WASHINGTON — Sen. Ted Cruz’s growing success with voters isn’t rubbing off on his fellow GOP senators, who remain decidedly cool to his presidential candidacy.
The Texas Republican is notorious for alienating his colleagues with tactics that have included pushing a fruitless government shutdown in 2013 and accusing the Senate majority leader of lying.
Lawmakers are now paying it back by refusing to get on board with Cruz’s White House campaign even as he emerges as the likeliest alternative to businessman Donald Trump following a commanding ...