All of a sudden, Ted Cruz really doesn’t want to talk about his podcast [Video]

When I approached Sen. Ted Cruz at the Capitol this week, he appeared upbeat, quipping that he was “living the dream” when I opened our conversation.

The Texas Republican quickly turned combative, however, when I told him I had questions about a strange story that began bubbling up in recent weeks about his thrice-weekly “Verdict” podcast and a super PAC set up for the sole purpose of supporting his reelection.

“Of course you do,” Cruz replied. “I understand you have a mission to write an attack piece.”

It was similar to the approach he took when asked about the controversy by a local TV station in Houston, where he declined to substantively address the issue and instead accused a reporter of trying to “parrot left-wing Democrat attacks.”

All of this began in late March when the Houston Chronicle reported that iHeartMedia — the company that hosts Cruz’s podcast — had since the beginning of 2023 deposited more than $630,000 …