DUMFRIES, Va. — Hundreds of Virginia Republicans filled a church parking lot as the party bus turned down the long driveway.
They cheered as Sen. Ted Cruz waved from the rear deck. They laughed at all the right spots as he rallied for a local congressional candidate, mixing conservative cheerleading with biting political stand-up.
He reveled in the airlift of migrants from San Antonio, Texas, confronting liberals and “the corrupt corporate media” with a migrant crisis they ignored “until 50 showed up on Martha’s Vineyard.”