Roundhouse kick! Chuck Norris to stump for Ted Cruz
By Emily Heil March 8 at 12:24 PM
In 2008, then-Republican presidential hopeful Mike Huckabee shares a laugh with Chuck Norris. (Pat Sullivan/AP)
Ding, ding, ding! It seems we have a winner — the coveted Chuck Norris endorsement goes to Sen. Ted Cruz of Texas.
Norris is the roundhouse-kicking action star who inspired the now-classic Internet meme Chuck Norris Facts (A sample: “Chuck Norris doesn’t sleep; he waits”) whose backing of Mike Huckabee gave the former Arkansas governor’s 2008 presidential bid a real boost. After Huckabee dropped his 2016 bid, we noted that the nod from the conservative star Norris — a potential boon for a field of GOP candidates grasping for any advantage they can find — was up for grabs.
[With Mike Huckabee out, the coveted Chuck Norris endorsement is up for grabs]
He’ll be appearing at a March 13 rally in Concord, N.C., according to Cruz’s campaign site, alongside Glenn Beck, founder of TheBlaze.
Is this a sign of the growing strength of the senator’s bid? Could be. As Huckabee once said, “Chuck Norris doesn’t endorse. He tells America how it’s going to be.”
By Emily Heil March 8 at 12:24 PM
In 2008, then-Republican presidential hopeful Mike Huckabee shares a laugh with Chuck Norris. (Pat Sullivan/AP)
Ding, ding, ding! It seems we have a winner — the coveted Chuck Norris endorsement goes to Sen. Ted Cruz of Texas.
Norris is the roundhouse-kicking action star who inspired the now-classic Internet meme Chuck Norris Facts (A sample: “Chuck Norris doesn’t sleep; he waits”) whose backing of Mike Huckabee gave the former Arkansas governor’s 2008 presidential bid a real boost. After Huckabee dropped his 2016 bid, we noted that the nod from the conservative star Norris — a potential boon for a field of GOP candidates grasping for any advantage they can find — was up for grabs.
[With Mike Huckabee out, the coveted Chuck Norris endorsement is up for grabs]
He’ll be appearing at a March 13 rally in Concord, N.C., according to Cruz’s campaign site, alongside Glenn Beck, founder of TheBlaze.
Is this a sign of the growing strength of the senator’s bid? Could be. As Huckabee once said, “Chuck Norris doesn’t endorse. He tells America how it’s going to be.”
