Ted Cruz the Chicken Hawk Ted Cruz has been in the Senate for a month and he has already started taking on some of the greatest politicians, he voted against Senator John Kerry being the Secretary of State, even though he was overqualified for that position. He also is trying to paint Chuck Hagel as an Israel hater. Both Senator Kerry and Chuck Hagel have 5 purple hearts between them. I would rather have those two men leading in those positions than anybody else and for Ted Cruz to demean them like that doesn't deserve the position of Senator. Because those two men are true public servants and they have wounds to prove it.