‘Deeply Worried’ Ted Cruz Sounds the Alarm Just Days Before Midterms: ‘We Could Lose Every Single Statewide Race in Texas’ 

Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) struck an ominous note for Republicans on his latest podcast, saying that Democrats are poised to retake the House, the Senate, and possibly every statewide election in Texas.

Republicans are broadly expected to lose their narrow majority in the House after Tuesday’s midterm elections. To retake the Senate, Democrats would need to net four seats, which has become a distinct possibility given that Republican-held seats in Alaska, Iowa, Kansas, Maine, North Carolina, Ohio, and Texas are in play.

“Overall, I am deeply, deeply worried,” Cruz said on his podcast, The Verdict, on Thursday. “What we’re seeing across the country is massive Democrat turnout. Democrats are showing up. They’re energized. They hate, hate, hate Donald Trump. And I don’t want to bury the lead. I want to start with the bad news right now. If the election were over today, if just the early votes cast so far were counted, Republicans would lose massively. It would not be close. We would lose both the House and the Senate. It would be a bloodbath.”

Cruz then urged Republicans and “commonsense” independents to vote for Republicans on Tuesday, stating that there is still a chance to stop a Democratic blue wave.

The senator then pivoted to Texas, where state Rep. James Talarico is leading Attorney General Ken Paxton in the race for U.S. Senate. Texas Governor Greg Abbott is also in a tight race against his Democratic opponent, Gina Hinojosa.

By the way, Texas is excruciatingly close. Understand, we could lose Texas. Let me repeat that. We could lose Texas. And by the way, not just the Senate race. We could lose every single statewide race in Texas. That’s how close these numbers are. Now, some conservatives, they say, “I don’t trust the polls. The polls are all wrong.” Well, let me tell you, there is a bias in the polls. They do skew left, but I can tell you, having run a lot of campaigns, having examined a lot of numbers, these data are not fake. The Democrats are massively out-turning out the Republicans. We gotta fix that.

He again urged people to vote, stating, “This is the most important midterm, I believe, of our lifetimes.

A Democrat has not won statewide office in Texas since 1994.

Listen above via The Verdict.

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