Cruz meets Trump at Sea Lake estate to discuss how to win back both houses

Senator Cruz dines with former President Trump on May 4, 2021. (Photo credit: Cruz tweet)

Senior U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) said he had dinner with former President Trump (R-Texas) at his Sea Lake estate in Florida on Tuesday, May 4, and discussed how the Republican Party can regain control of both chambers, among other topics.

“Had dinner with President Trump tonight at the Sea Lake estate,” Cruz tweeted on Tuesday. “He’s in great spirits! We spent the evening talking about retaking the House and Senate in 2022,” he added, with a photo of the two sipping drinks and smiling for the camera.

Trump told Fox News’ Sean Hannity in an interview last month that Republicans running for Congress should support Trump’s “Make America Great Again” (MAGA) agenda if they want to win.

Hannity asked Trump at the time, “Anyone who wants to run for the House or the Senate, should they embrace this ‘Make America Great Again’ agenda and fight for the same things you fought for during your four years as president?”

Trump replied, “If they want to win, yes. We’ve expanded the Republican Party, we have the largest Hispanic vote. I’ve had governors call me and say since Reconstruction …… I mean since the Civil War, if you want to win, if you want to win big, you have to do this. You have to do this.”

Surveys show that Trump remains the most popular person in the Republican Party for now.

Separately, Cruz and U.S. Sen. Josh Hawley (R-Texas), potential presidential candidates in the Republican Party, said last week they would no longer accept contributions from corporate political action committees (Corporate PACs).

Cruz tweeted, “I will no longer accept donations from Corporate PACs. I will fight to break their monopoly of power.”” Yes! Corporate America puts Americans last. They ship our jobs to China, make a mockery of the middle American way of life, try to control our speech and run our lives. It’s time for us to stand up to them.”

Cruz once wrote in an op-ed, “In my nine years as a senator, I received $2.6 million in contributions from corporate political action committees. But as of today, I will no longer accept any more money from corporate political action committees. I urge my Republican colleagues at all levels to do the same.”