Cruz: Being 'reviled' in D.C. is a good thing

Presidential candidate Ted Cruz acknowledges he is disliked by many people in Washington, D.C., including fellow Republicans -- and he doesn't mind that at all.

"I've found the more reviled you are in Washington, the more they appreciate you in places like Waco, and Dallas and San Antonio," the Texas senator writes in his new book A Time For Truth, according to an excerpt obtained by The Washington Post.

The Cruz book is scheduled to be published Tuesday.

According to the excerpt obtained by the Post, Cruz said he received the most "venom" during last year's fight over the debt ceiling. Cruz said lawmakers should block an increase in the debt limit until the government made spending decisions; his critics said his approach would put the nation's credit at risk.

Writing about a meeting on the topic with GOP colleagues, Cruz also wrote that "nothing I have said or done has engendered more venom or animosity from my fellow Republicans."

Also reports the Post:

"Cruz also wrote that members of the Republican leadership 'made it clear' to big business after his first year in office that if they supported Cruz they would be 'frozen out.' Cruz wrote that the person who headed up fundraising for his PAC quit 'under pressure from folks connected to the GOP leadership.'""