Ted Cruz Encounters Former Cliven Bundy Security Chief on the Campaign Trail

On Sunday afternoon, Texas Senator Ted Cruz spoke and met voters at what was billed as a "VIP reception" at a state representative's home. One of the people who got to talk to the senator was Jerry DeLemus, a 60-year-old former marine and conservative activist who was recovering from a hip broken during the state's long, icy winter. A former state representative snapped a photo:

One year earlier, DeLemus was in a very different setting; the low desert of eastern Nevada, working as the "commander of Camp Liberty," taking care of the safety of the people who had swarmed in to defend rancher Cliven Bundy in a stand-off with federal agents. DeLemus's 3,000-mile drive to the Bundy Ranch became a national story.