Trump Campaign Adviser Takes 'Hell' Of A Swipe At Ted Cruz's Team Amid Senate Race

Ben Blanchet

Updated 15 September 2024 at 10:58 am·2-min read

Chris LaCivita, senior campaign adviser for Donald Trump’s 2024 bid, took to social media on Saturday to slam Ted Cruz’s team amid the Texas senator’s push for reelection.

“What the hell is wrong with the Senate race in Texas ? I think i know …and i think i know his name ….time to get some real professionals in to save @tedcruz,” LaCivita wrote on X.

The dig comes as a recent poll shows Cruz — a senator for more than a decade — is leading Rep. Colin Allred (D-Texas) by four percentage points, 47%-43%, with a margin of error of 3.5 percentage points.

What the hell is wrong with the Senate race in Texas ? I think i know …and i think i know his name ….time to get some real professionals in to save @tedcruz
— Chris LaCivita (@LaCivitaC) September 14, 2024

Cruz, a Trump ally in the years since the former president attacked his wife during their 2016 GOP primary rivalry, “enthusiastically” endorsed Trump earlier this year.

Trump has yet to endorse Cruz, who has held a narrow polling lead, as Allred looks to become Texas’ first Democratic senator in over three decades. He previously backed Cruz in his 2018 race against Beto O’Rourke.

LaCivita’s comments arrive after Paul Dans, the ex-director of the controversial presidential transition plan Project 2025, recently knocked him and Trump senior campaign adviser Susie Wiles over their push for President Joe Biden to drop out of the race while having “no plans” for Vice President Kamala Harris.

“That is on par with historic campaign malpractice,” Dans told The New York Times.

Social media users clowned LaCivita over his remarks about the Cruz campaign.

Chris every night during the campaign pic.twitter.com/sgTc5PzvKO
— YS (@NYinLA2121) September 14, 2024

Aren’t you…running DJT’s race for President of the United States? I mean, I’m here for your dooming & dissing on The Odious Ted Cruz—*I’m right here for it*—but in between desecrating Arlington and reviving the KKK in Ohio, how do you find the time?
— John Oleske (@JohnOleske) September 14, 2024

I know he’s worried about Lewandowski but generally speaking you’re not supposed to be openly angling for your next job like this pic.twitter.com/1Ft5QCGB5T
— Patrick Dillon (@mpdillon) September 14, 2024

Just wait. Texans are tired of Ted Cruz!
— Sky🪷 (@skylikeajedi) September 14, 2024

Maybe the problem is that he endorsed a career criminal and bigot named Donald Trump who seems to be a weight on every Republican.
— David Jensen🇺🇸🌻🇩🇰 (@DAJensen07) September 14, 2024

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