With a doozy of a tweet from President Trump, activists in Texas have raised thousands of dollars to place an anti-Sen. Ted Cruz billboard in the state.
Donald Trump’s original anti-Cruz tweet from Feb. 28, 2016
A GoFundMe page organized by USA Latinx topped its $6,000 fundraising goal, raising nearly $10,000 in less than 24 hours.
Parkland, Fla., school shooting survivor and gun control advocate David Hogg helped promote the effort on social media.
“President Donald Trump will be campaigning to help Sen. Ted Cruz win his re-election,” the page reads. “A rally is being planned, according to Trump ‘at the biggest stadium in Texas.’ We are planning to display the presidents own words about Cruz from 2016 on a mobile billboard, to remind Texans of the truth.”
The proposed sign will feature a February 2016 tweet from Trump criticizing Cruz as an “all talk, no action” politician.
“Why would the people of Texas support Ted Cruz when he has accomplished absolutely nothing for them,” Trump’s tweet reads. “He is another all talk, no action pol!”
The billboard comes at a time when several major polls show Cruz in a dead heat with his Democratic opponent Beto O’Rourke. On Friday, Trump tweeted that he would be holding a “major rally” for Cruz next month.
This isn’t the only nasty tweet that Trump shot Cruz’s way in 2016. Here’s another:
