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Public disputes concerning the 2026 U.S. midterm election cycle, including campaigns, candidates, conventions, advertising, endorsements, and election-related policy promises.
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2 statements on this page. Dates: September 10, 2026 to September 15, 2026
2 matching statements. Dates: September 10, 2026 to September 15, 2026
2 published statements. Dates: September 10, 2026 to September 15, 2026
Role at the time: U.S. Senator (R-TX)
Statement summary
Sen. Ted Cruz called Bo French's post "idiotic" and said he wished it hadn't been sent, without characterizing it as racist.
“Look, it was an idiotic tweet that he sent. I wish he hadn't sent it. And I got to say, I am celebrating every student at UT, and I was proud to be there in Austin, and it was a hell of a win. Hook 'em horns.”
Reports Cruz's first public comment on French's post, made outside a Senate Judiciary hearing; corroborated by Mediaite.
Cruz directly criticizes the post as "idiotic" and says he wishes French had not sent it — a real, if notably softer, criticism than Cornyn's or Burrows's. He stops short of calling it racist or demanding deletion/apology, unlike those statements, so this is flagged as a distinctly milder register worth editorial attention rather than a full-throated condemnation.
Role at the time: U.S. senator speaking at the Republican midterm convention
Response to this claim
El-Sayed supports Sharia law and treats opposition to it as white supremacy.
“When Abdul El-Sayed says he has a, quote, ‘obligation,’ to comply with Sharia law, he means it.”
CNN reporting syndicated by KTVZ quotes Cruz’s September 10 Republican midterm-convention speech and explains that the referenced 2009 New York Times interview concerned El-Sayed’s personal effort to follow Sharia rules while seeking a mortgage.
Cruz used the prior statement to criticize El-Sayed’s political values, rather than describe its original personal-practice context.
