After traveling with Senator Ted Cruz to South Africa to attend Nelson Mandela’s memorial service, Representative Elijah Cummings (D., Md.) is certain the Texas Republican will make a 2016 run. “I have no doubt about it,” he told CNN on Thursday.
“I asked him directly, he tried to skirt the issue, but basically said he would be traveling throughout the country,” Cummings said. Cruz indicated that he would be traveling to the early primary states, such as Iowa, New Hampshire, and South Carolina, in the near future.
Cummings said he was surprised to find Cruz was on the congressional delegation to South Africa, which was made up of primarily members of the Congressional Black Caucus. Throughout the flight, both Cruz and CBC members shared their perspectives on various policy issues, but no one had a significant impact in changing the others’ minds, he added.
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