Cruz says, ” This is part of a tidal wave that began in 2010 and that tidal wave is only stronger in 2012,” he told Fox News’s Chris Wallace Sunday morning. “Those protests died down. I think the reason is the Tea Party went to work.” Cruz said the movement would work hard on Mitt Romney’s behalf to defeat President Obama this fall in order to “get the boot of the federal government off the neck of small business.”
The Cuban-American candidate, who is heavily favored to win election, also said that Romney could make inroads with Hispanic voters based on shared values.
“I think the Hispanic community, the values that resonate in our community, are fundamentally conservative. They are faith, family, patriotism,” he said, pointing out that Hispanics enlist in the military at a higher rate than any other demographic group and saying he’d “never once seen a Hispanic panhandler because in our community it would be viewed as shameful to be out on the street begging.”
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