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Ted Cruz: “AOC also said it is impossible for anyone to earn a billion…”

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They are trying to LIE and DECEIVE: Sen Ted Cruz

Published | Video Starts at 05:04

It was funded by people like George Washington, who in modern terms was, was worth about $600 million. People like Thomas Jefferson. It was American free enterprise capitalist who invested in seeking freedom. And by the way, AOC also said it is impossible for anyone to earn a billion dollars. which look, I recognize for her, given that she was a bartender. That's probably true. And there's no disrespect to bartenders, bartenders are an honorable profession. (05:04–05:11)

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