Donald Trump Jr. mobilizes in Texas for Ted Cruz

Donald Trump Jr., the president's son, swept over Texas on Wednesday to strengthen his country in the re-election campaign.

"He has fought alongside my father since then for every important vote, for every political element, for everything," said Trump at an afternoon rally with Cruz at Wichita Falls. "He has put aside all the difference and he has done what is right for you because it is his job and he is doing it."

The president's son was the first of a series of highly anticipated brand personalities who would be heading to Texas from here on election day to help Cruz face a daunting challenge from the US representative Beto O 'Rourke, D-El Paso. Vice President Mike Pence is due to travel to Dallas on Monday to meet Cruz – along with local US representative Pete Sessions – and the president himself is due to visit the state later this month to hold a rally. with Cruz.

After Wichita Falls, Trump and Cruz headed to the Houston area to hold a night rally in Conroe. They also organized fundraisers around rallies, including an event earlier in the day in Austin. Kimberly Guilfoyle, the former Fox News host, now attends Trump and works for a great pro-Trump PAC.

In Wichita Falls, Trump spent some of his remarks responding to what Cruz called his biggest challenge in the race: Republican complacency. The president's son acknowledged an enthusiasm gap between what he described as being Republicans satisfied with the country's leadership and Democrats "motivated by nothing but hate."

"Do you think you've seen a dysfunction in the last two weeks at the DC?" Trump asked, referring to the battle over the appointment of Brett Kavanaugh to the United States Supreme Court. "You have not seen anything yet if you gave Nancy Pelosi to the House of Representatives, if you gave the Senate to Chuck Schumer, that it's all about your motivation."

Trump also gave a glance at O ​​'Rourke, asserting that he was examining the Democrat's positions and wondering if he was standing in a blue state like New York and not Texas , a line of regular attack of Cruz. "I'm like, wow, it's a pretty extreme position – if you're Bill of Blasio," he said, referring to the mayor of New York.

As for O & # Rourke, he left the campaign runway on Wednesday to make a return trip to Tornillo, the immigration detention center that was at the center of the border separation crisis. He was scheduled to resume his university tour Thursday at the University of Texas at San Antonio.

While Cruz and Trump roamed the United States, the Democrats noted that Cruz was the only senator to have missed the final vote Wednesday on legislation aimed at tackling the opioid crisis in the country, a political area on which Cruz has highlighted his election campaign. The vote was 98-1.

"This is another blatant example of Ted Cruz's policy against people," said Manny Garcia, deputy executive director of the Texas Democratic Party, in a statement. "The Texans are fed up, they are demanding changes and they deserve a full-time senator in their corner.This senator, it's Beto O'Rourke."

Through his office, Cruz issued a statement applauding the passage of the bill and stating that he had voted in favor of this bill when it was introduced in the Senate last month.