Ted Cruz blames his close Senate race on Mitch McConnell

Texas is widely seen as a GOP stronghold, so you might be excused if you forgot that Republican Sen. Ted Cruz is up for reelection this year. Cruz surely had no reason to expect his party to spend money defending his turf, especially given the wealth of endangered Senate Democrats this cycle. 

Yet here we are, roughly three weeks before the election, and Cruz is fighting to maintain a slim lead in his race while crying about Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell’s refusal to bail him out. 

It’s delicious.

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