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Cruz: No Trump successor waiting in GOP wings
Senator Ted Cruz predicts a wide-open 2028 Republican primary with no clear frontrunner to replace Trump.
In brief
Senator Ted Cruz predicts a wide-open 2028 Republican primary with no clear frontrunner to replace Trump. The Republican Party faces a fundamental debate about its identity and direction after Trump, with multiple candidates likely competing in a competitive primary. Originally reported by New York Post.
No Trump successor in sight
Sen. Ted Cruz says the GOP has no Donald Trump equivalent waiting to succeed the president in 2028, predicting a competitive primary battle to determine the party's next nominee.
“There is no Donald Trump on the horizon to succeed [him].”
Full primary debate coming
Cruz expects a vigorous primary process where voters will decide the party's direction, rejecting the idea that Vice President JD Vance or Secretary of State Marco Rubio would be anointed as Trump's successor.
“I think we are going to have a full and vigorous primary and discussion.”
Party identity at stake
The 2028 GOP primary will center on fundamental questions about whether Republicans remain a small-government, free-market party or shift toward big government policies, and whether the party embraces American global leadership or isolationism.
“Are we a small government, free market conservative party? Or are we a big government nanny state party?”
Cruz hints at own ambitions
The Texas senator, who ran for president in 2016, told host Miranda Devine on Pod Force One that he still harbors White House ambitions but won't discuss potential matchups with Vance or Rubio until after the midterm elections.
“There will be plenty of time to have these conversations.”
Democrats pose radical threat
Cruz warned that the Democratic Party has become dangerously radical and extreme, saying there's a very real danger a far-left candidate could win the presidency in 2028, while centrist Democrats like Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear have no chance at their party's nomination.
“I don't want to wake up in two years and find a radical, left-wing zealot in the White House.”
The takeaway
The Republican Party faces a fundamental debate about its identity and direction after Trump, with multiple candidates likely competing in a competitive primary.
