--- ---  # Real Time: Ted Cruz Rallies the Right at CPAC  by [Julia Lull](https://time.com/author/julia-lull/)  ## Julia Lull Feb 26, 2015 11:15 PM UTC   by [Julia Lull](https://time.com/author/julia-lull/)  ## Julia Lull Feb 26, 2015 11:15 PM UTC Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) fired up the conservative base during his speech Thursday, the first day of CPAC 2015. Watch #RealTime to see what you missed. Ted Cruz: Texas Senator Rallies the Right at CPAC 2015 ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3725019/ted-cruz-cpac-speech/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3725019/ted-cruz-cpac-speech/"},"headline":"Real Time: Ted Cruz Rallies the Right at CPAC","datePublished":"2015-02-26T23:15:05.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-22T04:46:00.014Z","description":"Sen. Ted Cruz of Texas rallies the right at CPAC","url":"https://time.com/3725019/ted-cruz-cpac-speech/","keywords":["Congress","CPAC","ted cruz"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt20f2e283bb66f035/6987814acd1bbace0f6f56d0/wp.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Julia Lull","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/julia-lull/"}],"articleSection":"Politics","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt20f2e283bb66f035/6987814acd1bbace0f6f56d0/wp.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"wp.jpg","caption":"","creditText":"","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/politics/","name":"Politics"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/congress/","name":"Congress"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/3725019/ted-cruz-cpac-speech/","name":"Real Time: Ted Cruz Rallies the Right at CPAC"}}]}] ```