Houston Chronicle by Jeremy Wallace 6/23/2021
Donald Trump may be gunning for Congressman Chip Roy, but U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz is making it clear he’s going to fight to defend Roy, his former chief of staff.
A month after Trump publicly blasted Roy, an Austin Republican, for having “not done a great job” and predicting he would probably face a primary challenge, Cruz is coming out with a full-throttled endorsement of Roy and helping him raise money for his 2022 re-election campaign.
“I know personally that if there’s anyone we can trust in Washington, it’s Chip Roy,” Cruz said. “When he was on my team, he worked morning, noon, and night to advance our conservative agenda and protect American liberty. I know he will never stop. We have to support him now.”
Cruz remains friends with Roy, who is in his second term representing the 21st Congressional District which runs from Austin to San Antonio.
Roy became a target of Trump’s when he joined a small group of Republicans in Congress who voted against efforts to overturn the 2020 election. Later, Roy made a poignant speech on the House floor that called Trump’s actions before the Jan. 6 insurrection impeachable. Roy objected to Trump’s demands that Vice President Mike Pence refuse to throw out electoral votes in his loss to Democrat Joe Biden.
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