President Donald Trump joked on Friday that if he put Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, on the Supreme Court, it would get 100% of the vote.
While speaking to a crowd in Corpus Christi, Texas, about American energy, Trump jabbed at Cruz. The president theorizes that nominating the senator to the SCOTUS would earn “100% of the Democrat vote, 100% of the Republican vote” because everyone would be excited to “get him out of there.”
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BREAKING: President Trump ANNOUNCES possibly appointing Sen. Ted Cruz to SCOTUS!
“It’s really hard getting [my] Nominations through.. He’s the ONLY guy who can get 100% of the Republican vote, 100% of the Democrat vote! He’s great!”
Do it! Cruz would be a FANTASTIC SCOTUS… pic.twitter.com/NFdC5PFnJJ
— (@GoldenAgeTimes2) February 27, 2026
“And we have a senator who’s really an amazing guy, and I’m thinking of putting him in the Supreme Court. No no, I’m thinking, because it’s very hard, getting these nominations through is very tough. He’s the only guy I know who can get 100% of the Democrat vote, 100% of the Republican vote, they wanna get him out of there, he is such a pain in the ass but he’s so good and so talented, Ted Cruz,” Trump said to applause.
Cruz, a Harvard Law School graduate, has argued eight cases before the justices of the Supreme Court as solicitor general of Texas. When he returned to his private practice, he argued his ninth case.
“At the time of Cruz’s 2012 Senate run, he had tried the most Supreme Court cases of any practicing lawyer in Texas or any member of Congress, according to The Texas Tribune,” Fox News reported.
While clearly a joke, it’s no secret that Trump would like to have more conservative justices on the Supreme Court. However, Democrats are the ones who most often talk about “packing” the court, whereas the president would simply wait for an opening to present itself before making his nomination.
X users reacted to Trump’s quip:
I’ve always said Ted Cruz should be on the SCOTUS.
— Gwen Smith (@gwenssmith) February 28, 2026
He could nominate obama and Democrats would oppose the nomination, simply because Trump did it.
— Joe D. (@joefish5656) February 28, 2026
I don’t want anyone that gets more than one or two Democrat Votes…. Anything more than that that can fuck the hell off
— The Magadonian (@GAJamLive) February 28, 2026
Bullshit! Cruz is weak and an Israel puppet. Sorry Trump, you’re wrong https://t.co/gdRd4kcE8P
— Shaun Holt (@H0LT369) February 27, 2026
Cruz would be awesome! @realDonaldTrump https://t.co/wMgElhA8Va
— LeBon Travel Culture (@LeBonTravel) February 28, 2026
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Sierra Marlee is a millennial whose hunger for the truth in a world of fake news has led her to write. Marlee also contributes to BizPac Review.
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