I don’t know if it was really so much of a shock. I saw so many people saying that Texas was trending blue, but every single one of them did not mention the 2022 election in which Republicans swept the entire state by about 10 points. Which is about the same margin that Cruz had here.
Though the polling did seem remarkably off.
Yes the guy who said that nobody has ever been a better ally or friend Israel and describe himself as a Zionist is still the president I agree. However he’s also a lame duck president that’s going to have absolutely zero power to do anything in the next few months. Not that Congress was really eager to help him before but now there will be zero will for him to do anything. They won’t even be negotiating with him anymore, they’re going to be calling Trump directly and openly.