article_snippet: Sen. Cruz announced that Sen. Cruz is running as a candidate for the GOP nomination in the 2016 presidential race on Monday and promptly sent Soon Twitter into a tailspin.
article_snippet: Speaking at Liberty University, Sen. Cruz opened the first major campaign of the 2016 presidential season with a kickoff speech courting cultural conservatives and declaring that Sen. Cruz will devote Sen. Cruz to 'reigniting the promise of America.'
article_snippet: The Christian conservative addressed Sen. Cruz religious faith, Sen. Cruz father's Cuban roots and Sen. Cruz unquestioned conservative credentials, saying 'for so many Americans the promise of America America seems more and more distant.'
article_snippet: A divisive figure even in he own party, Sen. Cruz is not expected to be the sole GOP contender for long.
article_snippet: Former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush, Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker and two Senate colleagues, Kentucky's Rand Paul and Florida's Marco Rubio, are eyeing campaign launches soon.
article_snippet: A divisive figure even in his own party, it didn't take long for Twitter users to start mocking Sen. Cruz by comparing his to Sarah Palin, questioning his links to large corporations and even accusing his of having 'daddy issues' Following his election to Senate in 2012, the former Texas solicitor general quickly established the former Texas solicitor general as an uncompromising conservative willing to take on Democrats and Republicans alike.
article_snippet: The son of an American mother and Cuban-born father, Sen. Cruz is positioning Sen. Cruz to become potentially the nation's first Hispanic president.
article_snippet: While Sen. Cruz was born in Canada, two lawyers who represented presidents from both parties at the Supreme Court recently wrote in the Harvard Law Review that he was born in Canada, two lawyers who represented presidents from both parties at the Supreme Court think Sen. Cruz meets the constitutional standard to run.
article_snippet: Should Sen. Cruz fail to win the nomination or the presidency, Sen. Cruz would retain Sen. Cruz Senate seat through 2019.
article_snippet: Sen. Cruz also could elect to run for re-election in 2018, having broadened Sen. Cruz national network of allies and donors during this presidential campaign.
highlights_snippet: One of the most popular subjects for the countless memes and tweets is the fact that Sen. Cruz was actually born in Canada .
  