Like Sen. Lindsey Graham of South Carolina and "Hillbilly Elegy" author J.D. Vance, Sen. Ted Cruz of Texas went from being a scathing critic of Donald Trump in 2016 to being a devoted and obsequious sycophant after that. And Trump went from slamming the far-right Texas Republican as "Lyin' Ted Cruz" in 2016 to endorsing his reelection campaign in the 2018 midterms; Trump, never known for his humility, believes that Cruz would have lost that race to Democrat Beto O'Rourke were it not for him.
Trump and Cruz, despite all the bad blood between them in 2016, are generally regarded as allies in the Joe Biden era. But reporter Burgess Everett, in an article published by Politico on April 28, stresses that Trump and Cruz are "on opposing sides" when it comes to some key races in the Rust Belt in the 2022 midterms.
