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Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, believes that fear of a rising wave of progressives is paralyzing possible bipartisan work on permitting reform that would otherwise create fertile ground for collaboration.<\/p>\n

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\u201cThat dynamic is dangerous right now because they are terrified of the extreme left. Finding a middle ground on ideological issues right now is \u2026 the prospects for success, particularly between now and election day, are not high,\u201d Cruz said\u00a0at an energy\u00a0summit\u00a0hosted by Club for Growth and Arnold Ventures on Thursday.<\/p>\n

\u201cSchumer is truly terrified right now,\u201d he added, referring to Senate Minority Leader\u00a0Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y.<\/p>\n

Cruz\u2019s political assessment underscores what\u00a0progressive momentum in the 2026 midterms\u00a0means for more establishment figures in the Democratic Party \u2014 and especially the ones already in Congress \u2014 and the policy areas that legislators may still want to address before the November midterm elections.<\/p>\n

\u201cThey\u2019re in the middle of a revolution,\u201d Cruz said. \u201cTheir problem is that they\u2019re very driven by their interest groups. They\u2019re captured by their activists.\u201d<\/p>\n

His remarks came as he delivered an address at an\u00a0energy affordability summit\u00a0hosted by the Club for Growth, a free-market group that advocates for limited government. In particular, the event centered on permitting reform, an area where Democrats and Republicans have found some overlap.<\/p>\n

Although differences remain about just how far to scale back regulations or how far to push legislative changes, lawmakers at the event stressed that bipartisan work on cutting back red tape could meaningfully expand American access to energy projects domestically.<\/p>\n

Energy Secretary Chris Wright noted how regulatory bodies had prevented the expansion of\u00a0nuclear energy\u00a0\u2014 a source of power that is uniting Republicans and Democrats as a new frontier in a space apart from fossil fuels.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe have built three new nuclear reactors in like the last 40 years. It went quickly from: we didn\u2019t even know about the technology, to 20% of US electric generation from nuclear reactors,\u201d Wright said.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe created the Nuclear Regulatory Commission \u2026 in the name of safety, no malintent. But since that creation, we\u2019ve built almost no reactors in the United States since. If it\u2019s so uncertain and so long to permit something, it\u2019s just not worth investing in. That\u2019s awful! Nuclear is just an awesome energy technology.\u201d<\/p>\n

Sen. Bernie Moreno, R-Ohio., stressed that many of the discussions around reform have come down to a matter of practical details.<\/p>\n

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\u201cThere\u2019s a lot of conversations going on not about who\u2019s going to fight with whom or who is going to take credit for it, but rather what is the mechanics of getting it done,\u201d Moreno said at the Club for Growth event.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhen it comes to permitting reform, if we can actually pull this off, Scott, what does it mean? It means lower energy prices for all Americans, us taking better care of our environment, being good stewards for the next generation. Those are worthy goals that should unite all of us, and I\u2019m hopeful that we can get that done,\u201d Moreno said, speaking to conservative political commentator Scott Jennings, a moderator at the event.<\/p>\n

Despite a sense of optimism among several speakers \u2014 and even from Cruz himself \u2014 Cruz warned listeners that progressives already have a very real presence inside the Capitol that casts a shadow on permitting reform and other areas.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt is not the case that every Senate Democrat is a Marxist or Islamist. What is the case is that every Senate Democrat is terrified of the Marxists and Islamists. Because that\u2019s where the energy is in their party, that\u2019s where the power is, that\u2019s where the money is; it\u2019s where the young people are. I think Mamdani is the single most powerful Democrat in the country,\u201d Cruz said, referring to the socialist mayor of New York City, Zohran Mamdani.<\/p>\n

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Since Mamdani, a self-proclaimed socialist, came to power earlier this year, a series of progressive candidates backed by the\u00a0Democratic Socialists of America\u00a0(DSA) have won key primary races and even toppled veteran incumbents.<\/p>\n

A few notable races include New York\u2019s socialist\u00a0Darializa Avila Chevalier\u00a0and her victory over incumbent Rep. Adriano Espaillat, D-N.Y., the veteran chair of the Congressional Hispanic Caucus. Along those lines, Melat Kiros, another socialist in Colorado, unseated 30-year incumbent Rep. Diana DeGette, D-Colo.<\/p>\n

With pressures like that, Cruz argued that it\u2019s difficult to find legislators who are willing to separate themselves from progressives.<\/p>\n

He believes there isn\u2019t leadership to push back against that progressive momentum.<\/p>\n

\u201cLook, Schumer is known for a lot of things but acts of principle and courage are not among them,\u201d Cruz said.<\/p>\n

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