This is a really important seat. He wanted to push her out. She became an independent, as many people know, and fought to save the filibuster. And Ruben Gallego was furious about that and said, well, I'm going to challenge her. And knowing how radical his voting record is, Ted, I said, someone's got to jump in there and stop this. He's too radical for Arizona to be in the US Senate. (01:44–01:49)
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Asserts that Ruben Gallego was angry about Kirsten Sinema's actions and decided to challenge her.
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