Wilson said O’Rourke’s strategy is akin to Cruz trying to win a race in a Democratic state like Massachusetts “as far as he can to the right.”

“This guy is coming down on the wrong side of every single issue when it comes to the state of Texas,” Wilson told the Chronicle.

But some Republicans are not as worried about O’Rourke or the idea that Cruz is in any kind of trouble.

“Cruz will win by double digits. There just aren’t enough Democrats. To get it even close in Texas, they need to win all of the independents and some Republicans, and they’re just not going to do it,” Republican fundraiser Doug Deason said.