Cruz Draws Bob Dole Rebuke Over ‘Stand for Principle’ Comments
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Senator Ted Cruz of Texas, who hasn’t shied away from angering the more traditional wing of his Republican Party, drew another rebuke from a political veteran: Bob Dole, a former Senate leader and presidential contender.
Cruz, a Tea Party favorite, in a speech to party activists this week pointed to the failed Republican presidential campaigns of Dole in 1996, Senator John McCain in 2008 and former Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney in 2012 as examples not to be followed in the 2016 race.