And Cruz was well rewarded for his efforts. He pretty much brought the house down. If any voters across the country were getting their first look at Cruz yesterday, they got an eyeful. And it was probably hard to come away from it unimpressed.
Good evening. I have the honor of standing before you this evening for one reason, because thousands upon thousands of grassroots activists stood united, not for a candidate, but for the sake of restoring liberty. Accountability, quite rightly, rests firmly in the hands of “We the People.”
Since 2010, something extraordinary has been happening, something that has dumbfounded the chattering class.
It began here in Florida in 2010. In Utah, Kentucky, Pennsylvania.
Was repeated this summer in Indiana. Nebraska. Wisconsin.
And this past month, in the Lone Star State, Texas.
What is happening all across America is a Great Awakening.
A response to career politicians in both parties who’ve gotten us into this mess.
This national movement is fueled by what unites us: a love of liberty, a belief in the unlimited potential of free men and women.
I want to tell you a love story. It’s the story of all of us, a love story of freedom.
It’s the story of our Founding Fathers, who fought and bled for freedom and then crafted the most miraculous political document ever conceived, our Constitution. The Framers understood that our rights come, not from monarchs, but from God-and that those rights are secure only when government power is restrained.
This love story is the story of the brave Texans in the City of Gonzales. When General Santa Anna demanded that they give up their guns and the cannon that guarded the city, they responded with the immortal cry “Come and take it.”
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