“Trump is going to swing people,” said Joe Hunter, 60, a chemist from nearby Friendswood, where yards have sprouted a mix of Cruz and O’Rourke campaign signs. Recent polls show Cruz is ahead in the Senate race, and supporters hoped the Trump rally would boost Republican turnout. She said the crowd at Monday’s rally sent an important message: “There are people who support Trump and Cruz.” The 34-year-old voted for Trump over Cruz in the 2016 Texas Republican primary. “We need to build the wall.”īritney Husfeld was persuaded. “There is no race in the country with a starker divide on immigration,” Cruz said. “We are defending that border.”Ĭruz pointed out that he had the endorsement of the Border Patrol union, which led to chants of support for Trump’s signature promise: “Build the wall!” “Nobody has helped me more,” Trump said of Cruz. Vote for Ted Cruz,” Trump said, reminding the crowd that a caravan of thousands of Central American immigrants is wending its way north through Mexico. “The Democrats would rather destroy American values than protect America’s borders. On Monday, the president dismissed O’Rourke as “a stone-cold phony” and a pro-immigrant lawmaker in favor of higher taxes and open borders. Trump has called O’Rourke a “flake” and a “total lightweight” compared with Cruz, even as O’Rourke raised more money and the race tightened enough to give him a chance. Beto O’Rourke, who also held get-out-the-vote rallies Monday in and around Houston. The visit to Houston was designed to counter a surge in support and record donations for Cruz’s opponent, Democratic Rep.
He also gave it a Texas twist: “In this election you can send a message to the radical Democrats: Don’t mess with Texas.” Trump made the same pitch to his supporters that he’s made at rallies across the country for other congressional candidates: “A vote for a Democrat is a vote to surrender Congress.” Rhonda Bland, 50, a retired librarian from Houston who voted for Trump two years ago in the Republican presidential primary and was now backing Cruz, said she thought the rally would drive turnout among Trump’s base - for Cruz. “It’s like when your favorite band breaks up and the two main guys don’t get along. “There’s a reunification going on,” said Eric Smith, a Cruz backer who became a Trump fan during the last two years and lined up early for Monday’s rally. From the archives: Donald Trump says he wouldn’t accept Ted Cruz’s endorsement even if it were offered »
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