2995684/posts

Here is Cruz’s resume (from 2013), before his senate career got going much.

The main one for me is his work as Attorney General of Texas, which has thousands of employees, and his victory in the Heller case:

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In the landmark case of District of Columbia v. Heller, Cruz assembled a coalition of 31 states in defense of the principle that the 2nd Amendment guarantees an individual right to keep and bear arms.

Cruz presented oral argument for the amici states in the companion case to Heller before the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit.

In addition to his victory in Heller, Cruz has successfully defended the Ten Commandments monument on the Texas State Capitol grounds, the recitation of the Pledge of Allegiance in public schools and the majority of the 2003 Texas redistricting plan.

Cruz also successfully defended, in Medellin v. Texas, the State of Texas against an attempt by the International Court of Justice to re-open the criminal convictions of 51 murderers on death row throughout the United States.

“How many of those bills have actually passed and made America better?”

How many of any of the bills that have passed in Congress the past 7 years made America better? Ted Cruz did what he told his constituents he would do. He never promised he would win every battle but would fight for them and their values.

Cruz knew that he would be fighting an uphill battle. It is not his fault that the GOP has taken up with the dems. The reason the conservatives can’t get legislation passed is because the GOP doesn’t want it passed. How is that Cruz’s fault? At least he gets up there and fights, fillibusters and stands for his principles. That is his job. The fact that the Congress is corrupt is a shame but should be held against a man who has done so much to fight back against it. It shows what a waste it is to have a man like him there.

Any conservative is going to have trouble getting legislation passed with the way the GOP is now. How is Donald Trump going to change that? With a pen and a phone? The president doesn’t pass legislation. He can give speeches. He can promote policy. But unless the GOPE suddenly decides that they love Trump and want the same things he wants he is dead in the water.

Being POTUS is different than being CEO of a company. When Trump wants something done it gets done. He tells other people what to do and they do it or they get fired. It doesn’t work that way in DC.

Ted Cruz isn’t wasting his tie with “symbolic actions”. He isn’t giving up the fight. He is keeping his promises to the Texans that elected him. I find that honorable. And desirable in a president don’t you?