Ted Cruz says his race in the Texas Senate is competitive because "the far left has lost his head"

HOUSTON – Senator Ted Cruz, R-Texas, was approached at his campaign headquarters Friday morning by a young volunteer who wanted the outgoing senator to figure in his latest Snapchat.

"It's my birthday and I'm here with the biggest person ever!" Said the young volunteer.

Cruz knows he needs more of this kind of excitement to face a challenge from representative Beto O'Rourke, D-Texas, who now enjoys a fundraising edge in one of the contests the most expensive of this cycle.

"We have a race in our hands," said Cruz. "If you are a wealthy Liberal sitting in New York or Massachusetts or San Francisco right now and you could defeat a Republican in the country, it would be me, which is why money flows into it. "

President Trump is committed to campaigning for Cruz, which the Conservative legislator welcomes. President Trump is also at the origin of democratic energy, which, according to Cruz, is linked to his re-election efforts.

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"With the election of Donald Trump, the far left has lost his head," Cruz said. "The far left, they are under tension, they are angry and they have a lot of hatred for President Trump."

O'Rourke refused to be interviewed in Texas or Washington DC for this story, but he hit the late night circuit this week.

The Cruz campaign quickly understood how to participate in the action, buying commercial time during the O'Rourke episode.

"This is how Ted Cruz is afraid of Beto O'Rourke – he bought commercials on my show tonight to counter his interview," said Stephen Colbert, host of The Late Show.

Cruz believes that the joke is about the comedian.

"I think it's funny that apparently Colbert is furious that anyone is buying commercials on this show," Cruz said. "Advertisers must follow his advice and not buy ads on his show because it makes him unhappy."

O'Rourke, 45, was compared to "The next Obama," by Esquire and "Kennedyesque" by Vanity Fair, and Cruz thinks a positive press like this one encourages Democratic donors abroad.

"Their favorite adjective is Kennedyesque," said Cruz. "They all talk about his hair and his teeth, they do not talk about substance, nothing about his file, they do not talk about his openness to abolition [Immigration and Customs Enforcement]they are not talking about his desire to impeach the president. "