GoFundMe raises thousands to place billboard of Trump’s anti-Cruz tweet in Texas

Activists in Texas have raised thousands of dollars to place an anti-Sen. Ted CruzRafael (Ted) Edward CruzOvernight Defense: McCain honored in Capitol ceremony | Mattis extends border deployment | Trump to embark on four-country trip after midterms Congress gives McCain the highest honor Trump to hold ‘major rally’ for Cruz in Texas MORE (R-Texas) billboard in the state.

A GoFundMe page organized by USA Latinx, a political group focused on supporting Latinx candidates, 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 and Claude Taylor, the chairman of the liberal Mad Dog PAC, helped promote the effort on social media.

“President Donald TrumpDonald John Trump7 subtle jabs speakers took at Trump during John McCain’s funeral Graham invited Ivanka Trump to McCain’s funeral: report Trump blasts trade talks with Canada: We shouldn’t have to buy our friends MORE 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.”

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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!”

Trump, two years after a fierce presidential primary battle with Cruz, has committed to campaigning for the senator in his tougher-than-anticipated Senate race against Democratic Rep. Beto O’Rourke (Texas).

On Friday, the president tweeted that he would be holding a “major rally” for Cruz next month. Several recent polls have shown Cruz and O’Rourke in a dead heat, though the deep-red state has not elected a Democrat to the Senate in three decades.

Mad Dog PAC primarily raises money to fund political billboards, and has been behind a number of anti-Trump signs all over the country in recent months.

— This article was updated on Sunday, Sept. 2 at 10:36 a.m. to reflect that USA Latinx was the organizer of the GoFundMe campaign.

Shared from: thehill.com

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