Ted Cruz

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Ted Cruz asks a question of the audience during Thursday's GOP main stage debate.

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Presidential candidates (from left) Donald Trump, Jeb Bush, Mike Huckabee, Ted Cruz, Rand Paul, and John Kasich take the stage for the Republican presidential debate. (Associated Press)

Republican presidential candidates from left, Chris Christie, Marco Rubio, Ben Carson, Scott Walker, Donald Trump, Jeb Bush, Mike Huckabee, Ted Cruz, Rand Paul, and John Kasich take the stage for the first Republican presidential debate at the Quicken Loans Arena Thursday, Aug. 6, 2015, in Cleveland. (Associated Press)

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Republican presidential candidate Ted Cruz is seen cooking a strip of bacon with a machine gun in a new video released by IJ Review. (YouTube/IJReview)

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Winning Friends: Rand Paul is taking a low-key approach in his presidential bid compared with Ted Cruz. (Associated Press)

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It remains to be seen whose approach will be most beneficial in the presidential race as Sens. Rand Paul (left) and Ted Cruz remain in a statistical dead heat at about 5 percent in the RealClearPolitics average of polls. They are hovering in the middle of the 16-candidate field. (Associated Press)

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Senior Senate Republicans lined up Sunday to rebuke Sen. Ted Cruz, Texas Republican, for attacking Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, an extraordinary display of intra-party division played out live on the Senate floor. (Associated Press)

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Sen. Ted Cruz, Texas Republican and presidential hopeful, speaks at the Family Leadership Summit in Ames, Iowa, on July 18, 2015. (Associated Press)

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Ted Cruz has a new memoir out (Broadside Books)

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Sen. Ted Cruz has a resolute focus whether he's addressing a mammoth crowd at a live event or simply making small talk. (Associated Press)

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Republican presidential candidate Sen. Ted Cruz speaks during a “Celebrate the 2nd Amendment” event Saturday at CrossRoads Shooting Sports in Johnston, Iowa. (Associated Press/Charlie Neibergall)

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Republican presidential candidate Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, speaks at the National Press Club in Washington in this April 29, 2015, file photo. (AP Photo/Cliff Owen, File) ** FILE **

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Republican Presidential candidate Sen. Ted Cruz speaks in New York, May 28, 2015. (Associated Press) ** FILE **

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Republican Presidential candidate Sen. Ted Cruz speaks at the Third Annual Champions of Jewish Values International Awards Gala after receiving a Defender of Israel award Thursday, May 28, 2015, in New York. (AP Photo/Julie Jacobson)

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Republican presidential candidate Sen. Ted Cruz speaks at the Third Annual Champions of Jewish Values International Awards Gala after receiving a Defender of Israel award Thursday, May 28, 2015, in New York. (AP Photo/Julie Jacobson) ** FILE **

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Republican presidential candidate Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, (AP Photo/David Goldman)

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Mati Weiderpass (right), the gay hotelier whose New York City hotel has faced an LGBT boycott since he and his business partner hosted an event for Republican Sen. Ted Cruz, issued an op-ed Sunday blasting "gay extremists" for being "small and intolerant." (Facebook/Boycott Fire Island Pines Establishments & Out NYC Hotel)