Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) said he doesn’t think gas prices will have any effect on the upcoming midterm elections.
“I’ve seen no data that suggests this is having a big impact on the midterms,” Cruz said Tuesday on CNBC.
He falselyclaimed that under President Joe Biden gas prices were between $5 and $6 a gallon ― and that President Donald Trump was able to bring prices down when he took office in 2025. The average gas price under Biden peaked at $4, according to the U.S. Energy Information Administration. Today’s national average is $4.29.
“Anytime there’s military conflict in the Middle East, gas prices go up,” Cruz said. “If this gets resolved and resolved favorably, if we have a government in Iran that are not Islamists chanting death to America, funding terrorists, and trying to kill us, the long-term effect on the price of gas will be to bring it down.”
He added: “I think the American people want the president to do the right thing for the country.”
About 63% of Americans blame Trump for high gas prices, according to a new PBS News/NPR/Marist poll released in May. And in interviews with swing voters, NPR found high gas prices was a major point of concern.
“I’m just really going to watch and look at these candidates more carefully to see who I feel is going to be more responsive to our needs and to be able to help out the middle class, because right now we are suffering,” Theresa, a swing voter, told NPR.
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Cruz said Tuesday on CNBC that Trump’s decision to strike Iran was the “most consequential decision” of his second term, and he thinks it was the right decision. Cruz said he also urged Trump to “hold the line” and not take a “bad deal” when it came to negotiations with Iran.
He said he thinks there’s a “real” possibility Republicans hold both the House and Senate.
“But we got work to do,” he said. “We’re not going to do that today, but the election’s November, not today.”
As for the Senate race in Texas, Cruz said he’s “all in” for Ken Paxton, the Republican nominee and Texas attorney general endorsed by Trump, and called Democratic nominee James Talarico a “very dangerous” candidate” because of his far left views.
“This guy is talented, he’s charismatic. He sounds like a preacher,” Cruz said about Talarico, adding that Texas has a “real fight” ahead of them.
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