Senator Ted Cruz (R-TX) recently shared that the election of President Donald Trump (R) to the Oval Office will have a "ripple effect" in a positive manner on the American oil industry that will trickle down to other facets of the economy.
The Texas senator believes that President Trump is attempting to "end the war" against American energy and bring down inflation numbers in the process.
There was a mandate from the voters to unleash American energy.
President Trump's decision to drill and sell American oil and natural gas will have a ripple effect—the price of goods, services, and food will drop for consumers across the country. pic.twitter.com/DWFP17qYG8
— Senator Ted Cruz (@SenTedCruz) March 31, 2025
"Listen, I think there's a clear mandate from the election in November, and a mandate across the board, a mandate to secure the border, a mandate to bring down inflation, a mandate to restart the economy, a mandate to unleash American energy, a mandate to unleash small businesses across Texas and across the country," began Sen. Cruz.
He continued, sharing that President Trump has combatted anti-American energy policies from the government. These moves from Trump should increase production in the Lone Star State and around the country, too.
"One of the things we saw on January 20 with a new president, is an end to the war on American energy that was coming from Washington, that was coming from the Biden administration, and that, I believe, is going to result in substantially more energy production right here in Texas, and we're going to reassert American leadership in energy, and American dominance in energy," said Sen. Cruz. "That is going to lower energy prices that have, I believe, a very positive effect on inflation as well."
Cruz was recently mentioned by Representative Jasmine Crockett (D-TX) when she spoke to the Dallas Morning News and said Democrats need to be more aggressive in their campaign strategies against Republicans. The White House's Rapid Response team called out Rep. Crockett for inciting violence as she said that Democrats need to "punch" more in their approach and extended the analogy to Senator Ted Cruz (R-TX), saying he needs to be "knocked over the head."
"I think that you punch. I think you punch. I think you're okay with punching," Rep. Crockett said.
She then moved on to former Representative Colin Allred's (D-TX) campaign against Sen. Cruz, stating that he was not aggressive enough against a prominent incumbent such as Cruz.
"I think - and I love Colin - I think towards the end, he started to punch a little harder. But, like, it's Ted Cruz. I mean, like, this dude has to be knocked over the head, like hard, right? There are no niceties with him, like at all. Like, you go clean off on him," said Crockett.
It doesn't appear Rep. Crockett was calling for violence against political opponents but was attempting to say that Democrats should go on the offensive against their counterparts more often.
