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Input: Consider Input: Cruz 's fans say it 's because he stands on principle . 
In the three years since he arrived in the U.S. Senate , Ted Cruz has become easily the most hated man in Washington -- a fact he 's now using to his advantage as a presidential candidate . 
Is it true , as Cruz would have it , that the dreaded GOP establishment pays lip service to shrinking the federal government and repealing Obamacare , but actually would prefer to preserve the status quo ? 
Or do Cruz 's Beltway critics have a point ? 
Cruz has n't hesitated to take polarizing stances , even when doing so means taking on his Republican colleagues . 
Lee is also Cruz 's best friend -- maybe his only friend -- in the Senate . 
In his memoir , Cruz writes that no one stood by him "more courageously or indispensably" than Lee during his 21-hour anti-Obamacare speech that preceded the 2013 government shutdown . 
When Lee brought up his bill in the committee hearing , he was n't sure if he 'd have Cruz 's support . 
Cruz attacked the bill as dangerous and politically poisonous . 
Cruz went on to warn his fellow senators that if they voted for the bill , they would imperil their careers . 
Essentially , Cruz was saying that the legislation would let dangerous people out of prison , they would commit more crimes , and the senators would be subject to Willie Horton-style attack ads . 
Lee , who was sitting right next to Cruz , could not believe what he was hearing . 
Lee 's communications director , Conn Carroll , confirmed to me that Lee and his staff had no advance warning that Cruz was planning to brutally attack -- and , in Lee 's view , misrepresent -- his friend 's bill . 
The bill made it out of committee that day , but now it appears to be in trouble , with several other Republican senators taking Cruz 's line against it at a Senate lunch last week . 
Today , Lee has conspicuously joined every other sitting senator in declining to endorse Cruz 's presidential run . 
And while Lee and Cruz are still friends , the episode vividly illustrates Cruz 's talent for irritating other senators . 
Another telling episode came during the 2013 government shutdown , which Cruz spearheaded , insisting that if Congress defunded Obamacare , the president might go along . 
As McKay Coppins reports in his new book , The Wilderness , Cruz 's own staff never actually expected the gambit to work . 
To Cruz 's colleagues , it was a pointless and damaging exercise , but grassroots conservative groups cheered the effort . 
Cruz is close to the Fund and has appeared in its ads . 
At a private lunch of Republican senators , New Hampshire Senator Kelly Ayotte waved the document in Cruz 's face and demanded that he disavow it . 
When he declined , several other senators , including then-Minority Leader Mitch McConnell , took Ayotte 's side and denounced Cruz . 
In my conversations with Republican policy types and Senate aides about Cruz , this lack of regard for his colleagues , and for the niceties that have traditionally governed the upper chamber , was a common theme . 
As Trent Lott , the former Senate majority leader , told me last week , referring to the time Cruz called McConnell a liar on the Senate floor : "You just do n't do that . 
Another criticism of Cruz is that his antics are disruptive and damaging to the Republican Party . 
Cruz does have policy differences with the business wing of the party : Unlike the Chamber , he opposes comprehensive immigration reform , would like to kill the Export-Import Bank , and -LRB- in a reversal -RRB- opposed a recent free-trade bill . 
In Iowa , Cruz has been subjected to millions of dollars in attack ads and personally criticized by the Republican governor , Terry Branstad , for opposing ethanol subsidies . 
But a Republican policy expert close to a number of top GOP operatives and donors insisted it 's not about Cruz 's style or his positions . 
But the effort does n't result in smaller government or the end of Obamacare -- all it achieves is drawing attention to Cruz . 
You can see how these complaints look from the perspective of Cruz and his fans : like features , not bugs . 
But what about the criticism that Cruz 's efforts have n't gotten any results ? 
The Cruz camp did n't reply to my query , so I put the question to Amanda Carpenter , who was Cruz 's communications director during much of his time in the Senate , including the shutdown . 
Carpenter said Cruz had sent a message . 
Cruz has shown that one person can make a difference ." 
But as they see it , the difference Cruz has made in the Senate has not been a positive one .

