Ted Cruz: Mitch McConnell Won’t Give a Penny of His Super PAC Funds to Help My Senate Campaign

LEVIN: “The Senate leadership fund is controlled by Mitch McConnell. He raises hundreds of millions of dollars in that fund to assist Senate candidates. Last time you ran it was very close, 2-2.5%, you won. McConnell would not give your campaign a plug nickel. I assume he’s giving your campaign money now because he wants to control the Senate, yes?”
Cruz: “Sadly, no. Not a penny. So, Mitch McConnell runs the largest Republican super PAC in the country, it has $400 million. But that super PAC is used to reward the Republican senators who obey him and to punish those who dare to stand up to him. As you noted, 2018, I was in what was at the time the most expensive Senate race in U.S. history. I was being outspent three-to-one. He had $300 million, he spent zero in Texas. I won anyway, but barely, by less than 3 points. This time around he has $400 million, I am being massively outspent again. Schumer is spending millions, and yet he spent zero. By the way, he does the same thing for any other senator. So, Ron Johnson in 2016 in Wisconsin had a very tough competitive race. Mitch spent zero to support him. Ron won anyway. Mike Lee in 2022 had an unexpectedly tight race in Utah. Again, Mitch spent zero to support him because — and, you know, people wonder at home, how come no Republicans stand up and have courage and stand up to Mitch in leadership? The answer is, if you stand up and say no, it costs you 10 or 20 or 30 or even $40 million. Well, I am not willing to just obey his orders, which means the only way I survive is the viewers of this show, patriots across this country go on to TedCruz.org, give in generously, so that we have the resources to communicate with the voters.”