i don't take off this pin, i'm not giving up on our fight for workers, and i know you won't, either. thank you. ♪ [captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. visit ncicap.org] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2024] >> incumbent republican senator ted cruz of texas delivered

victory remarks after winning reelection in the u.s. senate race. he defeated his democratic challenger, congressman colin allred. sen. cruz: god be the glory. [applause] tonight is an incredible night. a huge victory here in texas. [cheering and applause] right now we are up by eight points and over 600,000 votes. and they are still counting votes. it also looks very likely that

we are going to have a republican senate next year. [applause] and i believe and i hope and pray that donald trump will be reelected as president of the united states. [applause] i want to say thank you, number one, to my extraordinary wife, heidi, my best friend in the world. [applause] such an amazing partner on this magic carpet ride of life. and i want to say thank you to our two beautiful and amazing girls. [applause] you know, politics at times

exacts a price on the family. and i want to say i am so grateful for their love and support, and you guys are amazing. thank you. [applause] i also want to give a special shout-out to alexis. [applause] alexis, thank you for your incredible courage speaking out for your precious jocelyn, and your courage has made such a profound difference in this nation. [applause] [crowd chanting "build the wall"] sen. cruz: we're going to. [applause]

i also want to thank all the democrats across texas who crossed over and supported my campaign -- [applause] including especially harris county district attorney -- [applause] who has stood strong for prosecuting violent criminals. and i want to thank every texan across our great state who has stood with us in this fight, who worked, and who fought for texas. [applause] i want to congratulate colin allred on a hard-fought campaign.

and i want to say to all of those who didn't support me, you have my word that i will fight for you, for your jobs, for your safety, and for your constitutional rights. [applause] but tonight, the people of texas have spoken. [applause] and their message rings clear as a bell across our great state, texas will remain texas. [applause] you know, the media were ready to write off texas. [booing]

and chuck schumer poured in more than $100 million to our state. well, i want to say thank you, chuck. and i hope we win a few more senate seats tonight because you wasted so much money in texas. [applause] they deployed every trick, every lie, and every hollywood celebrity they could find. chuck schumer tried to buy this senate seat like it was a piece of manhattan real estate. [laughter] but he learned what we've always known, that texas isn't for sale. [applause] and texans can't be bought. [applause]

amen. over the last two years, i've traveled every corner of this state, from the panhandle to the valley to deep east texas to far in west texas. we have traveled 9094 miles, 53 rallies all over the state of texas. [applause] i've worn out my boots, at times my voice, and certainly the patience of my incredible political team, who did an amazing job on this campaign and i think is the very best team in all of politics. [applause] and what i found traveling the state of texas was worth every

single mile, because everywhere i went, i found something that gives me profound hope. common sense isn't dead. it is alive and well in texas. [applause] everywhere i went, i met texans who share a simple dream, to keep their family safe, to keep their freedom secure, and to keep their texas values strong. tonight, we are witnessing incredible results especially with hispanics across the state of texas. [applause] and we are seeing tonight generational change in south texas. the results tonight, this

decisive victory should shake the democrat establishment to its core. [applause] i've spent months in the rio grande valley sitting in family kitchens, visiting small businesses, praying in local churches, and let me tell you what i learned. our hispanic communities are not just leaving the democrat party, they are coming home to conservative values they never left. [applause] they understand something the liberal elites never will. there's nothing progressive about open borders. there is nothing compassionate about chaos. and there is nothing latino about letting criminals roam free. [applause]

and just for good measure, we are not tacos. [laughter] we are small business owners who know that lower taxes means more jobs. we are parents who know that secure borders mean safe neighborhoods. and we are families who know that texas energy independence means prosperity for everyone. [applause] and i found this same awakening to common sense everywhere i traveled. i saw it in the eyes of texas mothers tired of being lectured to about their values, their faith, and their children's education. i heard it from energy workers in the permian basin, men and

women who know that american energy independence isn't just about dollars and cents. it is about national security. and freedom. it is about families being able to fill their gas tanks without emptying their bank accounts. common sense isn't complicated. it tells us that borders have to mean something. it tells us that laws must be enforced. that children deserve innocence. and that prosperity comes from work, not a handout. and here's what common sense tells us above all. that the people who built texas, whether their families came five generations ago or five months ago, understand texas better than any social engineer in washington ever will.