Output: Ted Cruz


Input: Consider Input: âHe said  âYou should not run for this office ââ said  Jesse Sbaih  an immigrant from Jordan who is now a trial lawyer . This race for the House  in a district that includes a swath of suburban Las Vegas  is his first run for political office.
 Sbaih  said it happened after  he  had entered the House race.  He  met with Reid in August in a meeting room at the Paris Las Vegas Hotel.
 Sbaih  said  he  had sought the meeting in order to win Reidâs support â a key factor in Nevada  where Reid is the unquestioned power broker of Democratic politics. But Reid would not give it   Sbaih  said  and cited Sbaihâs religion as one reason why.
âI did not feel that this was an issue. They made it an issue. My campaign is about me being an American â  Sbaih  said.  He  said  he  had not faced this kind of opposition based on  his  religion before: âI just turned 40. Been in this country for 29 years. And itâs just absolutely shocking that this occurred.â
âSenator Reid did not say that â said Kristen Orthman  a spokeswoman in Reidâs Senate office. â Jesse Sbaih  is a liar and thatâs why  he  is going to lose.â
 Sbaih âs assertion could shake up one of the most competitive House races in the country â a race made possible  in a way  by Reid himself.
On the Republican side  several plausible candidates have already filed to run. On the Democratic side  however  the race was slow to start: late in the summer   Sbaih  was the best-funded and best-known candidate who had declared.
 Sbaih  is an ally of Sen. Bernie Sanders (Vt.)  who is running  in part  on  his  own remarkable life story.  Sbaih âs parents immigrated from Jordan to Virginia when  he  was 11  and  he  helped support the family by washing dishes in an Italian restaurant as a teen.
Now   Sbaih  said   his  run for office is a way to repay the country for the way it welcomed  his  family.
âIâve always felt: The more America gave me  the more I wanted to give back â  Sbaih  said in an interview with The Washington Post.
But   Sbaih  said   he  was rebuffed when  he  sought to gain Reidâs support.
First   he  said   he  met with a political consultant connected to Reid  Rebecca Lambe. At a coffee shop   Sbaih  said  Lambe brought up his religion and his Arab heritage: âShe said  basically  youâre gonna have a problem winning  as a Muslim  as an Arab.â
 Sbaih  said  he  did not record that meeting with Lambe  or the one  he  had with Reid a few weeks later.
To bolster  his  account   Sbaih  supplied both emails and text messages from the time  in which  he  tells another Reid ally that  he  is âprofoundly disheartened and saddened that the Democratic Party is refusing to accept a candidate like  me  because of my religion and ethnicity.â
In the exchanges of text message and emails provided by Sbaih  however  Reidâs allies do not say explicitly that  Sbaih âs race or religion is a hindrance  nor do they confirm that Reid himself had said so.
Orthman  Reidâs spokeswoman  said that Reid had told  Sbaih   he  should run for another office â instead of jumping straight into a highly competitive House race.

Output: Jesse Sbaih


Input: Consider Input: President Trump isnât on  Stephen Curry âs side  but  his  rival LeBron James is.
James and other athletes around the league came to Curryâs defense Saturday after Trump  like he often does  went on Twitter to blast  Curry  for criticizing the administration.
 Stephen Curry  on Friday said that  he  doesnât want the Warriors to go to D.C. and it would be a âshort conversationâ if the decision was solely up to  him . (Janie McCauley/AP)
âIt was amazing to see all of these guys (NBA players) rally around each other. Thatâs what this about  " Curry  told the Washington Post.
President Trump singled out  Stephen Curry  on Twitter over his opinion on the administration. (Evan Vucci/AP)
Trump responded by singling out  Curry
 Going to the White House is considered a great honor for a championship team. Stephen Curry  is hesitating therefore invitation is withdrawn! â Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) September 23  2017
 Curry : Warriors can âinspire changeâ skipping White House visit
âMy stance is the same as yesterday  and maybe cemented even further  " Curry  said hours after Trumpâs tweet.
 He  then noted how different  his  relationship with the Trump administration is turning out to be compared to Obamaâs.
âIâve played golf with President Obama â  Curry  said. âI donât think Iâll be getting a tee time with this administration  to say the least.â


Output: Stephen Curry