Trump tells Texas rally he’d nominate Ted Cruz for the Supreme Court, claims bipartisan support

0 October 28, 2026 12:22

President Donald Trump floated nominating Ted Cruz to the Supreme Court for a future vacancy on the nation’s high court, joking that the Texas Republican senator’s confirmation would earn unanimous Senate support because senators from both parties would like to see him gone.

Trump, who has mentioned Cruz previously for the Supreme Court, suggested the third-term senator again at an Oct. 27 midterm campaign rally in Lubbock, Texas as the president discussed what he might do if he gets to nominate a Supreme Court justice for a fourth time over his two White House terms.

"I said, ‘I have an answer to not being able to get it past the Democrats or the Republicans together,’" Trump said, referring to the confirmation fight in the Senate. "I would pick Ted Cruz to be the next Supreme Court justice, and I wouldn’t have to worry about it. I wouldn’t have to make a phone call."

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