[applause] when i return to the senate, i carry with me not just a victory, but a mandate. a mandate from the people of texas. and let me be crystal clear about what that mandate means. first, we must secure the border. [applause] not with empty promises, but with concrete and steel and law and order and with the unshakable resolve from knowing we are protecting those we love. [applause] the cartels who poison our communities, the traffickers who

prey on the innocent, their days are numbered. [applause] second, we must unleash texas energy. the answer to america's energy needs isn't venezuela's oil fields or the ayatollah in iran. [applause] but rather, it is right here in texas in the permian basin and throughout the state of texas. [applause] we will drill. we will frack. we will produce, and we will lead the entire world. [applause]

and we will never again let foreign dictators hold american energy independence hostage. third, we must defend our god-given rights. not some of them, not most of them, but all of them. the right to speak truth in an age of enforced lies. the right to worship the lord god almighty with all of our heart, mind, and soul without government getting in the way. [applause] and the right to protect our families without asking bureaucrats for permission. but above all, this mandate means fighting for what we believe in. fighting every day, in every way that matters, fighting for texas jobs, for texas values, for

texas families. fighting for the constitution and the bill of rights. and fighting without retreat and without apology. because this isn't just about politics. it's about preserving a way of life that has made texas the last best hope for freedom for mankind. [applause] i know this in my bones. you see, this isn't just political for me. it's personal. like all of you, my family journey makes me who i am. many of y'all know my father, pastor rafael cruz. [applause] my dad arrived here from cuba with nothing but $100 in his

underwear. he washed dishes for $.50 an hour. he learned english watching john wayne movies. [laughter] and he worked his way through the university graduating class of '61. [applause] that journey from a cuban prison to texas freedom, from a dishwasher to a small business owner here in houston to today a pastor spreading the gospel across the state -- [applause] that's not just my story, that is texas's story. likewise, my mom. [applause] who is irish and italian, born

to a working-class family in delaware, who became the first person in her family ever to go to college. [applause] she graduated from rice in 1956 with a degree in math, and she became a pioneering computer programmer at the dawn of the computer age. [applause] my dad is 85. my mom turns 90 this month. [applause] both are here tonight, and i love you both very much. you are my heroes. [applause]

and here is what texas promises. not equality of outcomes, but equality of opportunity. not guaranteed success, but a guaranteed chance. not life without struggle, but a life where struggle has meaning, where merit matters. [applause] and where dreams that are backed by sweat and steel determination can still come true. that is the promise of texas. that is the american dream. that's what all of us fought to preserve here tonight, and that's what i give you my word, i will continue to defend with every fiber of my being in the united states senate. [applause] tonight's victory belongs to all of us, to all of us across the state.

[applause] thank you to each of you. may god bless you, and may god continue to bless the great state of texas. i love you. [applause] ♪ [captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. visit ncicap.org] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2024] >> january 6. what happened when people lie about a free and fair election because they weren't happy with the results. i said then and i will say it now, you can't just be a patriot when your side wins. so tonight, we didn't win. but we will continue to be patriots. [applause] isn't that right?

i want to thank every single texan, every single american who got involved in this race, but especially the folks who knocked on doors, who made phone calls, who gave whatever they could to this campaign. you know, i come from a family where we didn't have a lot of money. and so i know what it means when somebody sends in five dollars or $10. it is an act of hope. and i appreciate them. i really especially want to thank all the incredibly brave texas women who have come forward and told their stories. [applause] kate cox, lauren miller, taylor edwards, i could keep going. there are so many brave texas who have told their stories, and ally and i will never forget them and we will never stop fighting to overturn this abortion ban here in texas. [applause]

i carry three little rocks with me that my sons picked out on the playground. they represent my two kids and my wife. my boys are little. they are three and five. i haven't seen them as much as i'd like to, and for someone who grew up not knowing their father, that is a big deal to me. so i want to say a special thank-you to my family, to my mother and father-in-law who have done so much childcare. to the folks who mean the most to me. i ran for my boys, and i'll keep my boys' future. and for every texas kid's future. and i hope you all will, too. there is a quote from churchill

that has been kicking around in my head that i will probably mess up. it's that courage is rightly esteemed at the first of human qualities. it is the quality that guarantees all others. you have to have courage. it took courage, and i'm not tooting my own horn here, but it took courage for me to come from a single-parent household without a lot of money to the united states congress. it took courage -- [applause] thank you. it took courage for these texas women to come forward to talk about the most difficult moment of their lives in front of thousands of people. [applause] it took courage for each and every one of you and everyone who got involved in my campaign,

even though we haven't won texas in some time, to believe in this election and put everything you have into it. and it is going to take courage for whatever comes tomorrow and the day after. this country is worth fighting for. understand that. this state is worth fighting for. we are a great country. nobody needs to make us great again. [applause] we are great because we are good. and we are good because that is who we are as a people. and so i don't want to see anybody putting their heads down. i want you to put your shoulders back and your head up and walk out of here tall that you participated in an american election. that's what we do. because in this country, we don't settle our differences in the streets. we don't settle it with violence. we settle it at the ballot box. and if we don't win, we dust ourselves off and we come back the next time. ok? i don't know what's going to happen in any of the other races around the country, but i know this. it's going to require patriots

like all of you. and people all across our state and our country to stay engaged. this 250-year project of ours is one that is very tenuous. every generation of americans is responsible for keeping it going for another generation. we are not going to be the one s who drop the baton. whatever happens in this election, i want you all to remember who we are. don't ever lose sight of it. don't ever let anybody tell you that is not who we are. and i want to thank you again. god bless you. [applause] god bless texas.