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Ted Cruz: “A different communist, a different DSA radical, a different…”

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And they defenestrated Graham Platner, and then they realized, oh, wait, we gotta run somebody because we want power more than anything. And so they went and grabbed a. A different communist, a different DSA radical, a different white guy who kind of looks like Graham Platner. It's almost like they had a casting call. Okay, guys who can pretend to be blue collar white guys. All right, you'll do. And, and, and listen, this guy is. (15:44–15:52)

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Asserts that Democrats replaced Graham Platner with another person with similar radical views.

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